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Poetry in Tang Dynasty

The poetry in the Tang Dynasty was the culmination of the Chinese lyric literature. In the “Complete Anthology of Tang Poems” compiled in the Qing Dynasty, there are about 50,000 poems written by more than 2,300 poets. This period saw many famous poets producing poems of almost all different styles. There were many poetic schools [...]

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Poem God LiBai

Li Bai (701-762 A.D.) was a Chinese poet. He is best known for the extravagant imagination and striking Daoist imagery in his poetry, as well as for his great love for liquor. He spent much of his life travelling. He is said to have drowned in the Yangzi River, having fallen from his boat while [...]

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