#scholar-official
- Bai Juyi — One of the greatest and most influential Chinese poets of the Tang dynasty, renowned for his clear, accessible, and direct style that favored everyday language. A prominent scholar-official, his massive body of work contains sharp social commentary, addressing poverty, wartime hardships, and political corruption, with masterpiece narrative poems like 'Song of Everlasting Sorrow' and 'The Song of the Pipa Player' achieving timeless global status.