Li Bai (Li Po)
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Li Bai (Li Po) 🇨🇳

李白 (Known as "The Banished Immortal / Supreme Poet of the Tang")
Tang Dynasty Lyric Poet, Daoist Free Spirit, Imperial Academician
Born 701 CE 🇨🇳 Suyab (Kyrgyzstan) or Jiangyou (Sichuan), China
Passed Away 762 CE Dangtu (Anhui), China
Lifespan ~61 years old
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"Raise my cup to invite the bright moon; together with my shadow we make three. In life, to find fulfillment, let joy overflow; never let a golden goblet face the moon empty."

Archival Overview

Supreme lyric poet of China's Golden Tang Dynasty, revered as the 'Poet Immortal' (Shixian), whose luminous verses on wine, the moon, friendship, and untamed nature defined Chinese poetic consciousness.

Biographical Record

Li Bai (701–762 CE), courtesy name Taibai, lived during the vibrant heights of the Tang Dynasty. Embracing Daoist non-attachment, chivalric swordcraft, and boundless wanderlust, he refused to take the standard civil service examinations, wandering the rivers and mountains of China composing effortless, transcendent poetry.

Summoned to the imperial court in Chang'an by Emperor Xuanzong, he was acclaimed as a 'Banished Immortal' (*Zhexian*). His poetry is celebrated for its dazzling imagination, colloquial ease, and romantic exuberance, with masterpieces such as 'Drinking Alone Under the Moon' and 'Hard Roads in Shu'. Legend beautifully recounts that he drowned while attempting to embrace the reflection of the moon in the Yangtze River.

Key Life Milestones

742 CE

Imperial Hanlin Academician in Chang'an

Appointed to the Hanlin Academy by Emperor Xuanzong, captivating the Tang imperial court with spontaneous verse.

c. 750 CE

Composition of 'Drinking Alone Under the Moon'

Composed his most celebrated lyric masterpiece expressing cosmic solitude, intoxication, and Daoist oneness.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Li Bai Cultural Memorial Tomb at Mount Caishi
Dangtu (Anhui), China
GPS: 31.6214, 118.4903
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