Xue Tao – Medieval Chinese poetry
Flute players like Xue Tao (T'ang Dynasty China) Xue Tao's childhood Like Bai Juyi, the poet Xue Tao was born in China during the T'ang Dynasty. She was a little [...]
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms – Chinese Literature
Romance of the Three Kingdoms hero Guan Yu, in a small statue made during the Ming Dynasty (about 1495 AD) Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms around [...]
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Philosopher – poem by Bai Juyi, T’ang Dynasty
This is a poem by Bai Juyi, written in China about 800 AD, during the late T'ang Dynasty. It's about the famous philosopher Lao Tzu. "Those who speak know nothing; Those who [...]
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Early Chinese Literature – Poetry and War
Early Chinese literature: an oracle bone with Chinese characters written on it When did people start to write in China? People in China started to write about 1500 BC, more than a [...]
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Grain Tax poem by Bai Juyi – medieval China
A T'ang Dynasty official's house This is a poem by Bai Juyi, written in China about 800 AD, during the late T'ang Dynasty: There came an officer knocking by night [...]
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Song of Everlasting Sorrow – medieval China
About 800 AD, in the T'ang Dynasty, a poet named Bai Juyi wrote a poem called the Song of the Everlasting Sorrow. Bai Juyi tried to write poetry in simple ways that [...]
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Chinese poetry project – medieval China
Chinese poetry project: A T'ang Dynasty landscape painting and poem Some ideas for projects to help you understand Bai Juyi's poetry better: A poem about Chinese government 1) Bai Juyi [...]
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Cinderella in China – Medieval Chinese Story
How old is China's Cinderella story? Tuan Cheng-Shih wrote a version of the Cinderella story during the T'ang Dynasty, about 700 AD. The T'ang Dynasty More Chinese stories and poems All our [...]
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Bai Juyi – Medieval Chinese poetry
The tomb of Bai Juyi Who was Bai Juyi? Bai Juyi was born in China during the T'ang Dynasty, in 772 AD, just at the end of the great rebellion [...]
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Sun Tzu’s Art of War – Chinese literature
Around 300 BC, during the Warring States period, a Chinese general called Sun Tzu wrote a book about the best ways to win wars, called The Art of War. Sun Tzu's main [...]
