“小李杜”指() A: Li<br/>Bai、Du<br/>Fu B: Li<br/>Bai、Du Mu C: Li<br/>Shangyin、Du Mu D: Li<br/>Shangyin、Du<br/>Fu

The idiom 巴山夜雨 implies the loneliness of Li Shangyin ( 李商隐 ) when he served in the Ta-pa Mountains ( 大巴山脉 ).

Which poet is widely known as “Buddhist poet”? ( ) A: Du Fu. B: Wang Wei. C: Li Shangyin. D: Wang Bo.

Which poet put forward the term “New Yuefu”? ( ) A: Li Bai. B: Du Fu. C: Bai Juyi. D: Li Shangyin.

______’s poems<br/>faithfully and profoundly reflect the social realities of the Tang<br/>Dynasty in decline, like a historical account written in history.<br/>Thus, they have been called “history in poems”. A: Li Bai B: Du<br/>Fu C: Bai<br/>Juyi D: Li<br/>Shangyin

Li Shangyin used many Chinese ancient myths and legends in his poem, The Sad Zither. They are ( ) A: Mermaid’s tears become pearl. B: Vapor of jade from Lantian County can be seen in the sunlight. C: Emperor Wang become a cuckoo and always cries. D: Zhuangzi dreams of being a butterfly.

Who’s poetry got praised by Wang Shizhen from Qing Dynasty for “putting Zen into every word”? A: Yuan Zhen’s Yuan’s Stories in Changqing B: Bai Juyi’s Bai’s Stories in Changqing C: Wang Wei’s Wangchuan Quatrain D: Li Shangyin’s Li’s Poetry