Module6TheTangPoemsLiBai(701-762)isregardedasthegreatestromanticpoetoftheTangDynasty(618-907)andarepresentativeofthehighTangculture
HeisbestknownfortheextravagantimaginationandstrikingTaoistimageryinhispoetry
Approximately1,100ofhispoemsremaintoday
SailingEarlyFromBaidiTown早发白帝城WesetsailatdawnfromBaidiTownunderarosysky,朝辞白帝彩云间,OnethousandlitripdowntoJianglingandbackthesameday
千里江陵一日还
Thenoisychatterofapesfromtheshoresfollowedusalltheway,两岸猿声啼不住,Lightly,ourboatskippedpasttenthousandgreenmountainshigh
轻舟已过万重山
DuFu(712-770)wasaprominentChinesepoetoftheTangDynasty
AlongwithLiBai,heisfrequentlycalledthegreatestoftheChinesepoets
Hisgreatestambitionwastoservehiscountryasasuccessfulcivilservant,butheprovedunabletomakethenecessaryaccommodations
AQuatrain绝句Twogoldenoriolessingamidthewillowsgreen;两个黄