Li Bai

Li Bai was born in 701, in Suiye, in present-day Kyrgyzstan, according to Chiculture, in Jiangyou, in Sichuan, according to Britannica; he grew up in Sichuan. He wandered for a long time, associated with Taoists, and presented his poems to officials in the hope of a post. Summoned to Chang'an in 742, he received no real office there and left the capital in 744. Engaged in 756 by Prince Yong, he was imprisoned when the prince fell, banished to Yelang and then pardoned on the way. He died in 762 in Dangtu; a legend has it that he drowned while trying to grasp the reflection of the moon.

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• PoetryThoughts of a Quiet Night靜夜思Li Bai · 750LiteraturePublic domain