CATEGORY

People love to call Li Qing an apostle of poetry. He has played a leading role in popularizing Chinese poetry throughout the world. Li Qings realistic concern with life and his unaffected pursuit of the true, the good and the beauty become the soul of his poetry. Reading Li Qings poems means to know him and to know his simple and noble character - Liu Zhangqiu

The image of war rises from the red pervading the spring of 99 in Kosovo; the red flowers are a reminiscence of the Kosovo peonies; the proportions of the tragedy are suggested by the sea and the sun, both tinged by the color of agony; and the water of life - rain, rivers, seas - have turned into a symbol of violence and death.-Dr. Krinka Vidakovic

One of the most impressive poems on the Holocaust has been written by a Chinese poet from Hong Kong.-Dr. Aleksander Petrov

Many of Li Qings poems are like pictures, filled with bright colors, smooth lines and soft tones. You can see the poet standing before the canvas and composes verses, eye with smiles. The beauty of sound on the poems is intoxicating. It is evident that classical Chinese literature has had a profound impact on Li Qings poems-Sha Ou, poet and poetry critic