1, Li Bai's Looking at Lushan Waterfall
The purple mist is illuminated by sunlight, and the waterfall hangs in front of the mountain. On the high cliff, it seems to be thousands of feet high, which makes people think that the Milky Way has fallen from heaven to earth.
Translation:
The censer peak gives birth to a purple mist under the sunlight, and from a distance, a waterfall hangs in front of the mountain like white satin. There seem to be several waterfalls in thousands of feet on the high cliff, which makes people think that the Milky Way has fallen from the sky to the ground.
2, "Silent Night Thinking" Author: Li Bai
The foot of my bed is shining so brightly. Is there frost already? I looked up at the moon and looked down, feeling nostalgic.
Translation:
The bright moonlight sprinkled on enough paper in front of the bed, as if the ground was frosted. I couldn't help looking up at the bright moon in the sky outside the window that day, and I couldn't help but bow my head and think of my hometown in the distance.
About the author:
Li Bai was a great romantic poet in Tang Dynasty, and was praised as "Poet Fairy" by later generations. Li Bai began to learn to read and write at the age of five. By the time he was fifteen, he had written many poems, and he began to be admired by some upper-class people. Influenced by Taoist thought, Li Bai began to learn fencing and liked to fight bravely.
At the age of 24, Li Bai left his hometown and embarked on a long journey. Then visit Chengdu and Emei Mountain, and then sail eastward to Yuzhou. In 742 AD, due to the praise of the princess and He, Xuanzong read Li Bai's poems and admired them very much, so he called Li Bai into the palace to write poems for entertainment. The next year, Li Bai got tired of the life of a royal scholar and left the court.
Characteristic style:
Li Bai's poems are magnificent and elegant, and his artistic achievements are extremely high. He eulogized the mountains, rivers and beautiful natural scenery of the motherland, with bold and unrestrained style, elegant and fresh, full of romantic spirit, and achieved the unity of content and art, so he was called the "fallen fairy". His poems mainly described the mountains and rivers and expressed his inner feelings.
Influence of later generations:
Li Bai's poetry and song creation conquered the ruling and opposition parties at that time, won a high reputation and status, and had a greater influence on later generations, mainly manifested in his personality charm and artistic achievements in poetry. The personality strength and charm embodied in Li Bai's poems have greatly influenced the later literati, his extraordinary self-confidence of "God-given talents, let them be used" and his independent personality of "Oh, how can I solemnly grovel to people with high power".