1 live poem · Mandarin Chinese
Li Bai, also known as Li Bo, was born in 701 and died in 762, during the high and later Tang dynasty, the period most often celebrated as the great classical age of Chinese poetry. Few literary figures have become so inseparable from the imaginative idea of poetry itself. In China he is commonly called the “Immortal Poet,” and the phrase is more than a compliment to technical skill. It conveys the sense that his vers…
“The ancient men held the candle and went out at night; they had good reason.”
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Classical & Ancient Poets, Classical Chinese Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Spirituality
1 live poem · Mandarin Chinese
Pei Di, traditionally dated 714 to about 800, lived through one of the most brilliant and one of the most traumatic periods in the history of the Tang dynasty. He is remembered principally as the intimate friend and poetic counterpart of Wang Wei, the great painter-poet whose name has come to define the contemplative landscape poetry of the age. Yet Pei Di deserves attention not merely as Wang Wei’s companion or as a…
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Ancient & Classical Poets, Chinese Poets, Classical & Ancient Poets, Classical Chinese Poets, Nature Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Wonder, Peace