Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature
This essay contrasts Li Bai and Tao Yuanming’s solitary‑drinking poetry. Li Bai uses cosmic imagination to transcend loneliness; Tao seeks inner peace in quiet nature. It also analyzes Li Bai’s complex, contradictory attitudes toward Tao’s reclusive life.
— He Zhizhang The slender beauty’s dressed in emerald all about; A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.