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jìng yè sī 静夜思 李 白Li Bai chuáng qián míng yuè guāng 床 前 明 月 光 , Before my bed, the moon is shining bright, yí shì dì shàng shuāng. 疑 是 地 上 霜I thought that it is frost upon the ground. jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè 举 头 望 明 月 I raise my head and look at the bright moon, dì tóu sī gù xiāng 低 头 思 故 乡. I lower my head and think of home.

Libai 李白 • Li Bai (701 – 762), also known as Li Po, was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. He and his friend Du Fu (712– 770) were the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty that is often called the "Golden Age of China".

questions • • • Who is Li. Bai? When was he born? What topics Li. Bai write in his poems? Who is Li. Bai’s friend? What is the other name for mid-Tang dynasty? Which dynasty did Menghao Ran live in?

701 – 762 BC 551年 9月28日―公元前479年 4 月11日

Review 床 chuáng bed 前qián front 明月míng yuè/ bright moon 光guāng light 疑 yí, thought 是 shì, to be 地 dì, ground 上 shàng, on 霜shuāng , frost 举 jǔ, raise up 头 tóu, head 望 wàng, watch, look at … 低dì, to lower 思 sī , think of, miss 故 乡gù xiāng , hometown

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