Li Qi (poet)

{{short description|Tang Dynasty Chinese poet}}

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Li Qi ({{CJKV|t=李頎|s=李颀|p=Lǐ Qí}}; c. 690–751){{Cite book |last=Sabattini |first=Mario |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1082297646 |title=Zhu Guangqian and Benedetto Croce on aesthetic thought : with a translation of the Wenyi xinlixue (The psychology of art and literature) |date=2019 |others=Elisa Sabattini |isbn=978-90-04-39226-7 |location=Leiden |pages=103–104 |oclc=1082297646}} was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.

''Three Hundred Tang Poems''

Seven of his poems were included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.{{Cite book |last=Kroll |first=Paul W. |title=Reading Medieval Chinese Poetry |chapter-url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004282063/B9789004282063_008.xml |chapter=Heyue yingling ji and the Attributes of High Tang Poetry |date=2015-01-01 |pages=169–201 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-28206-3 |language=en |doi=10.1163/9789004282063_008|s2cid=190630749 }} As translated by Witter Bynner, 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), Hebei Province. He later took up residence in what is now Dengfeng, in Henan Province. The Li family of Zhao Commandery (Zhaojun) was of the scholarly (shi) class, one of the so-called "four occupations".

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