Li Yu, Chinese Emperor and Poet(c. 937-978)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Li Yu
• Birth: August 15, c. 937, Nanjing, China
• Death: Unknown Date, 978, Kaifeng, China
• Language: Chinese
• Who he was: Chinese emperor and poet; wrote works in various forms and styles; some were composed in exile after the fall of his ineptly-governed kingdom (one of the last gasps of the glorious Tang); titles include "Alone Up the Western Tower" and the prose-ish "Dirge for the Zhaohui Queen Zhou"

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