First of all, let me tell you about the writing background of It's Hard to Walk.
In the first year of Tianbao, due to the praise and recommendation of Princess He, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty read Li Bai's poems and admired them very much, so he called Li Bai into the palace. On the day when Li Bai entered the palace to appear before the court, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty came down to meet him and said, "Give the rice in front of the Qibao bed and scoop it yourself."
Tang Xuanzong asked some contemporary current events, and Li Bai answered these questions with his half-life knowledge and long-term observation of society. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty greatly appreciated it and immediately made Li Bai worship the Hanlin. Li Bai is an active official, and he is very ambitious. He really wants to do great things like Guan Zhong, Sean and Zhuge Liang. However, Tang Xuanzong did not reuse it, and only gave him a leisure post. His daily job is to write poems, which makes Li Bai very disappointed.
Although Li Bai's position was not prominent, he had to serve Li Bai in front of him and write poems for him because he had banquets or outings, so he could always accompany the emperor, so he was excluded by some powerful ministers at that time. They often speak ill of Li Bai in front of the emperor. So two years later, Li Bai was kicked out of Chang 'an by "paying back the money".
Although Li Bai was in pain for a while, it was hard to accept for a while, but after a long period of self-comfort, he settled down. He thought: I am not the only one who has encountered hardships in life. Trying to cross the Yellow River is frozen to death, and trying to climb Taihang Mountain is all wind and frost. This phenomenon has been seen too much in nature and real life. How can it be strange? Although Li Bai is a man of temperament, he gradually learned to look at reality calmly through blows and setbacks. After calming down, he picked up a pen and wrote down his inner changes and psychological feelings, resulting in three poems, Difficult to Walk.
Among them, "I will ride the wind and waves one day" comes from the biography of Song Shuzong Xi. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a young man named Zong Yi who studied with his uncle since he was a child. My uncle is very learned, but he pretends to be lofty and doesn't want to be an official (this is also an important trend in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: hermits, many people are proud of being honest and clean, and even became famous in Wanli because of their honesty and clean, and finally became an official by virtue of their reputation, which makes people laugh). One day, he asked Zong Xi, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Zong Yi replied without hesitation: "I am willing to ride the wind and waves."
It is said that my uncle thought Zongxi was going to be an official! Quite contemptuous. However, Zong Yi later became a famous general and made great contributions to the court at that time. Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves became famous in one fell swoop.
This sentence expresses Xiao Zongxi's great ambition. Li Bai expressed his heroism and optimism that he was ready to break through all obstacles and display his ambition through the words of Zong. Give confidence, courage and strength to those who also encounter setbacks, difficulties and blows and feel at a loss on the way forward. He believes that although there are many obstacles ahead, one day, as Zong Yi said, he will ride the wind and waves, hang up the Yun Fan, cross the sea and reach the ideal shore.
There is also a famous saying in the preface to Wang Teng-ting: There is a pen with a heart, and Mu Zong has a long wind. In other words, I want to join the army and aspire to ride the wind and waves.
"One day, I will ride the long wind, break through the stormy waves, sail straight and build a bridge on the deep sea." Heroic, positive and optimistic, gives people a kind of confidence, courage and hope. Although the road ahead is bumpy, one day, I will ride the wind and waves to realize my pursuit.
It is not terrible to have difficulties. The terrible thing is to lose confidence in overcoming difficulties and hope for the future.