Li Bai's 'Departing from Baidi at Dawn' is a timeless masterpiece.
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history
Famous as the site of 白帝托孤 (Báidì tuō gū) — where the dying Liu Bei (刘备) entrusted his son to Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮) in 223 CE. The episode is one of the most dramatic moments in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
culture
Subject of Li Bai's poem 朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还 ('At dawn I left Baidi amid colorful clouds; a thousand li to Jiangling, returned in a single day') — every Chinese student learns it.
