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Li Qi (poet)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Qi (traditional Chinese: 李頎; simplified Chinese: 李颀; pinyin: Lǐ Qí; 690–751)[1] was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.

Three Hundred Tang Poems

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Seven of his poems were included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.[2] As translated by Witter Bynner, these are:

  • "An Old Air"
  • "A Farewell to my Friend Chen Zhangfu"
  • "A Lute Song"
  • "On Hearing Dong Play the Flageolet a Poem to Palace-attendant Fang"
  • "On Hearing an Wanshan Play the Reed-pipe"
  • "An Old War-song"
  • "A Farewell to Wei Wan"

Biography

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Li Qi was born in what is now Zhao County (Zhaoxian), Hebei Province. He later took up residence in what is now Dengfeng, in Henan Province. The Li family of Zhao Commandery (Zhaojun) was of the scholarly (shi) class, one of the so-called "four occupations".

References

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  1. ^ Sabattini, Mario (2019). Zhu Guangqian and Benedetto Croce on aesthetic thought : with a translation of the Wenyi xinlixue (The psychology of art and literature). Elisa Sabattini. Leiden. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-90-04-39226-7. OCLC 1082297646.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Kroll, Paul W. (2015-01-01). "Heyue yingling ji and the Attributes of High Tang Poetry". Reading Medieval Chinese Poetry. Brill. pp. 169–201. doi:10.1163/9789004282063_008. ISBN 978-90-04-28206-3. S2CID 190630749.
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