Comparison between Byron and Li Bai

A comparison between Li Bai and Byron? Want:? Li Bai and Byron are both great romantic talented poets. People praise their outstanding talents and admire their personality quality. Their influence is not only in literature, but also in their persistent pursuit of freedom and ideals. They are all natural, advocating freedom, passionate and wild, despising powerful people, arrogant and unruly; They are full of ideals and the spirit of resistance and rebellion. However, due to the differences in history, region and culture, their differences are obvious. Based on their personalities, this paper discusses their similarities, differences and similarities in order to deepen our understanding of these two people. Immortality? Understand romantic poets and explore some unique characteristics or some laws in the growth of genius. We need to carry forward their ideals and spirit, create advanced culture in the new era and nourish our national culture. Key words:? Li Bai; Byron; Romanticism; Character; Freedom; Justice; The classification number of the Ideal China Library: I 109. 9 ID number: A? Li Bai (70 1? 762) Living in the prosperous Tang Dynasty in China, the family background and origin are still a mystery [1]. Byron (1788? 1824) was born in an old and declining aristocratic family in England. They are far away from the eastern and western hemispheres in space and separated by more than 1000 years in time. On the surface, they don't seem to have any connection. However, they are all great talented poets and romantic poets, representing the most unique characteristics of China and Britain. They have many similarities. Li Bai was the greatest romantic poet in China's prosperous Tang Dynasty, and his poetic achievements reached the peak of China's classical romantic poetry. He has ideals, pursues freedom, yearns for independent personality and strives for the realization of personal value. He is conceited and open-minded, wild and uninhibited, full of bold and elegant personality strength and charm. His poems dare to measure and criticize all ugly phenomena in reality with ideal standards, so as to wash away the muddy water of society and reflect his spirit of pursuing ideals and freedom. Byron is the most outstanding representative of European romanticism in the19th century and a great English poet. He loves freedom and is passionate; Unbearable, unruly, full of rebellious spirit to break through all secular shackles. His poems are full of democratic ideals and the passion of national liberation struggle, praising the just war to defend national independence and freedom, and showing his thoughts of anti-aggression and anti-slavery. If Li Bai is? Dapeng? Byron, right? Eagle? ; Li Bai is an independent and unruly Dapeng who soars in Wan Li for freedom and ideals, and Byron is an eagle who is proud of independence and sweeps all the storms for freedom and justice. This paper intends to discuss the similarities and differences between Li Bai and Byron from their personalities, which will undoubtedly help us better understand these two poets? Immortality? A deep understanding of romantic poets. 1? Family style, rural style, current style, celebrity style? Li Bai's early growth was mainly influenced by family style, rural style, current style and traditional celebrity style, which formed his cultural personality different from that of traditional scholars in the Central Plains [2]. According to historical research, Li Bai's family is a commercial immigrant family with western cultural factors. His father, Li Ke, lived in the Western Regions for a long time and spent the first half of his life there. Li Bai lived in the mainland at the age of five, and naturally accepted the influence of cultural habits and concepts in the western regions. Therefore, his family has the cultural factors of the western regions, which made Li Bai accept the influence of the western regions. His personality has foreign cultural factors. He is active, unorthodox and likes to stick to the rules. His family are refugees who have left this land. Shu is not his ancestral home, neither an official class nor a peasant family. It is likely to be a merchant. Therefore, the businessman's self-confidence, adventure and enterprising spirit, as well as the rugged and bold nomadic people, are all in Li Bai. The special family decided that Li Bai's growth mode was different from ordinary people, and he formed a special personality very early. Young Li Bai grew up in Bashu and traveled to Jianghan, a Taoist town. Li Bai became attached to Taoism in his early years and was deeply influenced by Bashu Taoist culture and southern Chu culture. When he was young, he sought immortality and studied Taoism. At the same time, Shu is a region with loose power management and a strong chivalrous atmosphere. Therefore, he learned fencing from an early age. Li Bai received an unconventional education since childhood, and did little research on Confucian classics. Instead, he devoted himself to Taoism and sage, thus developing his unrestrained temperament. This relatively open and free life background provides a relatively relaxed environment for Li Bai's growth. Li Bai was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and was deeply baptized by the culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the scholars actively joined the WTO and were optimistic and confident, which was fully reflected in Li Bai. Li Bai is strong? Yoshikura? 