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I am also known as '''Li Po'''. | I am also known as '''Li Po'''. | ||
| − | Welcome to my page, for I am about to bring you on an incredible journey through my life, my works, | + | Welcome to my page, for I am about to bring you on an incredible journey through my life, my works, my immortality. |
Let us begin! | Let us begin! | ||
=Life= | =Life= | ||
[[File:LiBai.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A painting of Li Bai.|A painting of Li Bai.]] | [[File:LiBai.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A painting of Li Bai.|A painting of Li Bai.]] | ||
| + | * I was born in the year 701. | ||
| + | * 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. (Wu 57) | ||
| + | * In 705 my family secretly moved to Sichuan, where I spent my childhood. | ||
| + | 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. My probably came from a merchant family. (Eide 370) | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
| + | *I enjoyed taming birds and sword play. | ||
| + | “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] | ||
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=Poetry= | =Poetry= | ||
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=== References:=== | === References:=== | ||
| + | 1. Eide, Elling (1973). "On Li Po", in Perspectives on the T'ang. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 367-403. | ||
| + | 2. | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 4 March 2012
I am also known as Li Po.
Welcome to my page, for I am about to bring you on an incredible journey through my life, my works, my immortality.
Let us begin!
Life
- I was born in the year 701.
- 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. (Wu 57)
- In 705 my family secretly moved to Sichuan, where I spent my childhood.
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. My probably came from a merchant family. (Eide 370)
- 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.
- I enjoyed taming birds and sword play.
“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]
Poetry
Topic: Immortality
References:
1. Eide, Elling (1973). "On Li Po", in Perspectives on the T'ang. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 367-403. 2.