Li Yi (poet)
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Li Yi was a poet
of the Tang Dynasty
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as "A CAST-OFF FAVORITE", written in the persona
of a palace lady.
Tang poetry
Tang poetry refers to poetry written in or around the time of and in the characteristic style of China's Tang dynasty, and/or follows a certain style, often considered as the Golden Age of Chinese poetry...
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...
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Poetry
Three of Li Yi's poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. However, one of his most famous, and one included in most other Classical Chinese poetry anthologies was not; namely the one translated by Herbert GilesHerbert Giles
Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system...
as "A CAST-OFF FAVORITE", written in the persona
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...
of a palace lady.