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Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty (772-846)

Also known as: Bai Ershier, Bai fu, Bai Letian, Baiwengong, Bo Juyi, Chü-i Pai

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Co-leader of the New Yuefu movement, writing accessible narrative ballads and social-critique verse in a matching plain style. (AI reason)
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Du Fu712–770
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Tang poetry of social conscience depicting common people's suffering, a key model for Bai's satirical ballads. (AI reason)
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Li Bai701–762
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Canonical Tang lyric poetry on wine, nature and longing, widely read alongside Bai. (AI reason)
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Liu Yuxi772–842
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Mid-Tang poems on history, exile and folk-song forms with a direct, lucid voice. (AI reason)
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Wang Wei699–759
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Quiet Buddhist-inflected nature poetry resonant with Bai's reclusive late verse. (AI reason)
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Su Shi1037–1101
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Song-dynasty poetry blending official life, Buddhist calm and humane plain-spoken reflection, consciously modeled on Bai. (AI reason)
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Li Shangyin813–858
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Late Tang lyric poetry of love and loss echoing the romantic melancholy of Song of Everlasting Regret. (AI reason)
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Zhang Ji765–830
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Yuefu-style ballads criticizing social ills in plain diction, aligned with Bai's reformist poetics. (AI reason)
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Lu You1125–1210
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Prolific, accessible Song poetry on daily life, patriotism and retirement in a clear style. (AI reason)
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