Bái Jū yì
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
Lǐ Bái
Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
pí pa xíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
bài táng
ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
same as 拜天地
mài tàn wēng
the old charcoal seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
Lǐ Wá zhuàn
Tale of courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
Bái Xíng jiǎn
Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
Xīn luó wáng cháo
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD
one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bǎi jì] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gāo jù lí] around 660 in alliance with Tang China
unified Silla 658-935
zuì shèng
the Sage of intoxication
refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)
Mài Tàn Wēng
The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
Pí pa Xíng
Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
Lǐ Wá Zhuàn
Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
bái tāng
clear soup
white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤[nai3 tang1]
decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs