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Li Qi(李頎) was a famous poet who lived in High Tang period. He was often known as one of the frontier poets like Gao Shi(高適) and Cen Shen(岑參), but his extant works contained 120 or more poems shows us that he is a more talented poets than generally known. In his works, especially 35 heptasyllabic old style poems deserve to study in all its aspects for these poems are relatively remarkable in quality as well as in quantity. We can find out three main subjects of those as following. 1. Depicting the characteristics of a eccentric person, 2. Embodying images in listening performance of musical instruments. 3. Raising a questions about the life of frontier post. Not only these main subjects but other materials and feelings that Li Qi wish to express through composition are thought be successfully manifested in his heptasyllabic old style poems. It is likely that Li Qi's various experience as a man of chivalrous, a candidate for an examination, an officer in the lowest position, and a Taoist made it possible. Moreover his powerful ability to handle the style of heptasyllabic songs help them to be more brilliant and special. It is natural that we consider him one of the significant poets in High Tang period.