On this day, 45 years ago, on March 8, 1980 (January 22, 1980, the China modern writer and famous poet Li Ji passed away. Modern writer Li Ji died on March 8, 1980. Li Ji, a modern China writer, famous poet and vice chairman of the China Writers Association, died at the age of 58. Li Ji (1922- 1980), a famous modern poet, was born on August 16, 1922 in Qiyi Town, Tanghe County, Henan Province. His original name was Li Zhenpeng, and his pen names Li Ji, Yu Yifan, etc. In 1938, he studied at Yan 'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, joined the Communist Party of China in May of the following year, and served as editor of the supplement to Mass Daily in 1948. In 1949, he served as the Editorial and Publishing Minister of the Central South Federation of Literary and Art Workers and editor-in-chief of "Yangtze River Literature and Art". From 1955 to 1957, he served as deputy director of the Creation Committee of the Writers Association in Beijing. In 1962, he served as deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of "People's Literature". After crushing the "Gang of Four", he served as editor-in-chief of the "Poetry Magazine" and a member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. His main works include: excellent long narrative poems "Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang" and "Biography of Yang Gao", short poetry collections "Yumen Poetry Copy" and "Sea Oath", etc. Published "Selected Works of Li Ji".