Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon Summary
Li Bai

Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon Summary

"Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" was written around the year 743 by Li Po , who is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. Written nearly thirteen hundred years ago during the T'ang Dynasty, the poetry of Li Po has been as familiar to readers in China and Japan as the poetry of Shakespeare is to Western audiences. During the early twentieth century, the poet Ezra Pound helped introduce Li...

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