Huangfu Ran (714? â 767?) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Maozheng.
Huangfu was born around 714. He was a native of Anding (modern-day Jingchuan County, Gansu Province). According to the New Book of Tang, Huangfu was able to compose literature by the age of ten, impressing Zhang Jiuling, who was the chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong at the time.
Huangfu was the older brother of .
Huangfu left government after attaining the post of Zuo Bujue ().
Huangfu died around 767.
Huangfu's courtesy name was Maozheng.
In literary history, Huangfu is generally considered a poet of the so-called mid-Tang period, which spanned the late-eighth to early-ninth century.
There is an anthology of his poetry, called Tang Huangfu Ran Shiji ().