If you want to know the story of Li Bai’s travels in the mountains and rivers, you must find the answer in his poems.
1. Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (761), Li Bai was over sixty years old. After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, he was wandering and being imprisoned. After being imprisoned and experiencing the humiliation of being exiled for a crime, when Li Bai came to Xuancheng for the seventh and last time, there was no longer the scene of friends and friends greeting him and seeing him off, and there was no more Beilou. Indulging in wine and discussing poetry in front of the pavilion are so cool.
He staggered up Jingting Mountain alone, sat alone for a long time, and was moved by the scene. He was very sad, and the loneliness and desolation came to his heart. He couldn't help but sing "Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain", an eternal masterpiece.
2. Gift to Wang Lun
Yuan Mei's "Supplement to Suiyuan Poems" of the Qing Dynasty records: In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Lun was a powerful man in Jingchuan. When he heard that Li Bai was coming, he wrote books to welcome him. : "Sir, how do you like traveling? There are ten miles of peach blossoms here. How do you like drinking, sir? There are thousands of hotels here." Li Xinran arrived.
Nai told the cloud: "'Peach Blossom' is the name of the pond, but there is no Peach Blossom; 'Wanjia' is the name of the owner of the shop, and there is no Wanjia Hotel." Li laughed and said He stayed for a few days and presented them personally with eight famous horses and ten official brocades. Li felt his thoughts and composed a quatrain of "Peach Blossom Pond".
Wang Lun knew that Li Bai would pass by here, so he wrote a letter saying: Sir, do you like to play? There are ten miles of beautiful peach blossoms here; sir, do you like drinking? There are thousands of hotels here. Li Bai was immediately attracted.
But when he went to Wang Lun's house, he learned that Peach Blossom is the name of the pond ten miles away, that is, Peach Blossom Pond; Wanjia Hotel is a hotel opened by a person named Wan! But Li Bai was not angry, but was moved by Wang Lun's kindness, and the two became good friends.
3. Early departure from Baidi City
In the spring of that year, Li Bai was exiled to Yelang due to the case of Yong Wang Li Lin, and rushed to the place where he was demoted via Sichuan. When I arrived at Baidi City, I suddenly received the news of the pardon. I was so surprised that I immediately took a boat east to Jiangling. This poem was written when the boat arrived at Jiangling, so the title of the poem is "The White Emperor Goes to Jiangling". Extended information
Li Bai has both a noble and arrogant side and a secular side. His ideals and freedom can only be found in mountains, forests, fairyland, and drunken countryside. Li Bai had his own ideals and beliefs. He was eager to serve his country and his country, but he could not bear the constraints of feudal ethics and had a rough and wandering life.
Thus, his poems and stories are bold and unrestrained, full of yearning for freedom and resentment towards the court. There is also emotion about one's own circumstances and a sense of loneliness.
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