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Revision as of 08:16, 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. I am probably 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 O. On Li Po. New Haven: Yale UP, 1973. Print.
2. Wu, Jingxiong. The Four Seasons of Tʻang Poetry,. Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle, 1972. Print.