Author:Li Bai

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Li Bai
(701–762)

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called the Poet Immortal, Li Bai (李白) is often regarded, along with Du Fu, as one of the two greatest poets in China's literary history. Approximately 1,100 of his poems remain today. Li Bai's works became well-known to the English-speaking world from Ezra Pound's very liberal translations. Li Bai is also known by his name's literary form Li Po and by the Japanese form Rihaku.

Works

"Departing from Baidi in the Morning", Wikisource translation.
"A Farewell to Secretary Shuyun at the Xietiao Villa in Xuanzhou" translated as "Stanzas Written in Dejection" by Francis Hastings Doyle (1863)
"Yue xia du zhuo" ("Drinking Alone by Moonlight"), various translations.
Ezra Pound's (tr.) "Exile's Letter".
Ezra Pound's (tr.) "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter".

Arthur Waley's Versions

The Poet Li Po (1919) - includes biography and translations
"Drinking Alone by Moonlight"
"In the Mountains on a Summer Day"
"Self-Abandonment"
"Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day"
"To Tan Ch'iu"
"Clearing at Dawn"

Transcription projects

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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