、? An Sheji? But he looked down on those Confucian scholars who were born in poverty and lacked practical ability. He yearned for the life attitude and chivalrous spirit of ancient chivalrous men, so he didn't want to take the road of imperial examination as an official. In addition, the imperial examination system was not popular at that time, and ci fu scholars were very popular. Therefore, Li Bai wants to use Ci and Fu as a stepping stone to form his knowledge structure with Ci and Fu as the main body, Taoism as the core, a hundred schools of thought contending, and rich and complicated thoughts. Although there may be objective factors, the main reason why he adopts a special way of seeking officials is that he is full of confidence and despises the conventional way. During the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere of Taoism was rich, and the propaganda of Taoism reached its peak. Li Bai was summoned and treated by Xuanzong because he was proficient in Taoism. Tang Xuanzong only praised his cultivation and moral character, but did not appreciate his political talent and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. In the palace, he was just a conductor singer, mainly providing works of opera music in the palace. He was satisfied with Xuanzong's courtesy and had a higher confidence in life. At the same time, he is not satisfied with the image of resignation, can not stand the constraints of the court, and yearns for the free life before. As a result, he was sent to Beijing and accomplished nothing. The two years in the palace disappointed him, but he was not completely desperate. Although he is in the grass, he still cares about the court. Ten years after his release, Li Bai is no longer satisfied with a carefree life, but very much hopes to rise up for the people and make contributions to the country like a traditional celebrity. Before the Anshi Rebellion, I went north to explore the tiger's den alone, just to seek such an opportunity. After the An Shi Rebellion broke out, he naturally felt a strong sense of mission. At this time, his greater ideal is to realize the social value of celebrities: saving time and saving the people from difficulties. Wang Yong's application coincided with his hope, so he walked into the curtain of Wang Yong and generously joined the army. Several factors, such as family style, rural style, current style and traditional culture of celebrities, have formed Li Bai's life of studying hard. Learn the Tao? Ranger? Several aspects of meritorious service; Decided he wanted it? Face life with the brave spirit of nomadic culture, be positive and enterprising with the exploration consciousness of businessmen, be optimistic and self-sufficient with the skill of Taoism, be like a Taoist and a chivalrous man? [2] Extraordinary and refined, making contributions with the extraordinary talents of celebrities, that is, pursuing the wonderful realm of life with wonderful talents. 2? Family, life, times? Byron grew up in a very special environment. If Li Bai's living environment is generally relaxed and free, Byron's living background is depressed and unfortunate, which forms his ideological character different from that of traditional aristocratic children. Byron was born in a poor aristocratic family in London, and the memory of his childhood is the quarrel between his parents. His father, an officer and prodigal son, wandered and died when Byron was 4 years old. His mother is a woman who is cruel enough to scare him and vulgar enough to despise him. She vented all her resentment against her husband on her son. So Byron grew up depressed and lonely. Byron's family has always indulged in breaking the law, especially his mother's ancestor Gordon. Byron inherited the violent side of his parents' family character, with enthusiasm and strong will [3]. Byron is very talented, but he was born lame and walks with a limp. As Byron himself said: God gave him a head higher than others, but gave him a foot lower than others. Because of his disability, he is often bullied at school, which hinders his integration into the group; Because of his disability, on the one hand, he is more sensitive and stubborn than others, on the other hand, he prefers loneliness and hates groups and society more. In this way, he became cynical, aloof and rebellious because of his wisdom and misfortune, and his loneliness and melancholy actually turned into pride and resistance. His character often bounces back and forth between secular independence and cynicism, and thus develops into a prominent feature of advocating freedom and resisting oppression [4]. Byron lived in Europe, especially in the aristocratic upper class where he lived. It was the heyday of dude's enjoyment and debauchery. As a bourgeois aristocrat, Byron had debauchery, but he didn't lose heart; Always pessimistic, but not desperate [5]. He did not blindly immerse himself in cynicism and personal feelings, but was loyal to freedom and enthusiastic about justice, which made this talented poet have the broad mind of a politician and the intelligence and wisdom of a philosopher, a strong sense of justice and historical responsibility, care about society, the country and the people, transcend aristocratic consciousness and class prejudice, and resolutely stand on the side of the oppressed people. Byron lived in an era of Napoleon's military dictatorship, the upsurge of European national liberation movement and the formation and rise of the holy alliance. At this time, a series of major historical events in Europe had to have an impact on him, which increased the positive factors in his ideological character. His initial rebellious character developed into a strong appeal for freedom