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= __The Major General__ = = Li Ho =

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= Background Check = Li Ho, born Li He (family name first), was a Chinese poet who lived from 790 to 816 or 817 AD. He was a distant relative of the Royal Families, but he was rather poor in status and monetary means otherwise and died young as a result. Li lived with his father, who was visited by poet Han Yu when Li was a young boy. Inspired, Li turned out to be "a poetic child prodigy, starting to write at the age of 6 and developing a considerable reputation by age 15". When Li was about 15 or 16, his father died, leaving the poet to fend for himself. Li attempted to take an Imperial Examination at about 20 with the encouragement of Han Yu, the poet who had so inspired him, but he failed. At the time, Chinese officials were very wary of puns and word play, and Li's father's name sounded similar to the word for examination. Bitter about this outcome, he returned to writing poetry, which later became known for its unconventional style. However, Li wasn't able to obtain a stable position in Chinese society and perish due in part to frail health.

Works Cited "Biography of Li Ho." //PoemHunter.com.// N.p. Web. 20 May 2013. <[|http://www.poemhunter.com/li-ho/biography/]>. "The Daemonic Genius." //Bathrobe's Allusions to Classical Chinese Poetry in Pink Floyd.// N.p. Web. 20 May 2013. .

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