Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, also known as "purple laity" and "fallen fairy", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was praised as "poetic fairy" by later generations, and was also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from two other poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai merged again.
According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the king of Liang, and he is a descendant of all kings. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends.
Li Bai's main achievements in expanding information
1, poetry
Li Bai has the highest achievements in Yuefu, Gexing and Jueju. His songs completely broke all the inherent forms of poetry creation, no one relied on them, and his brushwork was diverse, reaching the magical realm of unpredictability and swaying.
Li Bai's quatrains are natural and lively, elegant and chic, and can express endless feelings in concise and lively language. Among the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were good at the Five Wonders, while Wang Changling and others wrote the Seven Wonders well. Li Bai is the only one who is good at both the Five Odds and the Seven Odds.
Li Bai's poems are magnificent and elegant, and his artistic achievements are extremely high. He eulogized the mountains, rivers and beautiful natural scenery of the motherland, and his style was unrestrained, elegant and fresh, full of romantic spirit, achieving the unity of content and art.
Why is he called "fallen immortal"? His poems are mainly about scenery and lyricism. Li Bai's poems have the artistic charm of "the pen is shaken by the wind and rain, and the poem makes the gods cry", which is also the most distinctive artistic feature in his poems.
2. Language
The language of Li Bai's poetry, some fresh as spoken language, some bold, informal and close to prose, is unified in the natural beauty of "clear water produces hibiscus, natural carving" This is related to his conscious pursuit of natural beauty.
He inherited Chen Ziang's literary thought and took it as his duty to restore the tradition of poetry and Sao. The natural beauty of his poetic language is the result of his careful study of folk songs and his understanding of popular features, which is clear as words, popular and vivid.
His representative works include Into the Wine, Difficult Road to Shu, Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream, Thinking of Quiet Night, Looking at Lushan Waterfall, Chivalry, Thinking of Spring, Midnight Qiu Ge and so on.
4. Calligraphy
Shangjietie is a cursive script with four words and four lines written by Li Bai, and it is also the only authentic calligraphy handed down from generation to generation. Paper, 28.5 cm long and 38. 1 cm wide. The cursive script has 5 lines and 25 words. The secretary uses the word "Taibai".
5. Fencing
Li Bai is not only brilliant in literary talent, but also brilliant in fencing. He is "fifteen good swordsmanship" and "swordsmanship self-study". Extraordinary achievements. Li Bai's poems, Pei Minzhi's swordsmanship and Zhang Xu's cursive script are collectively called the three wonders of the Tang Dynasty.
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