The layman Qinglian refers to Li Bai.
According to records, Li Bai lived in Qinglian Township, Jiangyou City, Sichuan during his youth. The ancients used the name of the place, so Li Bai was called Qinglian layman. Another theory is that Qinglian is a pure and untainted existence in Buddhism, and Li Bai refers to himself as Qinglian; Li Bai loves Qinglian, so he uses it as his nickname; Qinglian is just an elegant nickname given by Li Bai after he became a poet.
Li Bai (February 28, 701 - December 762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was praised by later generations as "Poetry Immortal" is called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to distinguish him from Li Shangyin and Du Mu, who are "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively called "Big Li Du". The "Old Book of Tang" records that Li Bai was from Shandong; the "New Book of Tang" records that Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Xingsheng Emperor Li Hao and had the same ancestry as the kings of Li and Tang. He is cheerful and generous, loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.
Li Bai's "Collection of Li Taibai" has been handed down from generation to generation, and most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His representative works include "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall", "The Road is Difficult", "The Road to Shu is Difficult", "About Drinking" and "Early Hair Gray". "Imperial City" and many other songs. Song people have biographies of Li Bai's poems and poems (such as the first volume of Wen Ying's "Xiangshan Wild Records"). In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, "Li Bai's poems" enjoy an extremely high status.
Li Bai’s main achievements:
1. Poetry. Li Bai's 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. Calligraphy. "Tie on the Balcony" is a four-character cursive poem composed by Li Bai, 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".
3. Swordsmanship. Li Bai was not only talented in literature, but also fond of swordsmanship. He is "fifteen good at swordsmanship" and "has mastered swordsmanship by himself".
4. Thoughts. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, national power was strong, and most scholars were eager to make contributions. Li Bai regarded himself as an unparalleled talent and promised to "exercise his wisdom and be willing to serve as an assistant to make the whole region settled and Hai County unified". He devoted his life to the pursuit of "Talking about Smiling An Liyuan" and "Li Yuan". The ideal of finally settling the country down.