(A) "Since God has given talents, let them be employed!" Confidence and self-esteem.
1. Who are the talented people in the world?
Li Bai has a kind of "since God has given talents, let them be used!" Strong self-confidence is in his nature. He has always believed in his talents. This self-confidence has been running through Li Bai's political journey. No matter how unsatisfactory the situation was, he never had the slightest doubt about his talent. This self-confidence is from the bottom of my heart, generated, embodied in his poems, and is the dry cloud of heroism. That momentum, like the mighty waves of the Yellow River, flows inexorably to the sea.
In the year of weak crown, he met Li Yong, then the secretariat of Yuzhou. Today, he has a poem "On Li Yong", which says: "Dapeng rises with the wind one day and soars into Wan Li. If the wind weakens, it can still lift away the turbulent current. Others are laughing at my big talk when they see my unchanging tone. Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, and her husband can't be young. " "Dapeng" is a behemoth written by Zhuangzi, who said, "There are fish in the northern ghost, named Kun. He who is great in Kun travels a thousand miles. It became a bird, named Peng. " Another cloud said, "Peng moved to Nanming, and the water hit three thousand miles, and the climber was nine Wan Li." Dapeng is a symbol of freedom and ideal in Zhuangzi's philosophy. Influenced by Taoist philosophy of Huang Lao, Li Bai was ambitious, so he boasted about Dapeng and quoted it in many later poems. The meaning of this poem is: Look at that Dapeng, once it rises with the wind, it will go straight into the sky, and even if the wind stops, it will splash water everywhere in the sea. I am like a Dapeng bird. When I haven't achieved my goal, many people laugh at me and say that I have overreached myself, but even Kong Old Master Q knows that the afterlife is awesome. What's more, Li Yong is not an ordinary person. How can you make fun of me like a normal person? At that time, Li Bai was just a fledgling cloth, and Li Yong was the secretariat of Yuzhou and a celebrity at that time. He is famous for cultivating the ability of scholars. Even if there is no competition with his official position, as a junior, Li Bai will hold a ceremony to study after school. What's more, Li Yong still wants Li Yong at this time, hoping that he can promote himself and realize his political ideal. This poem is not like this. Li Bai did not follow the old routine of belittling himself and raising others in other people's dry poems. He took the lead in expressing his ambition. You can't look down on me. There is a smell in his bones. "I am a Dapeng bird that has not yet flown, waiting for me is the surging sea, sun, moon and stars!" There is quite a kind of "three years without flying, flying into the sky." The taste of "three years of silence and blockbuster" is Li Bai's character. The reason why he is arrogant and scolds Fang Qiu is because he is confident enough and arrogant enough-"Everyone is talented!"
2. The work failed, but keep faith.
Li Bai's self-confidence is not only manifested in that he is still a rookie and has never experienced hardships, but even when he took refuge in Zhang Shuo and his son.
Still so convinced after the defeat. When he traveled in the land of Liang and Song Dynasties, he once wrote a poem saying, "It's not too late to get up in Dongshan, and it's not too late to help the crisis." In other words, he blamed the responsibility of not being reused when he entered Chang 'an on not entering the ruling class and not meeting him.
On the throne, he remained optimistic and confident, thinking that he was just not ready, not incompetent, until the time came.
In the future, he will "make a comeback" and continue his dream of helping the people. Here Li Baiyou has another poem:
"Have you noticed, Chao Ge TuSou stabbed Ji Jin, eighty west to fish Weibin! I'd rather be ashamed of my white hair and look at the water. Fishing is wide and wide, and the wind is dark and close. The Great Sage Tiger became stupid and unpredictable, and it was quite ordinary in those days.
