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Bai Juyi (白居易; pinyin: Bái Jūyì; Wade-Giles: Pai Chü-i), or even Po Chü-we (pinyin: Bó Jūyì; WG. Po Chü-i personally) (772 - 846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.

Life

He was natural inside Xinzheng in a poor however scholarly personal. At a age of 10 he was sent out of his personal to exist as educated touching Chang'an. He passed a jinshi degree in 800. His official career was at the start successful: he was the Member of the Hanlin Academy and Reminder of the Left from 807 until 815, when he was exiled for remonstrating as well forcefully. His career resumed after he was mass produced Prefect of Hangzhou (822-825) and then Suzhou (825-827).

Works

He wrote across 2,800 poems, which he had copied & distributed to assure their survival.

He is virtually all notable for the accessibility of his act. These are said that he rewrote any the share of a verse form which of his servants was unable to realize. He tried to utilise elementary language & straight themes. 2 of his best known works come a hanker narrative poems Song of Eternal Sorrow, which tells the story of Yang Guifei, and Song of the Pipa Player. Such as Du Fu, he likewise experienced the heavy feel of social responsibility, & he is also easily-known for his satiric verse form, like A Elderly Charcoal Seller. Bai Juyi's accessibility mass produced him highly popular withinside his lifespan in two China and Japan, and he continues to exist as and so in todays world.

China the Beautiful: Bai Juyi
Translations of three works.

A Piece of Fine Liao Silk
Translation by Rewi Alley.

Humanistic Texts: Po Ch¨¹-i
Introduction to the writer and sixteen tranaslations or extracts, by various writers.

Chinese Poetry: Po Chü-i
Translations of six poems, by Arthur Waley.

Chinese Poems: Bai Juyi
Chinese and English texts of seventeen works.

Lingshidao: Po Chu-yi
English texts of selected poems, including A Song of Unending Sorrow and The Song of a Guitar.


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