Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was made an academician sacrifice by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty because of his good poetry writing. His main job is to accompany the emperor to write poems and entertain him. At that time, Li Bai was favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, but he had no power. Nevertheless, Li Bai was envied by many people, including Prime Minister Yang.
Yang's daughter is Yang Guifei, so Yang suddenly became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, many court ministers were with him, and Yang became more and more overbearing. Later, he always opposed the then general An Lushan, which eventually led to the Anshi Rebellion. Yang was hacked to death in the mutiny.
Yang is always jealous of those who are more talented than him, fearing that they will threaten his position. Among them, Li Bai is his least favorite. He felt that Li Bai never took him seriously, so he always wanted to find an opportunity to ridicule Li Bai. On one occasion, Yang invited Li Bai to have a three-step dialogue. It means to complete sentence alignment in three steps. If Li Bai is wrong, you can still mock Li Bai. So Yang said to him, "Two apes are in the middle of a wooden mountain and ask the monkeys how to saw wood." . Li Bai immediately knew that Yang was laughing at him. He replied unhurriedly, "There is a horse stuck in the mud. Let's see how this beast got out." . It turned out that Yang wanted to humiliate Li Bai. This is the opposite of a monkey. However, Li Bai ridiculed him as a beast. Although Yang was angry, he couldn't be angry and had to leave.