There are several allusions in this poem, one of which is that Jiang Ziya "slaughtered cattle and sang songs, rented them in Jinjin and caught them in Panxi River, which was used by King Wen." Jiang Taigong is eighty years old and has been fishing in Weibin for ten years, but he finally got the support of King Wen. In the prime of his life, Li Bai thought he was unlucky, but when the time comes, he can show his talents. His self-confidence is full of lofty sentiments comparable to those of ancient sages, as if he had never experienced political frustration.
But the fact is that Li Bai's political journey will experience another failure. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty said, "When we go out laughing, are we Artemisia people?" He never imagined that after two years of living as a poet and waiting for a letter, he was "paid back", and then the "An Shi Rebellion" broke out, and Li Bai lived in seclusion in Lushan. Will he ever leave this world? No! Li Bai was invited to join the Li Lin shogunate after dispatching troops, and his confidence has not disappeared. He thinks this choice is correct, and his political career is about to begin formally and brilliantly. His political life is about to come true, and he will return home with honor. At this moment, the poet's self-confidence undoubtedly rose to the extreme. This self-confidence is reflected in the poem, "A wife is better than clothes. Ask me when I will die." If you wear a golden seal when you return to China, don't learn from Su Qin. "
Li Bai's self-confidence stems from his extreme recognition of his talents. How can he be hit by the difficulties of bad luck?
(2) positive optimism, let my cloudy day sail straight up and cross the deep sea?
1. Ambitious dream?
"The thoughts cultivated when a person is young often leave a mark on his life." [5] Li Bai was born in the Western Regions. He settled in Shu with his father at the age of five and left Shu at the age of twenty-four. Therefore, the brand of Shu culture accompanies the poet's life. Shu culture has always been influenced by the vertical and horizontal thoughts in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the early years, Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Chen Ziang and other famous people all lived in Shu, and their thoughts have always been praised by scholars in Shu. This kind of thought can be seen from Li Bai's self-reports of "Knowing six schools at five years old, knowing a hundred schools at ten years old" and "Wonderful Books in fifteen years". When Li Bai was young, he embarked on the road of being a ranger and offering gifts for official positions. He didn't want to bow and scrape and take the road of imperial examination like contemporary scribes. What he wants is to be appreciated and recommended by others, like Jiang Shang, Guan Zhong and Zhuge Wuhou, who made a blockbuster. He hopes to get a chance to show his literary talent and political talent, do a vigorous career, and then retire after success. ?
Deeply influenced by the literati's thought of "saving the world", Li Bai is full of positive and optimistic expectations for the future, which can be seen from the tone of his poems full of desire to make contributions and concern for the country and the people. In his youth, Li Baichu wrote many poems and articles when he left Sichuan to show his lofty aspirations, just like the above-mentioned "Li Shangyong" and several poems "Reading the Biography of Zhuge Wuhou and Giving Uncle Cui Shaofu in Chang 'an to seal Kunji", saying: "There is a cloudy season in Han Dynasty, and the battle between the heroes is fought. The map has not yet been established, and the separatist capital is Hao Ying. Red crouches for bad luck, and Wolong gains Kong Ming. When he was in Nanyang, Long Mu bent down to cultivate his morality. Fish and water are three things, and the clouds are everywhere. The marquis of Wu established Shu Min, and his ambition was to swallow salty Beijing. Who said yes first, but it was Cui. I am also a right-wing person, and I am quite pregnant with saving things. A belated journey is worth jade, and the hair of China people is the same as that of decline. Trust the economy and make friends like brothers. The management is not standardized, and abalone has been well known for thousands of years. " In this poem, Li Bai compares himself to Zhuge Liang, who is plowing Long Mu, waiting for appreciation. He hoped that the Cui Shi brothers could promote themselves like Cui and Cui Yuan. In another poem "Princess Yu Zhen gave Zhang Weiwei a bitter rain in another pavilion", Li Bai also said: "How can clear autumn comfort me? White wine filled my glass. Singing wind music, this man has become ashes. Who cares about economy and talents? Li Bai entered Chang 'an, entrusted the Prime Minister Zhang and his son to guard the palace gate, and went to the Princess Pavilion to wait for the princess who did not know when to arrive. In the face of continuous autumn rain, poets who are eager to serve their country only feel that their talents are unknown. Just like Feng Xuan, who has just entered Meng Changjun, he has nothing to do, so he has to raise a glass to commemorate historical heroes such as Guan Zhong and Le Yi. He is depressed and difficult to talk about. I want to ask, if people who actively use the world don't have to worry about food and clothing and live a leisurely life, who will complain so much? Just Li Bai. ?
2. unyielding struggle in the political whirlpool?
Li Bai has many homesick poems handed down from generation to generation, most of which express the poet's desire to actively serve the world, serve the country and save the people. For example, Su Tai Visits the Ancient Times, The Old Garden is Desolate in Yang Liuxin, Lingge Spring can't sing. Today, only Xijiangyue has taken care of the people in the Wu Palace. "Wuqi Qu" "Gusu was drunk in the Wu Palace when he was on the Wuqi stage. Rouwu, Zhu Tuo and Wu Wang were still enjoying the excitement, but suddenly they found that the mountain peak in the west had swallowed up half of the red sun, and dusk was coming. The pleasure of the king of Wu and his attendants gradually came to an end. The east is getting higher and higher. " "Visiting the Ancient in Vietnam" "The King of Yue Gou Jian broke Wu Gui, and the soldiers returned home. Maids are like full spring palace, but only partridges fly today. " On the way to the south of the Yangtze River, the poet witnessed the historical relics of wuyue in the Spring and Autumn Period, and thought that it was as powerful as wuyue in that year, but it could not be defeated by the passage of time. All these scenes remind the poet not only of his own country: the powerful minister is in power, the consorts support the soldiers, the emperor is deaf, and he loves music all day. What's the difference between this life and the Five Mountains before the collapse? Another example is boarding the Phoenix Terrace in Nanjing: "The Phoenix, which used to play here, named this place after them, and now it has given up on this desolate river. Martial arts flowers were laid on deserted paths, and the number of relatives and friends in the Jin Dynasty has become a famine. The mountains are shrouded in clouds, such as blue sky, and the river is divided into two. A cloud rises between the light of heaven and me, hiding his city from my melancholy heart. " The whole poem is nostalgic for the past and hurts the present, which contains the incomparable attachment to Chang 'an, the poet's anxiety about current politics and the anguish of hard-to-pay ambition. It can be said that even after his second visit to Chang 'an, the poet did not give up his deep attitude of being active in the world after his political ideal was hit hard again. He never gave up his concern for the national politics of the Tang Dynasty, and always worried about the country and the people. When the reality can't provide a stage for the poet to make great achievements, and when he sees the people in his own country suffering, the poet can't help crying out from the bottom of his heart: "I threw away my food bar and cup, I can't eat or drink, I pulled out my dagger, and I peeped in four directions in vain. I will cross the Yellow River, but the icy ferry will climb the snowy Taihang Mountain. " "It's hard to walk, it's hard to walk, a lot of roads, is it safe now?" "The road is as wide as the blue sky, but there is no way out before my eyes." But even though he is so desperate, the poet's positive and optimistic attitude still left him with the last glimmer of hope: "One day, I will ride the wind and waves, and set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea." ?
