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“You ask why I make my home n the mountain forest, and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet: it lives in the other world which no one owns. The peach trees blossom, The water flows.”

Quote by Li Bai

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Li Bai
Li Bai

Li Bai, a renowned Tang Dynasty poet, is known as the 'Sage of Poetry'. His poetry is characterized by its exuberance, freedom, and rich imagination, and has had a profound influence on later generations. His representative works include 'To Drink More Wine', 'Song of Lushan Mountain', etc. more

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