Li Po (701 - 762)

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Li Po was born in what is now Sichuan Province. At 19 he left home and lived with a Taoist hermit. After a time of wandering, he married and lived with his wife's family. Then he lived briefly as a poet at the Tang court in Chang'an. He decided to return to a life of Taoist study and poetry writing. During his wanderings in 744 he met Tu Fu, another famous poet of the period. In 756, Li Po became an un official poet laureate to Prince Lin. The prince was soon accused of intending to set u.. Continue..

Some of Li Po Poems

Alone And Drinking Under The Moon

Taking Leave of a Friend

Hard is the Journey

A Mountain Revelry

Drinking Alone

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Quote from Author

	Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow.

- Li Po

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