Chinese Poetry - Post-imperial Classical Chinese Poetry

Post-imperial Classical Chinese Poetry

Both shi and ci continued to be composed past the end of the imperial period; one example being Mao Zedong, former Chairman of the Communist Party of China, who wrote Classical Chinese poetry in his own calligraphic style.

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