Li Qi (, 690–751) was a Chinese poet of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

, with seven of his poems being included in the famous 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

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, 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 (Zhaoxian),

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Province. He later took up residence in what is now

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, 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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Notes

External links

*Books of the '' Quan Tangshi'' that include collected poems of Li Qi at the Chinese Text Project:
Book 132

Book 133

Book 134
{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Qi Three Hundred Tang Poems poets 690 births 751 deaths 8th-century Chinese poets