In addition to homesickness poems and dry poems, the poet also left several frontier poems, all of which condensed the poet's positive attitude. In his poems, poets often express their ambition to make contributions. For example, in the six songs of Xia Sai, the poet shouted to the sky: "I am willing to cut Loulan with a machete" and "I will go forward bravely and fight the demon atmosphere"; Or describe the hard life of soldiers in the army with poems, such as "Golden Drum at Dawn, Jade Saddle at Night" in "Five In the snow in Tianshan Mountain" and "Battle-hardened and Broken Iron Clothes" in "Joining the Army". The south of the city has been besieged. Shoot Hu Yan suddenly, and lead the disabled soldiers to ride home. "Or reflect the husband worried about his wife thousands of miles away depressed mood. For example, in "Popular in the North", "You miss your wife in December, stop singing and laugh. "Looking at the pedestrians by the door, it is very sad to miss the Great Wall." "Empty arrows, people die today, gone forever. I can't bear to see this thing, it has burned to ashes. The Yellow River can hold soil, and the north wind hates rain and snow. " Poets who are concerned about the country and the people also sympathize with the sufferings of the people in their poems, mocking those powerful traitors: "Overlooking Luoyang and Sichuan is feasible in Hu Bing. Blood grass, jackal crown. "
(3) "Oh, how can I solemnly bow and scrape to those proud princes who are in high positions?
1. Lux takes off his boots, and the imperial concubine holds the inkstone?
There are many versions of the story about Li Bai's contempt for powerful people, the most famous of which is "Lux takes off his boots" [6]: It is said that Li Bai's name spread all over the world and was summoned by Xuanzong. Xuanzong saw Li Bai's lofty demeanor and colorful porch, and subconsciously ordered Li Bai to pick up his shoes. Bai Sui showed his feet and said to Lux, "Take off your boots!" Lux lost power and took off for it. There is another version of Shi Jing's Children's Eyes, which adds the details of Li Bai's amazing book of drunken grass and the imperial concubine's holding the inkstone on the basis of "Lux starts". Of course, according to the book "Kang Zhenpin Li Bai", this story is mostly invented by the people to contrast Li Bai's unyielding character of being arrogant and powerful, but even if it is a false story, it can still be talked about by people, and no one doubts it for thousands of years, which also shows people's love and admiration for Li Bai's character of "princes will have seeds". If such a story is put on others, will it be circulated for a long time? What's more, if the story can be circulated, it must have its credibility. I won't discuss it too much here for the time being. There is also such a short story in Wu He: "Li Bai swam in Huayin, but the county magistrate decided to open the door and went through it in vain. Slayer was furious and led him to court:' Who are you? Don't be rude!' Begging for confession is futile, he said, "There is no name. I used to wipe my saliva with a dragon towel, take off my boots with an imperial spoon and hold an inkstone in my hand. The son of heaven is also allowed to walk in front of the temple, and riding donkeys is not allowed in Huayin County! Obviously, Li Bai's arrogant temperament cannot be imitated by others. This story reflects the world's love for Li Bai. ?
2. Pride is born, don't bow to the powerful?
In fact, Li Bai's contempt for powerful people is reflected in his poems and can be seen in many of Li Bai's poems. In "Dream on Mount Tianmu", he wrote: "How can I bow and scrape to those high-ranking officials whose sincere faces will never be seen", vividly portraying an outspoken and uninhibited scholar image; "Forty-two Ancient Poems" said: "Pines and cypresses have their own hearts, but it is difficult for peaches and plums"; In Hanlin's book "Reading in Hanlin, Speaking with Heart, Expressing Literati", I draw a clear line between myself and those adulterers by saying that "green flies are easy to change, white snow is hard to adjust". In Answering the King's Twelve Cold Nights and Drinking Alone, he publicly declared: "Life is more bitter, and kindness and enthusiasm are better"; In Qu Ci, I would rather "die at the grass head than live in a golden cage". In addition, Li Bai often compares himself with noble things such as Dapeng, Tianma, Phoenix, Song Qing and Bihe in his poems, so that "self" is integrated with those noble and beautiful images. As the saying goes, "people must not be arrogant, and people must not be arrogant." The noble and free blood of literati runs through Li Bai's veins. It is his nature not to be dull. He dares to despise those nobles who have no education but are in high positions. No wonder Li Bai said, "How can I bow and scrape to those high-ranking officials who never want to be seen with sincere faces?" Who but Li Taibai dared to do so? ?
