Po Chü-i (772-846) was a Chinese poet best known for his ballads and satirical poems. He held the view that good poetry should be readily understood by the common people and exemplified it in poe...
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In the following essay, Chen expounds on the social criticism found in Po Chu-i's poetry.
Popular, bitter and lyrical, the poet Po Chu-i (772-846 A.D.) is no stranger to people outside China. F...
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In the following excerpt, Levy surveys several groups of Po Chü-i's poetry—including those of social criticism, in praise of pleasure and drinking, and lamenting aging and death&#...
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In the following essay, Wallacker examines Po Chü-i 's written opinion on the case of Yao Wen-hsiu, for which Po had to decide how severe a penalty to impose on a wife-murderer. Chinese ...
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In this essay, Hirakawa discusses Po Chü-i's influence on Japanese nationalism and the relationship between that nationalism and the assimilation of Chinese culture during the T'a...
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Po Chü-i
Critical Essay by Kwei Chen
