Now there are more than 990 poems and songs by Li Bai. There are a large number of political lyric poems, which fully show the poet's extraordinary ambition, unrestrained passion and chivalrous spirit, and also represent the typical tone of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Li Bai has a strong sense of self and compares himself with Dapeng many times. "When the wind rises in Dapeng, the waves go straight to Wan Li" and "Li Yong". However, when Li Bai was frustrated in Chang 'an for three years, his passionate political enthusiasm was once again collided by reality and turned into a wild song of grief and indignation, which gushed out from his chest: "The road is as wide as the sky, and there is no way out in front of me. I am ashamed to follow those people who have no backbone, fighting cocks and betting on pears, and I want to return home with no fish to eat, and I don't think I will bow down." Li Bai also used a hearty drinking poem to dispel the sadness of his talent. "Into the wine": "Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he likes, and never point his golden cup at the moon! Since God has given talents, let them be used! , spin one thousand silver, all back! Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a long drink! " It is in line with this unrestrained emotional momentum. The remarkable characteristics of Li Bai's poems in artistic techniques are: magical imagination, endless changes, vertical and horizontal structure and patchwork sentence patterns, which form a magnificent and elegant style. Tianmu Mountain ascended to heaven in a dream: "Straight into the sky, its peak reached the sky, topped with five holy peaks, and cast a shadow across China. The Paradise Terrace Mountains are 100 miles long, and it is here that they begin to extend to the southeast. My heart and my dream are in Wu Heyue. They cross Jinghu Lake on a moonlit night. The moon lit up my shadow and I came to Yanhe. Xie 'an is still there, with a loud voice and rippling blue waves. Xie, climbed Yun Lan's ladder. Halfway through the sunny ocean, the sacred rooster crows in space. Countless peaks and more valleys, there is no road, flowers tempt me, and rocks relax me. The day suddenly ended. Bears, dragons and storms on mountains and rivers disturb forests and shake mountains. Clouds are darkened by rain, and streams are pale by fog. The god of thunder and lightning shattered the whole mountain range, and the stone gate fell apart and leaked into the sinkhole. An impenetrable shadow, but now the sun and the moon illuminate a golden and silver terrace. Dressed in colorful clothes and riding the wind, all the queens of the clouds came down one by one, with tigers playing pipa and phoenixes dancing. Rows and rows, like hemp in the field, fairy figures in the range. " When the big dream first woke up, the dreamland disappeared, which led to the understanding of the world of life: "People's happiness is always like this, and thousands of waters flow eastward in Qian Shan", "Alas, how can I bow and scrape to those high-ranking officials who will never be shown with honesty?". This feature of Li Bai's "Looking Up to Heaven" has greatly developed the romantic spirit and expression method initiated by Zhuangzi's fable and Qu Yuan, and also incorporated the Taoist immortal image, which has amazing artistic charm and won the praise of a generation of "poetic immortals".
In the ninth year of Tianbao (750), after Li Bai left Chang 'an, he traveled eastward along Shangzhou Avenue, met Du Fu in Luoyang, and then traveled to Liang and Song with Du Fu and Gao Shi, leading a happy life of drinking paper, chasing eagles and rabbits. The following year, in Yanzhou, Shandong Province, Li Bai met Du Fu again and traveled with him to Surabaya and Dongmeng. With the deterioration of the political situation in Tianbao period, Li Bai was deeply worried and uneasy about the danger of state affairs. In his poems "Twelve Cold Nights Answering the King" and "Farewell", he publicly protested the arrogance and killing dissidents of Li and Yang, and issued a cry for the sinister political situation. He wandered around, visited Liangyuan, the Army and Jinling, and also visited Ji You and other places. I wrote many excellent poems along the way.
In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Li Bai fled to the southeast, moving between Xuancheng, Dangtu, Jinling and Liyang. After living in seclusion in Lushan Mountain. At that time, Lin, the son of Xuanzong, led his teacher to advance eastward from Jiangling, "wrote three books" (with Jia Shaogong), and invited Li Bai to participate in its military activities in the name of reviving the great cause. Li Bai resolutely and enthusiastically joined the army. Unexpectedly, another disaster happened between Su Heng and Lin, and Li Lin was defeated and died. Li Bai was also convicted and imprisoned, and was soon taken by Yelang (now Tongzi, Guizhou). At that time, the poet fell into a dangerous situation that "everyone wants to kill" (Du Fu's "No See"), so that Du Fu also mistakenly believed in rumors and wrote poems to express his deep sorrow. Li Bai returned to Jiangxi and was not released until Wushan. At this time, he is nearly 60 years old, but he is still not strong enough. In the second year of Shang Yuan (76 1), he set foot on the journey again, ready to join the counter-insurgency team in Li Guangbi, but turned back due to illness on the way. In the first year of Baoying (762), Li Bai died in Dangtu's uncle Li Jiazhong, ending his legendary life.