Li Bai's contempt for dignitaries is reflected in his mind as a temperament of "making friends with princes". Just like Li Bai's poem "Li Shangyong" quoted above, he turned a blind eye to Yuzhou's secretariat: "A father is still to be feared as a teenager, but a husband should not despise a teenager", and another example: "Why can't you wield a sword at the gate of an adult?" Li Bai never attached importance to the Confucian principle of governing the world, that is, "the order of the upper and lower levels, to prevent the fall of summer." What he longed for was the story of Li Xian, a corporal in ancient Yan Zhaowang, as he said in Fifteen Ancient Poems: "Yan Zhaoyan and Guo Kui built Huang Jintai. Drama "Fang Xin Zhao Zhi, Zou Yan Fu Qi is coming", but it's a pity that "there is no choice but to be a scholar and abandon me like dust. They would rather spend pearls and jade on singing and dancing than on cultivating talents. I know Huang, a person travels thousands of miles. " Li Bai was inspired by the deeds of the pre-Qin philosophers, and his self-confidence, self-esteem and conceit became his spiritual motivation to "Oh, how can I solemnly bow and scrape to the high officials?" He despised the princes and made good friends with them. ?
(4) The heroic spirit of "killing one person in ten steps and leaving a thousand miles behind"?
1. Ranger thought is deeply rooted in your heart?
"Zhao Kehu hat ying, Wu Gou frost and snow. The silver saddle and the white horse set each other off and galloped. Within ten steps, kill one person, cross a thousand miles, leave no one behind. After you finish, brush off your clothes, don't show any sound, and hide in the depths. Sometimes when I'm free, I walk through the county town, have a drink, and cross my sword over my knees. Eat meat with the sea and drink with Hou Ying in a big bowl. Three cups of spit, five mountains are light. After drinking, my eyes were dizzy and energetic, and the rainbow was swallowed up by the air. When Zhao was captured, the soldiers and civilians in the city were frightened. Qian Qiu two strong men, now river daliang city. As a knight, the death of chivalrous bone is also fragrant, and it is worthy of being a hero. Who can write your Excellency, Bai Shoutai Xuan Jing? "
I believe that readers who have seen Jin Yong's masterpiece "Chivalrous Man" will remember this poem of the same name, which was written by Li Bai. In addition to this poem, Li Bai has many famous sentences praising the knight errant, such as White Horse, Humak Song of Youzhou, Hunting, and Knotting Socks. Among these poems, poets are famous knights from Warring States to Han Dynasty, such as Zhuan Xu and others. Influenced by the barbarian culture in Sichuan and the western regions, the poet himself is also very chivalrous out of admiration for those chivalrous men in ancient history. He likes fencing since he was a child and is good at fighting chivalry. His usual clothes are also "Golden Horse and Golden Belt with Horizontal Longquan" and "Dagger sword in sleeve and book in his arms". Li Bai has a poem "Remembering the past, giving Jiang Yang to tune the slaughterhouse", saying: "When teenagers are in love, they are invited to visit Luoyang, Beijing. Yanling sword at the waist, jade belt bead robe. I used to be a cockfighter, and I even extended five tombs. Invite the phase coverage organization, oh, I'm afraid of losing. It can drive thousands of people, and the pommel horse is easy. The feeling be nasty under, Qing xian tai, except the north gate ",describes his life in Ren Xia during his stay in Beijing, to the effect that when Li Bai and his friends were playing in the two capitals of Beijing, for some reason they clashed with the local haozu teenagers, so they were besieged and could not break through, but they were not afraid to face their opponents several times. Later, they were safely separated under the coordination of local officials. In fact, the ranger culture was once popular in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, probably because the economic environment in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was better, which provided parasitic soil for the ranger culture, right? I won't delve into it for the time being. However, as can be seen from the poem, Li Bai's love for ranger culture is not just lip service, but he has indeed experienced it personally. Li Bai, who yearned for the life of a ranger and bravely ventured into Ren Xia, instilled in those heroic martyrs the impassioned spirit of "Although thousands of people died, I will go on" and the gentleman's mind of "three cups of promises, five mountains are light". Therefore, Li Bai's "fallen immortal" poems and songs will have an incomparable momentum, just like the rolling breath on the Yellow River. ?
