Li Bai (李白, 701-762)
Li Bai (Li Pai; Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái; Wade–Giles: Li3 Pai2, 701 – 762), also known as Li Bo (Li Po; pinyin: Lǐ Bó; Wade–Giles: Li3 Po2), was one of the most acclaimed poets in the history of Chinese poetry. He and his friend Du Fu (712-770) are the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the "Golden Age."
Li Bai was a prolific and creative poet who stretched the rules of versification of his time. Around a thousand poems attributed to him are extant today.[1] Li Bai's poetry has been much esteemed from his lifetime through the present day in the Chinese culture area and in other parts of the world. Thirty-four of his poems are included in the canonical 18th century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
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[1]^ a b c d e Watson, 141
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