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*''Chinese / Japanese'': 白居易 ''(Bai Juyi, Bo Juyi / Haku Kyoi)''
*''Chinese / Japanese'': 白居易 ''(Bai Juyi, Bo Juyi / Haku Kyoi)''
Bai Juyi, along with [[Du Fu]], [[Li Bai]], and [[Wang Wei]], is considered one of the greatest Chinese poets in history.
Bai Juyi, along with [[Du Fu]], [[Li Bai]], and [[Wang Wei]], is considered one of the greatest Chinese poets in history. He is perhaps best known for authoring the "[[Song of Everlasting Sorrow]]" (C: ''Changhen ge'', J: ''Chôgonka''), a lengthy poem which tells the story of Imperial concubine [[Yang Guifei]].
He was originally from Taiyuan in [[Shanxi province]], and later led a successful career as a scholar-bureaucrat at the Imperial Court.
He was originally from Taiyuan in [[Shanxi province]], and later led a successful career as a scholar-bureaucrat at the Imperial Court.
