Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Ai Qing
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Quizzes
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Read Next
poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Discover
Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Artwork for themes for Pro-Con articles.
Pro and Con: Gun Control
Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).
9 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Ai Qing: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ai-Qing
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Jiang Haicheng • Ai Ch’ing
Born March 27, 1910 • Jinhua • China
Died May 5, 1996 (aged 86) • Beijing • China
Notable Works “Dayanhe”
Notable Family Members son Ai Weiwei
Hu Shih
Hu Shih
Chinese leader and scholar
Ouyang Xiu
Chinese author and statesman
Lu Xun
Chinese writer
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi
Chinese author and political reformer
Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Mi Fu
Chinese artist
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Chinese scholar
Du Fu
Du Fu
Chinese poet
Bei Dao
Chinese author
Wang Wei
Chinese author and artist
Tian Han
Chinese author
Baren
Chinese author and critic
Qian Zhongshu
Chinese scholar and author
Hu Feng
Chinese literary theorist
Wang Guowei
Chinese scholar
Bai Juyi, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Bai Juyi
Chinese poet
Han Yu, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Han Yu
Chinese author
Qu Yuan, the poet whose tragic death is commemorated in the Dragon Boat Festival
Qu Yuan
Chinese poet
Mu Dan
Chinese poet and translator
Li Bai
Li Bai
Chinese poet
Wu Cheng’en
Chinese author

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry