According to legend, Li Bai was not only a poet who wrote "hundreds of poems about drinking wine", but he was also a calligrapher who could write characters with flying pen.
In the sixteenth year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai came to Anlu and lived in Baizhao Temple under the peach blossom rock in Baizhao Mountain. He studied hard in the cold window, drank wine and composed poems, sought immortality and visited Taoism, and made friends with heroes. After several spring and autumn years, he became very famous. Soon, he married the granddaughter of Xu Yushi, who had been prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty.
Regarding this matter, the officials and people in Anzhou Prefecture all expressed their congratulations, saying that this marriage was between a talented man and a beautiful woman, a perfect match between a dragon and a phoenix. Only an official named Pei Mingbu was dissatisfied: This person surnamed Li only knows a few poems, so how lucky is he to marry a lady from a famous family? I will definitely make him good-looking when the time comes.
On the day of the wedding, Chief Pei prepared a small gift and came to the Xu Mansion for a banquet. After three rounds of drinking, Chief Pei stood up and said, "Everyone, we are destined to have such a good time today. Why not invite Li The young master's calligraphy is a feast for our eyes, and we can also join in the fun." When everyone heard this, they all said yes. Because Li Bai usually wrote poems and rarely used a pen, few people knew how good his calligraphy was. When Pei Changli mentioned it, they all thought it was reasonable, and they all agreed in unison, asking Li Bai to comment.
At this time, Li Bai had had several glasses of wine and was in high spirits. Hearing that someone wanted to see his calligraphy, he readily agreed and asked his family to get the Four Treasures of the Study. I saw Pei Changli holding his family members, giving him the pen, ink, paper and inkstone he had prepared, and said, "I am waiting here." After saying that, he spread out a white paper that was two feet wide and five feet long.
Li Bai looked at the five-foot-long white practitioner, rolled up his sleeves, took the pen, dipped it in thick ink, and was about to put down the pen, but Pei Changli stopped him and said: "Master Li, today is a good day. , How dare you work so hard, I only ask you to give me a word on this Zhang Wu Bai Lian, which means I am lucky. As the saying goes, 'the rare treasures are more valuable'!" After hearing this, Li Bai felt a little worried. Difficult, because this calligraphy standard says that the strokes must be flowing and flowing, and it can be done with one swipe. However, this five-foot-long white line is narrow and long. It can only write one word, and it is not easy to lay out. My five-foot body is not enough even with hands. How could he write the word "one foot" (one foot) and five feet long? How could he know that this was a problem deliberately posed by Pei Changli to take advantage of him?
Li Bai put down his pen, pondered for a moment, and came up with a plan. He hurriedly asked his family to fetch the horse, and asked Pei Changli and everyone to go to the front yard. No one knew what Li Bai was doing. But Li Bai walked out of the door, got on his horse, and asked the two men to hold Bai Lian tight. Then he held the pen between his toes, raised his whip to spur the horse, and galloped towards Bai Lian. As the horse approached the side of the training, he raised his foot and waved, and with a "swish" sound, a straight, powerful ink stick appeared on the training ground.
The official Pei was stunned at first, but when he took a closer look, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Li is really a master of calligraphy. The character '一' is written well. However, if I had known that Master Li wrote If you want the word '一', you shouldn't have to worry about it. When the pole falls down, doesn't it mean the word '一'?" When everyone heard this, they also found it interesting and they all started laughing, but the laughter didn't stop. But two feet away, Li Bai was turning his horse back, holding a pen in his hand. He heard a "whoosh" sound, and the pen flew toward Bai Lian like an arrow from a bow. Diagonally, it falls just to the right of the black bar. Like a magic trick, a beautiful word "Bu" appeared on Bai Lian.
When everyone saw it, they were amazed and praised repeatedly: "Magic pen!" "Magic pen!" Chief Pei Bu was even more stunned. I thought to myself, this man surnamed Li really has a lot of talent! But he said quickly: "Master Li is a genius! Mr. Li is a genius!" From then on, he was convinced and fell to the ground. Since then, Li Bai's reputation has become even higher. He lived in Anlu for ten years and did not leave until he was ordered to go to Beijing. After Li Bai left, in order to express their admiration for his superb calligraphy art, people named a mountain with three peaks in the north of Baizhao Temple Bijia Mountain, and named a spring pool behind Baizhao Temple Xi. pen pool.