The spirit of the times in Li Bai’s poetry

The Tang Dynasty had strong national power, national integration, and implemented an open foreign policy. Various ideas coexisted actively, such as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and other Western foreign ideas. These thoughts and cultures made the people of the Tang Dynasty possess many outstanding spirits of the times, such as positive romantic feelings, lofty heroic complex, and great spirit of tolerance. As one of the most important representatives of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's poetry is an independent landscape of Chinese traditional culture. From his poetry we can study these distinct spirit of the times.