Li Bai felt that relying on his own talents, he could "go out and make friends with the prince in peace, and flee to overlook the bird's nest" (Preface to Send Swallow Garden to Hide the Fairy City Mountain). He cast a strong contempt for those powerful people who enjoy high positions and high salaries by virtue of their family background, showing a proud and unyielding character.
He despised the feudal hierarchy, was unwilling to flatter, and disdained to rise and fall with customs. The darkness of reality disillusioned his ideal, and he was suffocated by the shackles of feudal ethical hierarchy. He longed for the freedom and liberation of his personality, so he adopted a wild and uninhibited attitude towards life to get rid of the shackles and strive for freedom. Its manifestation is binge drinking and singing, seeking immortality and learning Taoism. But wine can't relieve worries, and the immortal is more ethereal, so he praised the beautiful nature as the ideal sustenance and the embodiment of freedom "according to the unchangeable habit of my life" (Lushan Ballad).
Mount Emei, Huashan, Lushan, Taishan, Huangshan, etc. It is majestic in his works, full of clouds and streams; The rushing Yellow River and the surging Yangtze River swept away everything in the works, showing the poet's unruly character and strong desire to break through the fetters.
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The age of Li Bai's growth activities was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty-the reign of Kaiyuan Tianbao. At that time, society was generally rich. Du Fu's poem "Remembering the Past" is the most vivid description: "Recalling the heyday of Kaiyuan, there were still thousands of small towns; Rice is fat and white, and public and private warehouses are rich. There are no jackals on Kyushu Road, and it is not a good day to travel far away ... "The situation is just like in an economically developed country, the children of ordinary families have the financial resources to realize the ideal of traveling around the world.
Li Bai lives a chic life, while Du Fu is always naked and hungry. This impression is seriously inaccurate.
Du Fu's family suffered a lot because of the war, but his father and father were both court officials, his mother was a noble family in Cui Shi, Qinghe at that time, and his wife was also the daughter of court officials. His family has land in Luoyang and Chang 'an, and there are many well-paid relatives and friends. They gave Du Fu practical help, and Du Fu himself actually got a salary from the court for several years-in short, Du Fu's economic income in his life was more reliable than that of Li Bai.
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