Bai Juyi [772- 846] uses very simple language, and is therefore particularly accessible for the beginner.
Catalog
A Visit to Qiantang Lake
Feelings on Watching the Moon
Grass
Invitation to Mr Liu
Night Snow
Peach Blossom at Dalin Temple
Reading Laozi
Regret for Peony Flowers
Rembering South of the River
Returning Late on the Road from Pingquan on a Winter's Day
Sleeping on a Night of Autumn Rain
Song of Sunset on the River
Song of the Palace
Spring Sleep
On the Lake (1)
On the Lake (2)
The Bloom is not a Bloom
Bai Juyi's Resume
Bai Juyi (772-846)
Bai Juyi ( pinyin: Bái Jūyì; Wade-Giles: Po Chü-i; Japanese: はく きょい ('Haku Kyo'i)) (772–846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made as a government official, including as governor of three different provinces. Bai Juyi was also renowned in Japan. Burton Watson says of Bai Juyi: "he worked to develop a style that was simple and easy to understand, and posterity has requited his efforts by making him one of the most well-loved and widely read of all Chinese poets, both in his native land and in the other countries of the East that participate in the appreciation of Chinese culture. He also, thanks to the translations and biographical studies by Arthur Waley, one of the most accessible to English readers". Today the fame of Bai Juyi is worldwide.