Li Bai—poems unrivaled,
thought soaring airborne, never banal:
the freshness, newness of Yu the Commander,
the rare excellence of Adjutant Bao.
Here by the northern Wei, springtime trees;
east of the Yangzi, clouds at the close of day—
when will we share a cask of wine,
once more debate the subtleties of the written word?
白也诗无敌，飘然思不群。
清新庾开府，俊逸鲍参军。
渭北春天树，江东日暮云。
何时一樽酒，重与细论文。
Yu Xin (513–581), who held the title of Commander Unequaled in Honor, and Bao Zhao (414–466),who held a military post late in life, were two of the most distinguished poets of the period preceding the Tang.
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