and justice, and a firm resistance to the society and forces that oppressed and enslaved the people. Coupled with the breakdown of marriage, the twists and turns of life and the social cold reception, especially his forced departure from the motherland, these not only made him more depressed, lonely and rebellious, but also made him jump out of the narrow circle of patriotism or nationalism and become an ally of all enslaved people and a defender and spokesman of the oppressed. He devoted his life to the three lofty goals of national independence, civil rights (against domestic autocracy) and war? In [5]. When the British authorities were ready to put Lourdes, who destroyed the machine, to death, he stood up and made a speech in the House of Lords, attacking the authorities' reactionary policy of suppressing workers. He also lived in Italy for a long time, participated in the revolutionary activities of the Charcoal Party and supported the Irish independence movement. 1823, Greece's struggle against Turkish slavery rose. Byron put down his writing and went to Greece to fight. He sold his manor to raise money for the Greek army, and was later elected as the commander-in-chief of the Greek army, personally directing the army to fight to the last moment of his life. The combination of family background, life experience and the situation of the times has formed Byron's passionate personality and temperament. Byron not only protested the stubbornness, evil, hypocrisy and prejudice of British society and ruling class, but also expressed the strongest hatred and contempt for patent tyrants in European countries and condemned their militaristic aggression. He struggled for democracy and freedom all his life, was a famous representative in the history of western literature who sacrificed his life to follow his ideals, and was the greatest rebel and actor at the beginning of the19th century. 3? Personality differences? Li Bai and Byron have many similarities. For example, they are all talented poets with strong subjectivity. They are all pure-minded, advocating freedom, passionate and wild, despising powerful people and arrogant and unruly. They are also full of ideals and the spirit of resistance and rebellion. In addition, they all like to travel and love the natural landscape; They all value loyalty, understand each other and cherish their friends; It's hard to wait in love and so on. However, due to the differences in history, region and culture, their differences are obvious. First, Li Bai is more cheerful and sunny, while Byron is more pessimistic and gloomy. Li Bai is heroic and elegant, extraordinary and free from vulgarity, and Byron is uninhibited and shocking; Li Bai is more naive and optimistic, a typical and thorough romanticism, while Byron is more rational and pragmatic, a realistic romanticism. Secondly, Li Bai's rebellion and resistance not only stems from the special culture and education he accepted, but also from his transcendence and escape from the failure of reality, and is finally subject to China's traditional moral and ethical norms, which are generally moderate and limited; Byron's rebellion has not only family genetic factors, but also western traditional factors of rebellion and rebellion, as well as strong reactions from personal life and spiritual setbacks, which makes it more thorough and intense. Third, Li Bai and Byron are both great idealism and heroism, but they are different. Li Bai's ideal of life is the result of the achievements of heroes and celebrities in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the vigorous development of the spirit of the times. Byron's political ideal is mainly the product of inheriting the bourgeois humanitarian tradition in western Europe and further adhering to the freedom and justice he is loyal to. Both Li Bai's and Byron's ideals aim at saving the world, but Li Bai's ideals are more personal life ideals and more traces of the old society and individualism. Byron's ideal can transcend national consciousness and class prejudice, and has a broader mind and the characteristics of the new era. After political setbacks, Li Bai's and Byron's ideals turned into practical military actions to realize them. For example, in his later years, Li Bai entered Wang Yong and joined the army generously; Byron even finally sold his property, organized an army and personally commanded the battle. The difference is that the ideal pursued by Li Bai has a strong illusory color and lacks rational consciousness and personality foundation; Byron's pursuit of ideal is more radical, closer to the reality of the world and more tragic in the west. Looking back on the lives of Li Bai and Byron, their thoughts and personalities are enough to convince anyone who can feel them that they are not only great poets of their time, but also poets that will be needed in any era. People praise their outstanding genius and admire their personality quality even more. Their influence is not only in literature, but also in their persistent pursuit of freedom and ideals. A person without ideal and sense of justice is a mediocre person, and a nation without ideal and sense of justice is a hopeless nation. Built-in * *? Harmonious society? Today, we need ambitious and broad-minded poets like them to sing great poems worthy of the times; We need them to bravely resist all evil and tyranny, safeguard democracy and justice, clean up all social sludge and muddy water, create advanced culture in the new era, and nourish the fearless spirit of our national culture. 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