Li Bai prides himself on being a talented person who doesn't know the world. He prides himself on the achievement of "making the Atlas area big and the sea and the county clear", and has always pursued the ideal of helping the poor and ensuring peace throughout his life. He compared himself with Dapeng, Tianma and Xiong Jian: "The wind rises in Dapeng every day and shakes Wan Li. If the wind stops, it can still lift away the raging water. " ("Li Shangyong").
Despise the strong and pursue freedom.
He felt that relying on his own talents, he could "go out and be friends with the princes, escape from the bird's nest and overlook" (Preface to Sending Swallow Garden to Play the Hidden Fairy City Mountain). He cast a strong contempt for those powerful people who enjoy high positions and high salaries by virtue of family relations, showing a proud and unyielding character. He despised the feudal hierarchy, was unwilling to flatter, and disdained to rise and fall with customs. The darkness of reality disillusioned his ideal, and he was suffocated by the shackles of feudal ethical hierarchy. He longed for the freedom and liberation of his personality, so he adopted a wild and uninhibited attitude towards life to get rid of the shackles and strive for freedom. The way of expression is drinking and singing, seeking immortality and learning Tao. However, wine can't solve the worry, and the fairy is more ethereal. Therefore, he "traveled to famous mountains all his life" ("Lushan Ballad"), praising the beautiful nature as the ideal sustenance and the embodiment of freedom. Mount Emei, Huashan, Lushan, Taishan, Huangshan, etc. It is majestic in his works, full of clouds and streams; The rushing Yellow River and the surging Yangtze River in his works swept away everything. It shows the poet's indomitable character and strong desire to break the fetters.
Expose reality and attack current politics
This is Li Bai's angry struggle against society and an important embodiment of his rebellious spirit. He opposed Xuanzong's exultation and belligerence, exposing that he was not a man, which led to the sacrifice of the people's soldiers in vain. Because of Xuanzong's arrogance, the eunuch's power was hot ... Through the analysis of the political platform and the observation in Youyan's field, Li Bai was sensitive to poets, and he and Du Fu were the first poets to reveal the disaster at that time. When the "An Shi Rebellion" broke out, his patriotic enthusiasm was sublimated and he got rid of the contradiction of using Tibetan resources. His rebellious character and spirit have profound patriotic connotation, social significance and characteristics of the times.
Emotional ups and downs, full of contradictions
He has both lofty and vulgar side. His ideal and freedom can only be found in the mountains, in the fairyland and in his hometown where he is drunk and dreaming. Therefore, in his poems such as Into the Wine, Songs on the River, Songs of Xiangyang, etc., he reveals such negative and decadent thoughts as dreaming, eating, drinking, and escaping from reality, which are also representative among upright and upright literati in feudal society.
Bold, fresh and elegant.
Li Bai lived in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He has a heroic personality and loves the mountains and rivers of the motherland. He traveled all over the country and wrote many magnificent poems praising famous mountains and rivers. His poems are bold, fresh and elegant, with rich imagination, wonderful artistic conception and light language. People call him "Poet Fairy".