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Li He 李賀 李贺 Lǐ Hè Li He 790-816 2
Li He is not represented in the standard Three Hundred Tang Poems anthology; the table entry listing 2 included pieces is incorrect.
Full reasoning
Multiple reliable references say Li He was excluded from Three Hundred Tang Poems altogether, so the count for Li He cannot be 2.
- The Center for the Art of Translation states that “none of his poems made their way into the popular anthologies such as the Three Hundred Tang Poems.”
- A Harvard Fairbank Center interview with Berkeley scholar Robert Ashmore likewise says “not a single poem by Li He is featured in the wildly popular anthology, Three Hundred Tang Poems.”
- The Chinese Text Project’s Li He entry also notes that Li He’s works were “excluded from the influential Three Hundred Tang Poems.”
These sources agree that Li He had zero poems in the anthology, so the table entry giving him 2 included pieces is factually wrong.
3 sources
- Li He - CAT Center
Although his works were admired by the group of poets in the late Tang Dynasty who practiced similar poetic techniques, they were not accepted in the canonical tradition: none of his poems made their way into the popular anthologies such as the Three Hundred Tang Poems.
- Poetic Soundscapes: How Li He (李賀), a "Demonic Talent," Brings the Quirky to Tang Poetry - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Yet not a single poem by Li He is featured in the wildly popular anthology, Three Hundred Tang Poems, that any self-respecting Chinese parents would try to teach their children.
- 李賀 Li He - Chinese Text Project
During this era, the popularity of his poetry suffered from a change in literary tastes, with his works notably being excluded from the influential Three Hundred Tang Poems, but there was a revival of interest in him in the twentieth century.