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#REDIRECT [[Li Bai]]

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Li Bai]]	+	I am also known as '''Li Po'''.
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		+	Welcome to my page, for I am about to bring you on an incredible journey through my life, my works, and my immortality.
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		+	Let us begin!
		+	=Life=
		+	[[File:LiBai.jpg\|thumb\|right\|alt=A painting of Li Bai.\|A painting of me.]]
		+	I was born in the year 701. Where, you ask? This has been a controversy for more than a millennium. While where I was born is not entirely known, the brashness and bravado of my poetic voice are characteristics of poets from this region. (Wu 66)
		+	There are theories that I could have been of Turkish decent. I am probably from a mercantile family. (Eide 370)
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		+	My family dwelt in what is now Gansu. Evidence suggests that my family was banished during the Sui Dynasty, (due to a crime) and thus moved from Gansu. In 705 my family secretly moved to beautiful Sichuan (famous for its gigantic mountains and wonderful natural scenery), where I spent my childhood. (Wu 57)
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		+	I read everything! Of course I read the Confucian Classics, but I also read things normal scholars abstained from, such as astrological and metaphysical texts. (Eide 373)
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		+	In 761, Du Fu wrote this particular poem about me: (Wu 58)
		+	<blockquote>''I have not seen Li Po for a long time-- <br>
		+	''What a pitiable man with his feigned madness! <br>
		+	''All the world wants to kill him: <br>
		+	''I alone dote on his genius.<br>
		+	''Quick-witted, he has hit off a thousand poems;<br>
		+	''A waif in the world, his only home is in a cup of wine.<br>
		+	''O my friend! 'Tis time to return to Ku'ang Shan,<br>
		+	''Where you used to read books with such gusto.''</blockquote>
		+	From this we can gather I used to study books in Ku'ang Shan, a mountain lying near the city of Chengtu.
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		+	I enjoyed taming birds and sword play. I was quite proficient in martial arts. <br>
		+	By the time I was twenty, I had killed with my own hands several persons for chivalrous causes. ('''Author's note:''' Take that with a lump of salt. Could not be confirmed elsewhere). (Wu 58)
		+	<blockquote>''“When I was fifteen, I was fond of sword play, and with that art I challenged quite a few great men.”'' -- Li Bai [Wu 58]</blockquote>
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		+	Around 725 I left home and became a wanderer. I sailed around, a truly wild spirit. Although I married the granddaughter of a retired Prime Minister, even she (Hsu Hsin-shih, try saying that three times fast) could not tame me.
		+	In 735, I wandered to Shansi, where one of the most important events of my life happened. Here I met Kuo Tzu-i, a humble soldier. I saved him from a court-martial by simply speaking to the commander.
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		+	=Poetry=
		+	=Topic: Immortality=
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		+	=== References:===
		+	1. Eide, Elling O. ''On Li Po.'' New Haven: Yale UP, 1973. Print.
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		+	2. Mair, Victor H. "Li Po's Letters in Pursuit of Political Patronage." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 44.1 (1984): 123-53. JSTOR. Web. 28 Feb. 2012.
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		+	3. Wu, Jingxiong. ''The Four Seasons of Tʻang Poetry,.'' Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle, 1972. Print.

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