Li Bai

Li Bo (Cheenese: 李白, Lǐ Bo or Lǐ Bó; lived 701 – 762), umwhile kent in the Wast bi the transliteration Li Po,^[1][2] wis a major Cheenese poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets in Cheenae's Tang period, which is often considered China's "golden age" of poetry.^[2][3] He was part of the group of Chinese scholars called the "Aicht Immortals o the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellae poet Du Fu. Approximately 1,100 poems attributed to Li Bai remain the day.,^[4] including thirtie-fower in the popular anthology, Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Li Bai travelled extensively "looking for patrons",^[5] became weel kent for his consumption o wine,^[6] served for brief periods unner the emperor, an made his livin throu his poetry.^[7] He dee'd frae illness.

In China, his poem "Quiet Night Thoughts", reflecting a nostalgie o a traveller away frae hame,^[8] haes been widely "memorized by school children an quoted by adults".^[9]

In the West his influences include mony translations, adaptations, an muckle inspiration.