Li Bai (71-762), whose name is Taibai, was born in Chengji, Longxi (now Tianshui City, Gansu Province), was born in Broken Leaf City on the Broken Leaf River in Kyrgyzstan, belonged to Duhu House in Tang 'an (now tokmak City, Chuhe Prefecture), and grew up in Changlong County, Mianzhou, Jiannan Province (now Jiangyou, Sichuan Province). There are such names as "Poet Fairy", "Poet Xia", "Brewmaster" and "fallen immortal", which together with Du Fu are called the Great Li Du (Little Li Du refers to Li Shangyin and Du Mu).
according to the book of the new Tang dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of the emperor Xingsheng (Li Jue, king of Liangwu Zhaowang). According to this statement, Li Bai is a sibling of the kings of Li Tang and a sibling of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong. It is also said that his ancestors were Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji; According to the Book of Old Tang Dynasty, Li Ke, the father of Li Bai, was appointed as the city captain.
In the third year of the An Shi Rebellion (756), he was angry and difficult, and joined the shogunate of Yong Wang Li Lin. Unfortunately, Yong Wang and Su Zong had a struggle for the throne, and the defeat was implicated in the exile of Yelang (in present-day Guizhou). On the way, they were forgiven and wrote "Early Sending Baidicheng". Wandering in the southeast in his later years, he died soon, and some people say that "drunkenness leads to illness and death" (see Pi Rixiu's Poems of Li Hanlin). It is also said that it was sudden death due to drinking (see Old Tang Book). It is also said that it was drunk and drowned in the lake, which has been around for a long time and is widely circulated.
His works are imaginative, romantic, fantastic and brilliant. Poetry is like flowing water, just like nature itself. Li Bai's poems have been handed down for thousands of years, and many poems have become classics, such as "but since water still flows, though we cut it with our swords, raising a glass to eliminate sorrow is even more worrying". Li Bai's artistic achievements in poetry are regarded as the pinnacle of China's romantic poetry. Li Bai's poems are included in volumes 161 to 185 in the whole Tang poetry. There is Li Taibai Collection handed down from generation to generation. Du Fu once commented on Li Bai's article like this: the pen falls and scares the wind and rain, and the poem makes the gods cry.
Du Fu
Du Fu (712-77 AD) was born in Xiangyang, Han nationality, and later moved to Gongxian County, Henan Province. [1-2] Shaoling Yelao, a great realistic poet in Tang Dynasty, was called "Li Du" together with Li Bai. In order to distinguish Li Shangyin and Du Mu from "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Great Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".
Du Fu's influence on China's classical poetry is far-reaching, and he is called "the sage of poetry" by later generations, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
Du Fu created such famous works as Spring Watch, Northern Expedition, Three Officials and Three Farewells. In 759, Du Fu abandoned his official post and went to Sichuan. Although he escaped from the war and lived a relatively stable life, he still cared about the whole life and held a state affair. Although Du Fu is a realistic poet, he also has a wild and uninhibited side. It is not difficult to see Du Fu's heroism and dry clouds from his masterpiece "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking".
The core of Du Fu's thought is the Confucian idea of benevolent government, and he has the grand ambition of "to be a gentleman and to be a gentleman, and then to make the customs pure". Although Du Fu's fame was not prominent when he was alive, his fame spread far and wide, which had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature. About 15 poems of Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in Du Gongbu Collection.
Li He
Li He (about 791-817) was born in Fuchang (now Yiyang County, Henan Province) in the Tang Dynasty, and left behind such timeless sayings as "the dark clouds crush the city and want to destroy it", "the rooster crows that the world is white" and "the sky is old if it is affectionate".
at the age of 2, Li He went to Chang 'an, the capital city, to take the imperial examination. The Tang Dynasty attached great importance to his background in the imperial examination. Because his father's name was Jin Su, "Jin" was homophonic with the word "Jin" of Jinshi, and he was disqualified for offending his father's name. Because of his outstanding talent, he served as a humble little official who served as a gift lang and stayed in Beijing. Li He was originally ambitious and proud, but now he has become such a small official who is like a servant. He feels very humiliated, so he resigned from his official position and returned to Fuchang to live in seclusion.
Li He often rides a donkey, carrying a tattered knapsack, and goes out for inspiration. His poems are rich in imagination, and he often uses myths and legends to convey the past to the present, so later generations often call him a "ghost genius" and "Shi Gui", and his poems are called "the words of a ghost fairy".
Li He's long-term depression, melancholy lifestyle and poor family troubled him, which made him a brilliant new star in the Tang Dynasty's poetry world fall prematurely in about 817 AD, at the age of 26. Together with Li Bai and Li Shangyin, they are called Sanli in Tang Dynasty.
Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan (688-742) was a famous poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His name was Ji Ling, Han nationality, and he was born in Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province). Bold and uninhibited, he often mourns fencing, and his poems were mostly sung by musicians at that time. At that time, he often sang with Gao Shi and Wang Changling, and was famous for describing the frontier fortress scenery. His representative works include at heron lodge and Liangzhou Ci. His poem "mountains cover the white sun, and oceans drain the golden river. But you widen your view three hundred miles and by going up one flight of stairs are household names
There is not much information about Wang Zhihuan's life, except that he moved from Bingzhou to Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province) in his early years and served as the main book of Hengshui in Jizhou. Li Di, the magistrate of Hengshui County, betrothed his third daughter to him. Because of being slandered, he brushed his clothes and went to the official, "so he swam the green hills and cracked the yellow ribbon." The river is sandwiched by thousands of miles, which is due to its high wind; Fifteen years at home, eating its old virtues. Elegant talk about Guijue, cool and idle. " . Later, he returned to serve as the captain of Wen' an County and died during his tenure.
Wang Zhihuan is "generous and generous, charming and talented". In his early years, he was good at writing articles, and he was good at writing poems, which were often quoted as lyrics. He often sang with poets such as Wang Changling and Gao Shi and became famous for a while. He is especially good at five-character poems, and wins by describing the scenery of frontier fortress. He is a romantic poet. Jin Neng's "Epitaph of Wang Zhihuan" said that his poem "Taste or sing to join the army, sing out the fortress, and worry about the bright moon in the mountains, and Xiao Xi gets the sound of the cold wind, which spreads to the movement and spreads to the population." But there are only six quatrains in his works, including three frontier poems. His poems are represented by at heron lodge and Liangzhou Ci. Zhang Taiyan called Liangzhou Ci "the most quatrain": "The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, and it is a lonely city, Wan Ren Mountain. Why should the flute blame the willows, and the spring breeze will not pass Yumenguan. "
reference: Baidu encyclopedia