The background of Li He's writing horse poems

Li He offended another great poet, Yuan Zhen, who made things difficult for him in every way. Li He's father, Li Jin, made a taboo and refused to let Li He take the Jinshi exam. The wizard Li He had no choice but to serve his country. Anger and sadness, he wrote a history of horses. His poems lament the untimely birth and inner anguish, and express his pursuit of ideals and ambitions; It reflects the situation that the vassal region was divided, the eunuchs were authoritarian and brutally exploited the people.

Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems in all. Poetry expresses the heterogeneity and lofty ambition of genius, as well as the feelings and resentment of people with lofty aspirations by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of horses. Its expression belongs to comparison.

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Li He is a descendant of Li Liang, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty. When I was a teenager, I became rich and famous, but "the wood in the forest is beautiful and the wind will destroy it." His talent was taboo for the villain, and he was disqualified from the Jinshi examination because he violated his father's name (Li He's father's name is Jin Su, and Jin is homophonic with Jin). As a result, Han Yu and other articles shouted injustice for this. Young Li He has no hope of career since then.

In his elegy, Li He angrily wrote: "I am not proud of being twenty years old, full of sadness and gratitude." But he didn't sink in, but devoted himself to poetry creation. Legend has it that he often rides a lame donkey and carries a worn-out toolkit to go out for inspiration.

As he walked, he recited poems. Every time he recited a good sentence, he wrote it down and put it in his bag. When he came back, he composed a piece of music. His creative attitude is extremely rigorous, almost reaching the point where he pondered and recited it painstakingly. Coupled with his talent and talent, he eventually became a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Ma Shi