Li Bai lived during the Tang Empire¡s most prosperous period. He loved his country and --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- people, using his versatile writing brush to sing of the charms and beauty of his motherland and --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- of human beings.Often quoted are his descriptions of the Yellow River: ¡The Yellow River comes --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- from the sky/Rushing into the sea and ne¡er come back?¡ He celebrated the brilliance of the --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- waterfall at Lushan Mountain with flashes of imagination: ¡The rushing torrent pours down three --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- thousand feet sheer/As if the Milky Way is falling from heaven.¡ --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Sometimes Li Bai engaged himself in composing a few lines of tender feeling. One of his --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- most famous verses is about ¡A Tranquil Night¡: --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Before my bed a pool of light, --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Is it hoarfrost upon the ground? --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Eyes raised, I see the moon so bright; --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- Head bent, in homesickness I¡m drowned.