Li Bai is as famous as Du Fu and is known as "Du Li" in the world. Li Bai received a good education in his early years. At the age of five, he recited six classics, and at the age of ten, he studied a hundred. He often reads classics and is tireless (Pei Chang Shang Shu Shang An). "Fifteen wonderful books, as a gift to Ling Xiangru" ("Gift Zhang" is the second of two).
On the one hand, it comes from family background, on the other hand, it comes from contact with many cultural classics since childhood. Li Bai's thought is complicated, with elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Rangers and Military Strategists, and it is mainly Confucianism and Taoism, and even puts Zhuangzi above Qu Yuan. Li Bai's political ideal is to "enlarge the atlas area and clarify Hai Xian County" (in response to Meng Shaofu's command). However, according to Li Bai's personality, he did not want to take part in the imperial examination, but lived in seclusion and made friends, hoping to take a "shortcut to the south" and make a name for himself in the capital until the court seized it. Li Bai worships Jiang Shang, Fan Li, Lu Zhonglian, Sean, Xie An and others. He worked as a teacher of the emperor, made outstanding achievements, and then retired.
As far as Li Bai's thought is concerned, it is a typical product of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In this regard, nearly a thousand years later, the poet Gong Zizhen said: "Zhuang and Qu's family can't be together, thinking of their hearts and confessing; Confucianism, immortals and chivalry are three things that cannot be combined into one. If they are angry, they will confess. "
However, just when it is about to make a difference, the prosperous time of Kaiyuan has passed, the court is increasingly corrupt, and a new crisis is brewing in society. Desire is extremely extravagant, but the hope of realization is extremely slim, so his feeling of being hit by himself is doubly heavy. Whenever he encounters setbacks and injustice, he will burst into strong indignation, and his bold criticism and denial of the order at that time are often overwhelming. But apart from indignation, I often want to use seclusion to seek immortality and binge drinking and debauchery to temporarily relieve my mental pain, which shows the profound influence of Taoist criticism of reality and seclusion thought. In this way, Li Bai spent an extraordinary life in the fierce ideological struggle between ideal and reality, birth and WTO entry.
Li Bai's life experience can be divided into four periods. In his youth, Li Bai studied in a wide range. In addition to Confucian classics and ancient literary and historical masterpieces, he also browsed hundreds of books and became a "good swordsman". Believing in Taoism, having the idea of transcending the secular; At the same time, he has the political ambition to make contributions. The poems he wrote in Shu as a teenager are rarely preserved, but they show outstanding talent. Li Bai traveled in eastern Sichuan when he was about twenty-five or six years old. In the following 10 years, he roamed many places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Yellow River. In the 18th year of Kaiyuan (730), he once arrived in Chang 'an to strive for a political way out, but failed. In the first year of Tianbao (742), he was called by Xuanzong to worship Hanlin in Chang 'an as a minister of civil affairs and participated in drafting documents. Less than two years later, he was forced to resign and leave Beijing. During this period, Li Bai's poetry and song creation tends to be mature. 1 1 years later, continue to wander in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. "Wandering around the world, it is suitable for poetry and wine." He still cares about state affairs and hopes to be re-appointed by the court. In the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai met Du Fu in Luoyang and became good friends. They didn't meet again after breaking up the next year. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Li Bai lived in seclusion in Xuancheng (now Anhui) and Lushan Mountain. In the following year1February, he was invited to Lilin, the shogunate of Wang Yong, hoping to eliminate the rebellion and restore national unity. After Wang Yong angered Su Zong and was killed, Li Bai was also convicted, imprisoned in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and soon exiled Yelang (now Tongzi, Guizhou). On the way, I was forgiven and came back. I was 59 years old. Living in Jiangnan area in his later years. At the age of 6 1, I heard that Qiu Li Guangbi led an army out of the city to attack the Anshi rebels and went north to join the army to kill the enemy. He turned back halfway due to illness. The following year, he died in the apartment of his uncle Dangtu (now Anhui) county magistrate Li.