Li Bai felt that "if you don't do it for a long time, who can argue with me?" He criticized the poetic sentiment that "beauty is not precious since Jian 'an". "Therefore, inheriting the fine tradition and poetic style of the Han and Wei Yuefu, which takes sorrow as pleasure, has become an innovative means for him to revive his poetic style, which is mainly reflected in his creative practice of vigorously imitating the ancient Yuefu.
Li Bai's Yuefu poems largely follow the theme of ancient Yuefu, or use its original intention or reverse the original meaning, which can be described as doing its best. Its innovation is mainly manifested in two aspects: on the one hand, it uses ancient inscriptions to write current events, which has a distinct spirit of the times.
For example, travel notes from Jibeimen, Chivalrous Travels, etc. , are works of fate, expressing J scholars' feelings about real life, with profound implications and sustenance. On the other hand, I write my own feelings with ancient questions, because the theme and title of Yuefu contained in ancient questions triggered the author's feelings and associations at a certain moment, and used it to express my feelings.
Li Bai wrote his own Yuefu poems with ancient inscriptions. Because of his emphasis on subjective lyricism, it can better reflect the personality characteristics of Li Bai's poetry creation, which is unprovoked and powerful. Its beauty is often between solvable and unsolvable. It can be said that it has a sustenance, or it can be said that it is just expressing feelings and wanting to fall into the sky, which is both weird and strange.
For example, the ancient poem "Shu Dao is difficult" implied that it is difficult to achieve great success, which touched Li Baichu's grief and indignation when he entered Chang 'an to pursue success, so he used this ancient title to express his feelings and repeatedly lamented that "Shu Dao is difficult to achieve great success".
Another example is "drinking wine". The old theme of Yuefu poem contains the meaning of drinking and singing, which triggered Li Bai's heroic expression of "Since God has given talents, let them find jobs". With the momentum and strength of the river flowing, it not only gave full play to the theme of the original song, but also fully demonstrated the poet's wild and confident personality.
Although Li Bai's Yuefu poems are imitations, there are "I" everywhere, showing the personality characteristics that others can't copy. It's hard to go like this, which is Li Bai-style in tone and momentum. It uses the first-person expression and discussion to express subjective feelings, completely breaking the traditional writing method of Yuefu-style narration.