Tian En Liu Yelang recalled the past, gave Jiang the prefect, and made a good slaughter, which was an autobiographical long poem written by Li Bai when he was stranded in Jiangxia in 760 AD (the first year of Shangyuan in Tang Suzong). The poet was exiled to Yelang because of the defeat of the eternal king, and was forgiven halfway. This poem was written after he was pardoned. At this time, when I met an old friend like Wei Liangzai, Li Bai's feelings were of course deep. The strongest of them is that he changed from an old singer to a rogue, while the other party changed from an ordinary magistrate to a famous town. One of the primary reasons is that Wei Liangzai made a different choice from Li Bai in the turmoil. Facing his old friends, Li Bai not only described the whole story of their communication, but also told them that he went north to Youzhou to explore the truth of the Anshi Rebellion before the turmoil. This is the same reason as the following interpretation of the curtain of the eternal king, and it is also to eliminate the misunderstanding of old friends and show their innocence in political attitude.
This is the longest lyric poem written by this poet. The poet expressed his political feelings centering on his own life experience and communication with Wei Liangzai. Among them, as a great poet, it is impossible for him not to feel the ambiguity brought by the sentence "Go to Youzhou in October". There is only one explanation for this, which is the trance-like context deliberately created by the poet afterwards. He knows that this poem is not only written for this old friend, but he intends to show the world his attitude and vision in troubled times.
The most widely circulated poem is "clear water produces hibiscus, natural carving" It means that the hibiscus flowers just out of the water are simple and beautiful, and there is no carving, which means that literary works should be as natural and fresh as hibiscus flowers out of the water. Carving: refers to the carving of objects. These two poems praised Wei Taishou's natural and fresh articles, and also expressed Li Bai's own views on poetry, advocating pure beauty and nature-this is the style of articles advocated and pursued by Li Bai, and opposing decorative carving. The same is true of Li Bai's own works, and later generations often quote these two sentences to evaluate Li Bai's works.