Tao Yuanming said: wealth is not my wish, and the hometown of the emperor cannot be expected. I think this is why Li Bai can only sleepwalk in Tianmu Mountain.
Ancient literati did not have much money and power, and even if they had power, they often suffered setbacks. Perhaps it is because their official career is not smooth, and they have a lot of dissatisfaction with reality. When they concentrated their efforts and published their writings, many "relegated poets" appeared. The gap between reality and ideal was shattered when they were young, so poets can only seek spiritual comfort in their poems.
Reality is reality after all.
The social reality in the West is different from that in China. The feudal society in China is too long, and the traditional ideas are deeply rooted, so it is not so easy to change them.