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李白与杜甫

李白与杜甫

Li Bai and Du Fu

Level 4 · Historical Anecdotes · 历史轶事 · 53 vocabulary words

Source: 《旧唐书·文苑传》 · Old Book of Tang, 'Biographies of Men of Letters'

李lǐ白bái和hé杜dù甫fǔ是shì唐táng朝cháo最zuì伟大wěi dà的de两liǎng位wèi诗人shī rén,他们tā men还是hái shi好hǎo朋友péng you。

Li Bai and Du Fu were the two greatest poets of the Tang, and they were friends.

李lǐ白bái比bǐ杜dù甫fǔ大dà十shí一yī岁suì。他们tā men一起yì qǐ游yóu山shān玩wán水shuǐ,一起yì qǐ写xiě诗shī。

Li Bai was eleven years older. Together they roamed mountains and rivers and wrote poems.

李lǐ白bái浪漫làng màn,他tā的de诗shī像xiàng天上tiān shàng的de云yún;杜dù甫fǔ深沉shēn chén,他tā的de诗shī记录jì lù着zhe时代shí dài。

Li Bai the romantic, his poems like clouds in the sky; Du Fu the profound, his poems a record of the age.

人们rén men说shuō:李lǐ白bái的de诗shī,是shì天才tiān cái的de诗shī;杜dù甫fǔ的de诗shī,是shì人民rén mín的de诗shī。

People say: Li Bai's poems are the poems of genius; Du Fu's, the poems of the people.

一yì千qiān多年duō nián过去guò qù了le,他们tā men的de诗shī还hái在zài被bèi一代yí dài一代yí dài人rén朗读lǎng dú。

A thousand years on, their poems are still read aloud, generation after generation.

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