Li Bai’s achievements in ancient Yuefu style and quatrains

Li Bai's achievements

1. Poetry

Li Bai's achievements in Yuefu, song lines and quatrains are the highest. The lines of his songs completely break all the inherent patterns of poetry creation. They are empty and have many styles of writing, reaching a magical realm of unpredictable and swaying at will.

Li Bai's quatrains are natural, lively, elegant and unrestrained, and can express endless emotions in concise and clear language. Among the poets of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were good at the Five Jue, and Wang Changling and other Qi Jue wrote very well. Li Bai was the only one who was good at both the Five Jue and the Seven Jue and reached the same extreme level.

2. Ci Fu

There is still no unanimous conclusion on whether Li Bai composed Ci, but the works that are now passed down as Li Bai’s Ci, regardless of their authenticity and whether they can be classified There are about 20 poems in the style of poetry, such as "Bodhisattva Man", "Recalling Qin'e", etc.

In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, "Li Bai's Ci" enjoys an extremely high status in the history of Ci. This status is like the status of ancient Greek mythology in Western art. As an "unattainable" standard, Li Bai's poetry has become an eternal idol in people's minds. Li Bai made significant contributions to the formation of the textual model of Ci and the creation model of Ci.

3. Calligraphy

"Tie to the Balcony" is Li Bai's own four-character cursive poem, and it is also his only authentic calligraphy handed down from generation to generation. Paper, length 28.5 cm, width 38.1 cm. 5 lines of cursive script, 25 words. The inscription is "Taibai".

It not only summarizes the towering power of Wangwu Mountain and the long-lasting water, but also expresses the author's admiration for Sima Chengzhen by praising his works.

The whole volume is vigorous and elegant, and the writing is free and easy, fast and smooth, and the method is eclectic, just like Li Bai's bold and elegant poetic style. The whole structure is also full of ups and downs, full of emotions and endless fun.