Cloud of Poems

"Cloud of Poems" (Chinese: 诗云 or 詩雲, Pinyin: Shi yun) is a short story written by Liu Cixin in 1997.

Ten years ago, Big-tooth went with Yiyi to meet the "god" that had recently appeared in the solar system.

The god then takes a sample of Yiyi's genes and becomes human, explaining after that he does this with every species he meets to truly understand their art form.

After hollowing out the Earth to use as material, Li Bai returns humans and some of the dinosaurs to it, creating along with it a white hole to provide light.

The three main characters, Yiyi, Big-tooth, and Li Bai, represent the three different viewpoints in regard to the debate between technology and humanism.

This is shown in a paragraph where Li Bai dismisses eliminating poems that do not follow classic Chinese prosody.