"Early editions of Li He’s poetry appear under a wide range of titles, but this term [geshi 歌詩, or "song-poems"] recurs frequently. The persistence of this term in referring to Li He’s poetry calls attention to the centrality of song traditions, as well as ideas about the power of song, and more generally of music, in his work."
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Li He (c. 790–791 – c. 816–817) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty.
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