2. Ren Xia speaks out and pays attention to justice?
Chivalrous culture is a precious heritage of China culture, which pays attention to practicing promises, loyalty and social justice. Affected by this, Li Bai also attached great importance to loyalty. He once said in the book Shang 'an Pei Changli that he was "loyal to friendship and attached great importance to righteousness" and that he and his friends were wandering in Dongting, and their friends fell ill and died suddenly. He put the body down and cried until he couldn't cry, then buried his friend by the lake, and a few years later he came back to take out his bones and bury his friend in his hometown. ?
In addition, Li Bai is also extremely charitable: "In less than a year, I traveled to Weiyang in the east and scattered more than 300,000. There are several sons who are poor and I have learned from them. " Ren Xia's heroic character made Li Bai pay special attention to friendship with friends. In fact, among the poets in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's friends spread all over the country, and the famous poet How, Du Fu were his good friends. Every time friends leave, they will send each other and have a drink in the pavilion. If you have troubles in your heart, you will feel uneasy. This feeling of saying goodbye, but not knowing what to say, is reflected in Li Bai's poems, such as "Oh, ask this river flowing eastward, whether it can go further than the love of friends!" Breaking up in a hotel in Nanjing, using the surging river as a metaphor for the deep friendship between friends. Or "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou", "The solitary sail is far away from the sky, only to see the water and sky of the Yangtze River", my friend has already gone, and I am still isolated from Jiangtou, looking at the distant solitary sail, which is very melancholy; Or "I heard that Wang Changling moved to Longbiao Kiln", "My heart is worried with the bright moon, and I will go to the west with the wind", expressing my deep affection for my friends through the bright moon; Or, as in Farewell to Friends, "Here, you must leave me and float away for hundreds of miles like loose grass. Floating clouds are like wanderers, like wandering, and the sunset slowly goes down the mountain, which seems to be nostalgic. We waved goodbye, and my horse neighed again and again. "When friends parted, the vegetation in heaven and earth and the clouds in the sunset were all sad and affectionate.
Second, Li Bai's wild and unrestrained?
(1) The conceit and arrogance of "Where to play sword"?
1. The ultimate in self-confidence is conceit?
There is no denying that Li Bai is really brilliant and knowledgeable. He is a "five-year-old master, a hundred at the age of ten". As a poet with "innate talent", he wrote immortal poems with his brilliant pen. As a scholar, he was deeply influenced by the Confucian thought that "if you are rich, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be immune to it." In every founding of the People's Republic of China, such as Guan Zhong and Zhu Gekongming,
The material boasts of "Shen's talk, seeking the skill of the emperor, inspiring its wisdom, and willing to assist it, making the Atlas area big and the sea county clear", holding the ideal of peace and prosperity, full of confidence in the future, eager to display their ambitions and make contributions. ?
