Li Qi (; c. 690–751) was a Chinese poet of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

''Three Hundred Tang Poems''

Seven of his poems were included in the anthology ''

Three Hundred Tang Poems The ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'' is an anthology of poems from the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907). It was first compiled around 1763 by Sun Zhu (1722–1778Yu, 64–65), who was a Qing Dynasty scholar and was also known as Hengtang Tuishi (, ...

''. As translated by

Witter Bynner Harold Witter Bynner (August 10, 1881 – June 1, 1968), also known by the pen name Emanuel Morgan, was an American poet and translator. He was known for his long residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and association with other literary figures ther ...

, these are: * "An Old Air" * "A Farewell to my Friend Chen Zhangfu" * "A Lute Song" * "On Hearing Dong Play the Flageolet a Poem to Palace-attendant Fang" * "On Hearing an Wanshan Play the Reed-pipe" * "An Old War-song" * "A Farewell to Wei Wan"

Biography

Li Qi was born in what is now

Zhao County Zhao County (Zhaoxian) (), a historic town called Zhaozhou () in the past, is located in the southwest of Hebei province southeast of the provincial capital Shijiazhuang, and south of Beijing. Its total land area is and total population is aroun ...

(Zhaoxian),

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Province. He later took up residence in what is now

Dengfeng Dengfeng (; postal: Tengfeng) is a county-level city of Henan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou. Dengfeng has an area of and a population of 630,000. It occupies the southwestern corner of ...

, in

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Province. The Li family of Zhao Commandery (Zhaojun) was of the scholarly (''shi'') class, one of the so-called "

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References

External links

*Books of the ''

Quan Tangshi ''Complete Tang Poems'' (or ') is the largest collection of Tang poetry, containing some 49,000 lyric poems by more than twenty-two hundred poets. In 1705, it was commissioned at the direction of the Qing dynasty Kangxi Emperor and published un ...

'' that include collected poems of Li Qi at the

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