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An author from this period wondered “how many flowers have fallen” after a night filled with sounds of wind and rain. A work from this period suggests that having daughters is better than having sons who will be buried in the grass. (20[1])The “Four Paragons” are included in a “Complete” anthology of this period, whose canon was assembled into a book of “Three Hundred” poems from it. (20[1])Vehicles “rumble and roll” across a bridge at the start of that poem from this period named (*) “Song of the War Carts.” “Quiet Night Thought,” and a poem whose speaker invites the moon and his shadow to join him titled “Drinking Alone by Moonlight,” (10[1])are by a poet who lived during this dynasty. For 10 points, name this dynasty during which and Bái wrote. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Táng dynasty [accept tángshī; accept Complete Anthology of Tang Poetry, Complete Tang Poems, or Quán Tángshī or Three Hundred Tang Poems or Tángshī sānbǎi shǒu] (The poet in the first sentence is Meng Haoran.)
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