People should not be arrogant, but they must be arrogant. It can be said that Li Bai's talent and ambition have always made him confident on the road of life, which is his proud capital. But sometimes confidence and conceit are like two sides of a blank sheet of paper. On the positive side, they are self-confident, but when this self-confidence develops to a very strong level, it becomes self-confidence, just like a cold sword, which will kill the enemy and cause harm to themselves at the same time, and the parties may not know the difference between what they are doing and drinking poison to quench their thirst. So it can be said that Li Bai, who is extremely confident, is also extremely conceited. According to Tang Yulin, "Li Bai paid a visit to the Prime Minister in Kaiyuan and sealed a wooden board that read:' Li Bai, a fisherman at sea. "The Prime Minister asked,' Sir, when you are at the seaside, what should you use as a hook to catch a huge aojiang?' Bai said:' The storm avoids its feelings, and Gan Kun pursues its ambition. Take the rainbow as the line and the bright moon as the hook. "He said,' What is bait?' Bai said,' Take the unfaithful husband as bait.' The Prime Minister was stunned. "On the first day, it seems that Li Bai's words are really swallowing mountains and rivers, the rainbow is straight, and the moon is hooked. Heaven and earth should regard Li Bai as the head of a sentient and righteous person, so that even the prime minister of the dynasty was horrified. But who is Li Bai? Just a piece of cloth! Quoting Li Bai's poem Li Shangyong, he said: "A father can still be afraid of his old age, but a husband should not be young. "This poem can be said to be a masterpiece of Li Bai's extreme self-confidence and arrogance. In the world, he wants to invite dignitaries to introduce himself without putting it on the spot. It seems that in the Tang Dynasty, only Li Bai, who was conscious of his talent, could be compared with him. This conceit is a very important part of Li Bai's poetic style. ?
2. Arrogant and unruly?
In the Tang Dynasty, scholars had to rely on powerful people in order to realize their political ideals, get a recommendation and avoid being an official. This kind of journey is called "dry", which is different from the style of many literati writing dry poems. Li Bai never belittles himself in his poems, nor flatters officials. His poems even show a confident, conceited and even arrogant tone at the end. In addition to the examples mentioned above, there are other articles that can also reflect Li Bai's arrogance. For example, at the end of the History of Shang 'an Peichang, there is a cloud: "May the late master benefit you, meet with great difficulties, rejoice in your face, and finally be grateful. I hope that white can make me sincerely move, and Changhong will shine through the sun, and I am not cold. " Arrogance leads to rage, and you are not allowed to pass under the door. You will walk a long way one by one, then you will go to the front for nothing, and then you will go to Qin Hai in the west. See the national wind, bid farewell to the monarch, and the aunt raised it. Why don't you play with a sword at the gate of Lord He? "In the article, Li Bai is proud of Feng Xuan. He said that if Pei Changshi can give me enough respect and good treatment like Feng Xuan and Meng Changjun, I will die for you, even if I want to assassinate the king of Qin like Jing Ke. However, if you refuse to accept me, throw your weight around and mock me, I will disappear forever like an ambitious oriole. According to the words in Kang Zhenpin Li Bai, this fellow is a bit too arrogant. "I won't leave you here, I have my own place to live! " ?
This kind of "since God has given talents, let them find jobs!" Self-confidence and self-confidence of "where to go to the sword" are not available to every poet, which is the embodiment of Li Bai's outstanding poetic talent, self-confidence, conceit and arrogance in his poetic style. If future generations are allowed to comment on Li Bai's self-confidence and arrogant personality, they will only be afraid.
Sighed, "What a Li Taibai, what a crazy violet!" ?
(2) Let me be intoxicated forever and never be rational! Self-exile?
1. Decadence after broken dreams?
"Li Bai embraced the era of his life with full enthusiasm. However, when he stepped into society and career, what appeared in front of him was not the flat nine-curved Chang 'an Avenue, but the rugged thorns. It's not sunny spring, but dark winter and cold month. He was angry, he was disappointed, he sighed, he shouted. Draw a sword and hit the column, which is an expression he can't help but express; Sitting all night is his normal state of mind. "
The poet is full of confidence in the future and is eager to display his ambition and make contributions. However, there is often a big gap between imagination and reality. Li Bai, who used to go out with a smile, is a chrysanthemum. But he has a very difficult political course, and his life is just an academician waiting to be summoned. He may be a talented poet, but he is definitely not an excellent politician. After two years of worship, he fully realized Xuanzong's fatuity, incompetence and debauchery. During his years in Chang 'an, he thoroughly understood the darkness and corruption of the imperial court, and saw the meanness and selfishness of Yang and Li, which made him lose confidence in the imperial court of Xuanzong. Not only did his ideal of serving the country and saving the world fail to come true, but even his ambition was gradually exhausted in the romantic months of restaurants and karaoke bars. Du Fu, a "poet saint", once wrote a poem to describe Li Bai at this time: "The son of heaven doesn't get on the boat, and the self-cloud minister is Brewmaster!" ?
