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Li Po

(Encyclopedia)Li Po lē tī-bô [key], c.700–762, Chinese poet of the T'ang dynasty. He was born in what is now Sichuan prov. Most authorities believe that he was a Taoist; Li Po's unconcern for worldly prefermen...

Li Pai

(Encyclopedia)Li Pai: see Li Po.

Po Chü-i

(Encyclopedia)Po Chü-i bô jü-ē [key], 772–846, Chinese poet. He occupied several important government posts, rising to the presidency of the imperial board of war in 841. He wrote over 3,000 poems, brief, top...

Li

(Encyclopedia)Li, symbol for the element lithium. ...

Po Hai

(Encyclopedia)Po Hai: see Bohai, China.

Fernando Po

(Encyclopedia)Fernando Po or Fernando Póo: see Equatorial Guinea. ...

Po, river, Italy

(Encyclopedia)Po pō, It. pô [key], Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long, rising in the Cottian Alps of Piedmont, NW Italy. It winds generally east in a wide valley, past Turin, Pavia, Piace...

Li Dazhao

(Encyclopedia)Li Dazhao lē dä-jou [key], 1888–1927, professor of history and librarian at Beijing Univ., cofounder of the Chinese Communist party with Chen Duxiu. He was the first important Chinese intellectual...

Li Ang

(Encyclopedia)Li Ang shûr sho͞o-dwän [key], 1952–, Taiwanese writer. After graduating from college in Taiwan she studied drama in the United States in the 1970s. Her fiction, which includes the novella The But...

Li Keqiang

(Encyclopedia)Li Keqiang, 1955–2023, Chinese political leader. He became a member of the Communist party while performing manual labor in th...