Prominent Poets

Question 1

Qi Yuan

Answer 1

• lived during Warring States Period
• famous poems: Li Sao, Tian Wen, Jiu Ge, Huai Sha
• commemorated with the Dragon Boat Ceremony

Question 2

Tao Yuanming

Answer 2

(365-427 AD)

• lived during 6 dynasties period
• loved solitude
• five-word line
• famous poems: Drinking Wine, Returning to live in the south

Question 3

Meng Haoran

Answer 3

(689-740 AD)

• Tang Dynasty
• Major focus on nature

Question 4

Wang Wei

Answer 4

(699-759)

• Tang Dynasty
• Buddhist perspective
• Master of jueju (Chinese quatrain)
• Famous poems: Farewell, At the Lake Pavilion, Random Poem

Question 5

Li Bai

Answer 5

(701-762)

• Tang Dynasty
• One of the 2 most prominent Tang poets {Du Fu is the greatest}
• famous poems: Waking from drunkenness on a Spring Day, The hard road to Shu

Question 6

Du Fu

Answer 6

• Tang Dynasty
• One of the 2 most prominent Tang Poets (Li Bai)
• wrote in Li Shi
• Famous poems: Song of the Wagons, Facing Stone, Moonlit night