“[Bai Juyi] utilized Confucianism to order his conduct, utilized Buddhism to cleanse his mind, and then utilized history, paintings, mountains, rivers, wine, music and song to soothe his spirit.”

— Bai Juyi

Composition for his own tomb inscription, as quoted in Lin Yutang's The Importance of Living (1940), p. 411

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Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty 772–846

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