Bai Juyi
Tang dynasty poet celebrated for accessible, socially engaged verse that championed the common people over elite aestheticism. His long narrative poem The Song of Everlasting Regret is one of the most beloved poems in Chinese literature.
Works
- Song of Everlasting RegretEpic poem on an emperor's tragic loss of his beloved concubine
- The Lute SongNarrative poem about a musician's sorrow and lost love
- Collected WorksComplete works of a Tang dynasty poet and administrator
- Pipa SongNarrative poem about a musician's sorrow and lost love
- New BalladsCollection of satirical verses on contemporary social issues
- Leisure PoemsPoems celebrating simple living and philosophical tranquility
- The Song of Everlasting RegretEpic poem on an emperor's tragic loss of his beloved concubine
- Ballad of the PipaNarrative poem about a musician's sorrow and lost love
- LeisurePoems celebrating simple living and philosophical tranquility