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Li, Bai (701 - 762)

Index to poems

  1. Cataract on Mount Lu
  2. Farewell to a Friend
  3. Leaving The White King's Town At Dawn
  4. My White Hair
  5. Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower
  6. A Tranquil Night
Biography: 

Li Bai (Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái and/or Lǐ Bó, 701 – 762, also well known as Li Po) was one of the greatest poets of the Tang dynasty, often called China's "golden age" of poetry. A highly serious, productive, and much estimated poet, Li Bai experimented with the traditional rules of versification. About one thousand extant poems are attributed to him. Thirty-four appear in the popular anthology. Three Hundred Tang Poems. Li Bai's cultural influence extends widely in Chinese diaspora worldwide.

Given Name: 
Bai
Family Name: 
Li
Birth Date: 
701
Death Date: 
762
Nationality: 
Chinese
Literary Period: 
Unknown
Literary Movement: 
Unknown
First RPO Edition: 
2012