Mo Xuanqing

This is a Chinese name; the family name is 莫 (Mok).

Mo Xuanqing (Chinese: 莫宣卿; pinyin: Mò Xuānqīng, August 17, 834) born in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, was the youngest Number One scholar (in the imperial examination) from Tang Dynasty, in Chinese History. He was known as a talented person from the age of 12. In 851, at the age of 17, he was also the first youngest Number One Scholar (in the imperial examination) in Chinese history since Sui Dynasty and the first Number One Scholar in Lingnan.

In mid 2006, descendants of Mo's came from all over China; especially from Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong Province, locol's around 15.4 million people, to hold a memorial day with series events for the "1171 anniversary of Mo Xueqing Scholar Celebrations".

Poetry

There are 4 famous poems Mo Xueqing wrote under this title. He composed more than 200 pieces: poems and songs, however, most of his poems were lost and there are not more than 20 pieces remain published in China's literary history such as Complete Tang Dynasty Poetry(全唐詩), Cantonese Poetry Collection(粵詩蒐逸),(封川縣志) and (開建縣志), in today.

• 【答問讀書居】Answer Question Study Room

書屋倚麒麟，不同牛馬路。床頭萬卷書，溪上五龍渡。

井汲冽寒泉，桂花香玉露。茅檐無外物，只見青雲護。

• 【百官乘月早朝聽殘漏】

建禮儼朝冠，重門耿夜闌。碧空蟾魄度，清禁漏聲殘。

候曉車輿合，凌霜劍佩寒。星河猶皎皎，銀箭尚珊珊。

杳靄祥光起，霏微瑞氣攢。忻逢聖明代，長願接鵷鸞。

• 【賦得水懷珠】To Endow Water with Bosom Pearl

長川含媚色，波底孕靈珠。素魄生蘋末，圓規照水隅。

淪漣冰彩動，蕩漾瑞光鋪。迥夜星同貫，清秋岸不枯。

江妃思在掌，海客亦忘軀。合浦當還日，恩威信已敷。

• 【句】莫宣卿 A Sentence

我本南山鳳，豈同凡鳥群。

（見《封川志》）

See also

	Poetry portal
	Novels portal

• Chinese poetry
• Shi Jing
• Tang Dynasty

External links

• QQ.com-十七歲被欽點狀元中國史上最年輕狀元莫宣卿
• People.com.cn-肇慶曆史勝跡――唐狀元莫宣卿墓
• Shuku.Mofcom-Mok SuenHing poetry
• gaokao.com-海內外3萬人祭拜中國歷史上最年輕狀元

Persondata
Name	Mo, Xuanqing
Alternative names
Short description	Poet and writer
Date of birth	August 17, 834
Place of birth	Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
Date of death
Place of death