Li Bai (李白, 701-762), also known as Poet-immortal (诗仙), famous for his poetic romanticism (浪漫主义), was a great poet from China's prosperous Tang Dynasty (唐代, 618-907). Li Bai authored over 1000 Chinese poems and most of his work survives until today. Chinese people like to describe the magnificent and romantic era with the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Li Bai and his poems are the most typical personal and artistic symbols of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In fact, Li Bai is not only the most outstanding romantic poet in ancient China, but also an ancient poet with the highest folk awareness. His poets about nature, women and children are known through all ages. In the history of Chinese poetry, Li Bai's status is definitely an insurmountable peak. As such, Li Bai's esoteric compositions have influenced generations for over thousands of years.
The book has 8 chapters in the following order:
Chapter 1: Basic Facts about Li Bai (第一章：关于李白的基本信息)Chapter 2: Overview of Li Bai's Life (第二章：李白生平简介)Chapter 3: The Death of Li Bai (第三章：李白之死)Chapter 4: Li Bai and the Imperial Court (第四章：李白与朝廷)Chapter 5: Li Bai's Poetic Style (第五章：李白的诗歌风格)Chapter 6: Li Bai's 10 famous poems (第六章：李白的一些最著名的诗 (10首))Chapter 7: Li Bai's Legacy (第七章：李白的遗产)Chapter 8: The Influence of Li Bai (第八章：李白的影响)
The current book volume, China's Famous Personalities 1, is a Level 2 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the life and biography of LI Bai (李白传), one of the most revered poets in the history of Chinese poetry. The new volume in the China's Famous Personalities Series (必须了解的中国名人) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.
