Li Bai wrote a poem to Li Yong, the prefect of Beihai. The poems are as follows:
On Li Yong
Dapeng rises with the wind in one day, and shakes it up to Wan Li.
If the wind breaks down, it can still winnow the surging water.
when people see my constant tone, they all sneer at the rest.
Xuan's father can still be afraid of his later life, but his husband should not be young.
Introduction
Li Bai (71-762), whose name is Taibai, was named as a violet layman, and also named "fallen immortal". He was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was praised as a "poetic immortal" by later generations. Also known as "Li Du" with Du Fu.
When Li Bai visited Beihai County in the fourth year of Tianbao (745), he wrote "Shang Li Yong" to Li Yong (678-747, a native of Jiangdu, Guangling, now Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province, a calligrapher and writer in the Tang Dynasty).
The poet compares himself to Dapeng, and his lines are full of heroism. Five or six sentences show that ordinary people don't understand themselves, which is intended to be ironic. They are also full of feelings that the father of the world is Confucius. During the reign of Tang Zhenguan, Confucius was honored as the father, and the Analects of Confucius Zi Han said, "It's awesome to be born later, and you don't know that the newcomers are not today." The last two sentences use this code to persuade Li Yong to pay attention to himself. This poem is rather conceited.