Li Bai concentrated infinite bitterness in the poem "Farewell to Minister at Xie Tiao Villa in Xuanzhou": "Since yesterday, I had to flee for me; People who mess with my heart. Today is really a sad day. Autumn geese are escorted by Changfeng, and I treat them in this villa and drink my wine. The bones of great writers are all your brushes. In Tianyuan, I grew up beside you, Xiao Xie. We all yearn for the distance and want to go to the blue sky to embrace the bright moon. But since the water is still flowing, although we cut it with our swords and raise our glasses to drown our sorrows. Since the world can't satisfy our desire, I will loosen my hair tomorrow and take a fishing boat! " The structure of the whole poem jumps, ups and downs, and the lines between the lines are full of resentment, regret and regret that one's ideals cannot be realized, uncontrollable catharsis of worrying about the country and the people, and uncontrollable spewing of anger of serving the country. There is nothing you can do with a cut of endless sadness, and there is nothing you can do with the glass of wine that you can't pour. It is not incomprehensible that this poet who is determined to "help the world" is depressed again and again because of the cruel reality. After all, Li Bai is also a human being, a living, flesh-and-blood and emotional ordinary person. He can't hold his head high forever in the face of the cruelty of reality, he will be disappointed, and even have the self-exile mentality of "Let me be intoxicated forever and never be rational". Since the world can't meet our desire, I will loosen my hair and take a fishing boat tomorrow. ?
2. Desperate self exile?
Li Bai's self-exile made him addicted to wine, and his career was therefore unsatisfactory. How should he solve his worries? Only Du Kang! When you are drunk, you can forget all the unpleasant things. When you are drunk, you can forget your achievements and reputation. The poet can't let go of the sadness of "I was born incompetent". All his binge drinking is just a measure to anesthetize himself. Only in this way can the poet get temporary peace of mind, so he is drunk all day and doesn't want to go home. Even if the final cause of death is "rib rot" caused by excessive drinking, "but since the water is still flowing, although we use swords to cut and raise a glass to drown our sorrows", the poet will be drunk one day. ?
His self-exile is also reflected in his pursuit of immortals and Taoism, which is of course related to the influence of Shu culture. When the poet was young, he studied hard in the temple, and there was a poem saying, "When dogs bark, peach blossoms are thick." See the deer when the tree is deep, but don't ring the bell at noon. Wild bamboos are green and misty, and flying springs hang blue peaks. No one knows where to go, and I'm worried. "After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty gave money, Li Bai went straight to Linzi County of Jizhou to accept Taoism and became a real Taoist. Political dissatisfaction made him think of seeking a little comfort in Taoism, seeking spiritual fulcrum outside politics and fulfilling his dream of seeking Taoism. I can't help but say that this is a leap in Li Bai's poetry creation: for seeking Tao, his poems about immortals have more romantic feelings and beautiful fantasies, such as "Harmony, wearing rainbow clothes, riding the wind, came to the queen of Wan Yun and descended one by one" in the dream. With the tiger as the harp and the phoenix as the dancer, row after row, like hemp ground, is arranged with the image of the fairy; Even more arrogant, unyielding and bohemian, such as "I am a madman in Chu, who sang a crazy song about Confucius" ridiculed their ideal of governing the country in Lushan. I also have a better understanding of life. "Do you want to live in Bishan? Laugh without answering your heart. Peach blossoms have all flowed away, and there is no heaven and earth. "