The Fate of Poets Tossed About by Politics Li Bai, highly acclaimed as a poet, never realized his political ambitions and was exiled after being caught in an imperial family feud. Du Fu, while suffering through a life of wandering and poverty, continued to sing of his hopes for the happiness of all people in his poems. This is a lengthy biographical novel that boldly depicts the lives of these poets who lived through the unprecedented An Lushan Rebellion, incorporating bold novelistic concepts. Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: Birth Chapter 2: Li Bai the Fighter Chapter 3: The Imperial Court Chapter 4: Spring Trees, Evening Clouds Chapter 5: Ten Years in Chang'an Chapter 6: The Great Chaos of the Empire Chapter 7: Exile Chapter 8: The Nation Falls, But the Mountains and Rivers Remain Chapter 9: Endless Wandering Epilogue Instead of an Afterword Index of Quoted Poems and Poem Titles We will use recycled materials.