Bai Juyi
Overview
 
Bai Juyi (772–846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made as a government official, including as governor of three different provinces. Bai Juyi was also renowned in Japan. Burton Watson says of Bai Juyi: "he worked to develop a style that was simple and easy to understand, and posterity has requited his efforts by making him one of the most well-loved and widely read of all Chinese poets, both in his native land and in the other countries of the East that participate in the appreciation of Chinese culture.
Quotations

春寒賜浴華清池 / 温泉水滑洗凝脂

Translation:

:...It was early spring. They bathed her in the FlowerPure Pool,Which warmed and smoothed the creamy-tinted crystal of her skin

可憐光彩生門戸 / 遂令天下父母心 / 不重生男重生女

Translation:

:And, because she so illumined and glorified her clan,She brought to every father, every mother through the empire,Happiness when a girl was born rather than a boy.

在天願作比翼鳥 / 在地願為連理枝 / 天長地久有時盡 / 此恨綿綿無絶期

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