Selected passages:
Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he wants to go, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty! .
Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again.
Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a big drink! .
Translation:
When you are proud of your life, you should indulge in joy and don't let this golden cup be empty for the bright moon. Everyone's birth must have its own value and significance. With a stroke of the pen, gold can still be recovered. Let's have fun cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. It's not too much to drink three hundred cups at a time!
Source: Tang Libai, "Into the Wine"
Poetry appreciation
This poem was written in the 11th year of Tianbao (752), and its theme is similar to Yuefu. It can be seen from here that Li Bai's drinking to drown his sorrows when he is frustrated is just a kind of masturbation. This poem expresses his "since God has given talents, let them be employed!" " Self-confidence and frustrated resentment, but also reveal the negative thoughts that life is short and eat, drink, and be merry in time. This poem has been read by people for its heroic momentum, unrestrained feelings and bright and fluent language.
The whole article is full of ups and downs, poetic, from sadness to joy, from madness to anger, to madness, and finally to the song of everlasting regret, echoing the beginning of the article, like flowing clouds, magnificent, full of twists and turns, can carry the tripod.