Luo is grouped with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong (**/**) and Lu Zhaolin (***/***) as one of the Four Greats of the Early Tang as the most outstanding writers of their time. It was said that Luo Binwang could recite poetry when he was six years old. In adulthood, after a period serving on the staff of Li Yuanqing (***) Prince of Dao, an uncle of then-ruling Emperor Gaozong, Luo worked in the central government in Chang'an from 665. In 670, he was exiled to Xinjiang, after which he travelled to Yunnan with the army.
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