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It was, indeed, this fashion which caused the decay which set in after the Chien-an period (i.e., at the beginning of the third century A.D.).”
To these native strictures very little need be added. Above, high beacons of rock that turn back the chariot of the sun. I trust his paper will be printed and preserved with the rest of our publications, because these poems, as far as I can judge—but hearing them read does not impress one so much as reading them at leisure—are well worthy of careful perusal.
Li Po passed less than two years as a poet in the Emperor's service, before he was exiled for slander. This form of poetry has not been introduced in China, but I differ with your statement, Sir, that Chinese poetry lacks imagination. 36).]
III. And while they wept, they looked out into the distance and saw the deep mountain of Tsang-wu.
“The mountain of Tsang-wu shall fall and the waters of the Hsiang shall cease, sooner than the marks of our tears shall fade from these bamboo-leaves.”
[Of this poem and the “Szechwan Road” a critic has said: “You could recite them all day without growing tired of them.”]
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You must indeed be the genius of the star T’ai-po” (xxxiv. The value of his poetry lay in beauty of words, not in beauty of thought. Born 701; died 762. If he had more learning he would be a second Ssŭ-ma Hsiang-ju.”[8] However, he was interested in politics and fond of fencing, becoming one of those knight-errants who care nothing for wealth and much for almsgiving.
Once he stayed at Jēn-ch’ēng[9] with K’ung Ch’ao-fu, Han Chun, P’ei Chēng, Chang Shu-ming, and T’ao Mien.
The hyperbolic, cosmic images of Li Po’s landscape poetry reflected his desire to rise above mundane life.
In his youth, Li Po was attracted to Taoism, which he interpreted as the doctrine of man’s freedom from the shackles of Confucian ritual, and praised the Taoist recluses. 11.
Li Po
Li Po
, Li T'ai-poHe told the ladies they might change their[9] husbands and marry into the official classes, but they refused, saying that they were pledged to isolation and poverty and could not marry again. 2. © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Li Po
We passed through ten thousand valleys, and in each we heard the voice of wind among the pines.
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Then the Governor of Han-tung came out to meet us, on a silver saddle with tassels of gold that reached to the ground. The long poems are often ill-constructed. It is possible that I may have met one, and that he concealed his poetic gifts.
It is curious to note how unchangeable and immobile China is. 1.