2. Li Bai a famous Chinese poet
Jamil Shafi
Department of Pesticide Science
College of Plant Protection
Shenyang Agricultural University

3. Chinese Ancient Poets
Qu Yuan
Du Fu
Li Bai

4. Chinese Ancient Poets
Wang Wei
Bai Juyi
Su Dongpo

5. Chinese Modern Poets
Dai Wangsu
Xu Zhimo
Su Ting

6. The China of Li Bai and Du Fu

7. Li Bai (Li Bo, 701-762) known as Li Po Genius and romantic figure
Golden Age of China

8. Name variants Li (李) is the family name
His given name is written with a Chinese character (白)
Romanized variously as Po, Bo, Bai, Pai, and other variants.

9. Background and birth Birth is generally considered to be 701
Born somewhere in Central Asia
Spent his childhood in Sichuan
725, Li Bai left Sichuan
Hubei
Marriage to the granddaughter of a retired Prime Minister, Xu Yushi

10. Li Bai Charactriestics
Greatest poet in Chinese history
Capable of gaining immediate recognition in his time
Never took examination but was appointed to a post in the Hanlin academy by Emperor Xuanzong
He is known for
his fondness for wine
his ability to improvise poems after drinking

11. Emperor Minghuang, seated upon a terrace, observing Li Bai write poetry

12. A look of Li Bai Poetry

13. Night Thoughts” by Li Bai (730 BCE)
I wake and moonbeams play around my bed Glittering like hoarfrost to my wondering eyes Upwards the glorious moon I raise my head Then lay me down and thoughts of home arise

14. Farewell to a Friend by Li Bai
Blue mountains bar the northern sky; White river girds the eastern town. Here is the place to say goodbye; You’ll drift like lonely thistledown. With floating cloud you’ll float away; Like parting day I’ll part from you. You wave your hand and go your way; Your steed still neighs “Adieu! Adieu!”

15. The only surviving calligraphy in Li Bai's own handwriting

16. Li Bai’s poems continues to dominate Chinese poetry today
Various nicknames capture his legacy
Wine Immortal
Poet Transcendent
Immortal Exiled from Heaven
Poet Knight-Errant

17. Characteristics of his poems
Creative use of earlier styles
Reworking of traditional themes
Many poems satirize the world of fawning and hypocrisy
Show his rapport with nature and his love of wine

18. Journey toward the next world
Li Bai, the great poet
In his poem Song of Xiangyang, he said, “During the 36,000 days in 100 years, I must drink 300 cups of liquor every day.”
Concluded his life’s journey in the town of Xuan
Passing away from “excessive drinking.”
left behind
20 volumes of writing
900 poems

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