# Bai Juyi — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/bai-juyi-whe-definition-discussion/2569 "2016-04-29T08:58:24Z")\
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Bai Juyi (l. 772-846) was one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) along with Li Po (l. 701-762) and Du Fu (l. 712-770). He was a government official who got in trouble with authorities a number of times for not following the rules or doing as his superiors thought he should.

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