The Central Idea of Li Bai's Nineteen Ancient Poems

The ideological contradiction between the poet's birth and the use of the world in this poem "Nineteen Ancient Styles" is shown by the strong contrast between the beautiful and clean fairyland and the bloody and filthy world. This has caused the rapid change of poetic artistic conception from melodious to tragic, and the strong contrast of style from elegant to gloomy. But they are harmoniously unified in one poem, which is mainly due to the poet's vertical and horizontal pen power, superhuman talent and positive spirit.

The first ten sentences fantasize about climbing Huashan Mountain, meeting fairies, flying into space, leaving the world to fly high independently, and then taking "looking down" as an opportunity to express indignation and condolences over the cruelty of the rebels and the suffering of the people. This anti-falling technique more strongly expresses the inner contradiction of the reclusive poet, showing that although he is open in appearance, he is basically breathing with the people.

Original works:

Antique, its nineteenth.

The fairy shines like a star on the lotus peak in Huashan Mountain.

Holding a white hibiscus flower in both hands, curled up into a ball.

Dressed in colorful clothes, elegant clouds floated high into the sky.

I boarded the rainbow platform and bowed to Wei Shuqing.

Anxiously follow them and take Hongyan to Zixuan.

Inadvertently, the Luoyang Plain was full of soldiers in the Anshi Rebellion.

The bones are bloody, and the traitors turn their backs on the court.