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Famous Shi Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Shi poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous shi poems. These examples illustrate what a famous shi poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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...Since beauty is honoured all over the Empire, 
How could Xi Shi remain humbly at home? -- 
Washing clothes at dawn by a southern lake -- 
And that evening a great lady in a palace of the north: 
Lowly one day, no different from the others, 
The next day exalted, everyone praising her. 
No more would her own hands powder her face 
Or arrange on her shoulders a silken robe. 
And the more the King loved her, the ...Read more of this...
by Wei, Wang



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