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Stephen Owen 'Li Po: a new concept of genius," in Stephen Owen. The Great Age of Chinese Poetry : The High T'ang. (New Haven Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981). ISBN 978-0-300-02367-1. Varsano, Paula M. (2003). Tracking the Banished Immortal: The Poetry of Li Bo and its Critical Reception (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003). ISBN 978-0-8248 ...
I alone, drinking, without a companion. I lift the cup and invite the bright moon. My shadow opposite certainly makes us three. But the moon cannot drink, And my shadow follows the motions of my body in vain. For the briefest time are the moon and my shadow my companions. Oh, be joyful! One must make the most of Spring.
Li Bai and Du Fu did meet and in fact Du Fu greatly admired Li Bai. In the introduction of Three Chinese Poets , Seth talks about the influence of translations on his life and work; that while sometimes he has been so moved by a translation that he learnt another language to read the original, he doubts that he would ever be able to do this as ...
The poem is one of Li's shi poems, structured as a single quatrain in five-character regulated verse with a simple AABA rhyme scheme (at least in its original Middle Chinese dialect as well as the majority of contemporary Chinese dialects). It is short and direct in accordance with the guidelines for shi poetry, and cannot be conceived as ...
This is of major significance within the Classical Chinese poetry tradition, finding such practitioners of the genre as Li Bai (also known as Li Bo or Li Po); [2] as well as importantly influencing world poetry through translations, such as by David Hinton. The Midnight Songs have been much used as inspiration for later poetry.
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Li Bai (李白) (701-762) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang dynasty. 花间一壶酒。 花间一壶酒。 Amongst the flowers is a pot of wine; 独酌无相亲。 I pour alone but with no friend at hand; 举杯邀明月。 So I lift the cup to invite the shining moon; 对影成三人。 Along with my shadow, a fellowship of three.
Li Bai, also known as "Li Bo" and "Li Po" [note 25] Tang poetry: Complete Tang Poems, others: 靜夜思 "Reply to Li Shuyi" Mao Zedong: Modern Chinese poetry: 1957: Mao Tsetung Poems "Return to the Field" [note 26] Zhang Heng: Han poetry: 歸田賦 "Cāntóngqì", or "Sandokai", in Japanese: Shitou Xiqian (Sekitō Kisen) Tang poetry [note 27 ...