There are more than 990 poems by Li Bai in existence. There are a large number of political lyric poems, which fully express the poet's extraordinary ambition, unrestrained passion, and heroic spirit. They also represent the typical high-spirited tone of the poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai had a strong self-awareness and compared himself with the Dapeng many times. "The Dapeng rises with the wind in one day, and its fortunes rise ninety thousand miles" in "Li Yong". However, Li Bai returned frustrated after three years in Chang'an. When his passionate political enthusiasm was collided with reality, he turned into a sad and angry song of unrecognized talent. He burst out from his chest: "The road is like the blue sky. I can't reach it alone. I am ashamed." "In the middle of Chang'an society, red chickens and white dogs play for pears and chestnuts, they play swords and sing songs and make bitter sounds, and they drag their trains to the royal family, which is not suitable for them." Li Bai also wrote joyful drinking poems to relieve the sorrow of not being able to realize his talent. "About to Enter the Wine": "If you are happy in life, you must have all the fun. Don't let the gold bottle stand empty against the moon. I am born with talents that will be useful. I will come back after all the gold is spent. I have fun cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. I will drink three hundred cups at a time." In line with this bold and unrestrained emotional momentum, the distinctive characteristics of Li Bai's poetry in terms of artistic techniques are: magical imagination, unprovoked changes, vertical and horizontal jumps in structure, and scattered sentence lengths, forming a majestic and elegant poem. style. Throughout his life, the poet has been praising the ideal life with his innocent heart. No matter when and where, he always embraces the whole world with enthusiasm, pursues full performance, meritorious service and enjoyment, and has a keen sense of all beautiful things. Feel, grasp reality without being satisfied with reality, plunge into the rapids of life but transcend the worries of suffering, and realize your own value in a high and exciting mental state. If ideal color is the main feature of the poetic style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, then Li Bai was at the forefront of the times with his more promising ideal singing. The themes of Li Bai's poems are diverse. Representative works include: seven-character ancient poems ("The Road to Shu is Difficult", "The Journey is Difficult", "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin Leaves", "About to Enter the Wine", "Liang Fu Yin", etc.), five-character ancient poems (59 poems in "Ancient Style"); The Yuefu folk songs of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, such as "Changgan Xing", "Midnight Wu Song", etc., and seven-character quatrains ("Wanglu Mountain Waterfall", "Wangtianmen Mountain", "Early Departure from Baidi City", etc.) have become famous in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Li Bai was already well-known in the Tang Dynasty. His poems were collected in various volumes, and he was the first person in the Chinese poetry circle to enrich and develop the artistic themes of heroism in the Tang Dynasty. Like other scribes at the same time, he had grand ambitions. The so-called "approved Guan Yan's talk, plotted the emperor's skills, exerted his wisdom, and was willing to serve as an assistant. He made the Huan District Dading and Hai County unified" ("Dai Shoushan" "Reply to Meng Shaofu's Transfer of Documents") is his most persistent belief in life. Whether Li Bai has the actual ability to engage in political activities in a complex power structure may be very doubtful, but as a poet, this belief has become more important. He pursues and praises the magnificent life as a starting point. He draws strength from the demeanor and style of countless ancient heroes and projects realistic ideals into history, thus establishing a gallery of heroic characters in his poems. The hero of the storm, for example, "Liang Fu Yin" writes about Taigong Wang: "Don't you see the song of Chaoge butchering the old man and saying goodbye to Ji Jin? He came to the Weibin at eighty to fish; he would rather be shy and his white hair shines in the clear water; he would be strong and think about economics at the right time. There are three thousand eight hundred fishing in Guangzhang, Feng Qi An was in love with King Wen. The great virtuous tiger turned stupid and unexpected, and he was quite like an ordinary person back then. "Praise to the righteous people who regard fame and wealth as trivial, such as Lu Zhonglian in the tenth chapter of "Ancient Style": "Qi Yousheng, Lu Liante. Wonderful. When the bright moon rises from the bottom of the sea, it shines brightly. Later generations look up to it and give it a gift. I am also a wanderer, and my clothes are in tune. The British master is like the one in "The Road is Difficult": "Don't you see that in the past, the Yan family valued Guo Wei, and he supported Hui and broke the festival without any doubts. Ju Xin and Le Yi were grateful, transfusing the liver and dissecting the bile to serve the talents. The bones of King Zhao are lingering Manchu, who is more likely to sweep the golden platform?" Praise for famous ministers who are arrogant and uphold the dignity of civilians, such as Li Shiqi in "Yin of Liang Fu": "If you don't see the drunkard in Gaoyang, you will always bow to Duke Long Zhun of Shandong; you will not bow when you enter. The two women marched eastward to the Qi city for seventy-two times, and they were eloquent. The madmen were in such a state of desolation, how much more so when the heroes were the heroes of the army! He is an all-powerful figure on the historical stage, and is integrated with the lyrical protagonist. For example, in his poem to reward friends, he said: "Feng shui is like seeing talents, throwing poles to help the emperor." ("Sima, King of Rewarding Fangzhou". "Gift to Xuejian with Yan Zhengzi") "I said to myself that Guan and Ge Jing are the ones who promised me that I would never make a mistake in retreating." ("Gift to Yangshan people after driving to the hot spring palace") After waking up from drunkenness, he expressed his ambition: "Fu said that Ban Zhuchen was a minister, and Li Si was an eagle and a dog man. He raised up Kuang Sheji and returned to the hardships." ("Winter Night Drunk Longmen Jue Qi's Statement") When the Anshi Rebellion began, Li Bai regarded the situation as the conflict between Chu and Han, and used Zhang Liang and Han Xin said to themselves: "It's quite like the Chu and Han Dynasties, where there was no end to the overthrow. They passed Bolangsha in the morning and entered Huaiyin City at dusk. Zhang Liang did not meet Han Xin, and Liu Xiang's life and death depended on his two ministers. I went to Xiapi for a while to receive the military strategy, and came to vote for Piao Mu as my master. " ("Tiger Walking") After he entered the Yongwang Lin shogunate, he compared himself to Xie An: "But I use Dongshan to thank Anshi, and talk and laugh for you in the quiet Husha. "(Part 2 of "The Song of King Yong's Tour to the East") Until he surrendered to the army at the age of sixty, he still used Meng Zi, a hero in the Western Han Dynasty, to promise: "I returned from illness after half a day, but there was no reason for the southeast expedition. Yafu didn't see him, so Ju Mengzhu went ahead. "("I heard that Lieutenant Li led millions of Qin soldiers to the southeast...") Li Bai, who was born in a prosperous age, paid tribute to the heroes of troubled times, and of course he was not just thinking about the ancient times.
Because through such characters, the poet can express his "ambitious" spirit and enthusiasm, and express his life desire to establish glorious achievements in history and actively create self-worth. Li Bai unified the ideal of resolving problems and the freedom of his uninhibited personality in order to achieve a perfect life. His design of his life path was carried out in two steps: first, he established extraordinary achievements and great deeds, as the saying goes: "If you can't help others, what good is it to be a good person?" ("To Secretary Wei Zichun") "When two dragons fight, heaven and earth The wind and clouds were in motion. The feud between the Han Dynasty was resolved in a hurry while drinking and dancing." ("Send Zhang Xiucai to Pay a Visit to the High School Prime Minister") After success, he did not covet wealth and fame, but regarded "Five Lakes" and "Cangzhou" as his lofty ideals. Home, longing for a free life. In his early years, when he was seeking an official position, he did not deny this point: "Succeeding in success, I brush off my clothes and sway beside Cangzhou." ("Bitter Rain at Princess Yuzhen's Pavilion") He did not give up on this point when he was most proud of his official career: "Thanks to the world for success, From then on, I cast myself into fishing." ("Hanlin Readings") "When I finish the festival, I will report to the Lord, and then we will sleep together in the white clouds." ("After driving to the hot spring palace, I will give it to Yangshan people") Until his later years, he was still determined. Shift: "In the end, we will be safe in the country, and we will go to the five lakes with success." ("Gift to Secretary Wei Zichun") This ideal of life embodies the poet's consciousness of "being ashamed of his virtues" and loving freedom: "I write with one arrow. , I can achieve Liaocheng merit, but I am not rewarded, and I am ashamed to be like the people of the time." ("Donglu went to Wen Shangwen in May") "I died in the grass, and I didn't ask for a golden cage to live." These poems are the self-expression of the poet's thoughts.
Because his sense of freedom is so strong, his anger and resistance are particularly strong when encountering obstacles from ugly forces in real life