Roaming together, the affection between Du Li seems deep. Li Bai is ten years older than Du Fu and basically belongs to two generations according to ancient standards. Moreover, Li Bai belongs to that talented poet, who was famous all over the world at that time. Even the emperor valued his talent and called him into the palace to become a Hanlin bachelor. It can be said that Li Bai was a model of Fu at that time, hoping to get the appreciation of the royal family with his literary talent.
It is precisely for this reason that when Li Bai and Du Fu met, Li Bai was qualified to put on airs in front of Du Fu, and Du Fu's worship of Li Bai was sincere.
Li Bai and Du Fu first met when Li Bai was kicked out of the court. If Li Bai is lucky, perhaps Du Fu won't know him. At this time, Li Bai met a young man who admired himself, and naturally he could put down his airs and associate with him, which opened the prelude to their association.
They wandered around Henan together and then went to Shandong. They have been inseparable for a year. According to scholars, they have forged a profound friendship.
Li Bai was disappointed in the officialdom, but Du Fu still had the ideal of being an official at this time, so it was naturally impossible to continue drifting aimlessly with Li Bai. So, the two separated, Li Bai continued his prodigal journey, and Du Fu returned to Chang 'an to prepare for the imperial examination. No one thought that this time, the separation of two people became a farewell.
In fact, Li Bai did not pay much attention to the legend of poetry, and it was not pulled apart because of their acquaintance and separation. Instead, he began a cold life.
Li Bai is a talented poet with a loose personality. He doesn't even care about his relatives, and naturally he doesn't care about Du Fu he met on the road. This can be known from Li Bai's poems to Du Fu.
Farewell poems are a major category of Tang poetry. Li Bai wrote many famous farewell poems in his life, but only four of them are related to Du Fu, and they are all perfunctory works, which can't be compared with Meng Haoran and others. Even Wang Lun, an ordinary farmer, is more important to Li Bai than Du Fu.
What is even more unacceptable is that two of these four farewell poems related to Du Fu are impostors. Counting down, there are only two poems written by Li Bai to Du Fu. Thus, if Du Fu didn't become famous later, I'm afraid these only two poems will be abandoned.
Poets don't commemorate friendship in the form of poems. Then, will Li Bai miss Du Fu in his heart after their separation?
In his later roaming career, Li Bai wrote many poems to describe his life, but he didn't mention Du Fu at all, giving people the feeling that he didn't know Du Fu at all.
In fact, what Li Bai did has a lot to do with his personality. He pursues novelty and romance, and is always interested in unknown things and people. Moreover, he is famous, and there are long lines of people who want to know him and make friends with him. Therefore, he himself won't miss a young man he met on the trip. In addition, Li Bai hopes to know dignitaries and help him realize his ambitions. Du Fu, who has no foundation, naturally won't leave an impression on him.
Compared with Li Bai's ruthlessness, Du Fu worships Li Bai, but he shows his true feelings without any deception.
Du Fu is a poet, and his poems are a history, full of true feelings and feelings, without any affectation. After Du Fu and Li Bai broke up, they wrote many poems and songs in memory of Li Bai. Counting, there are at least more than 20 songs. If you count the inevitable loss of works, the number must be very considerable.
From the content point of view, a large part of Du Fu's poems and songs commemorating Li Bai are memories of the days with Li Bai, which shows that Du Fu really cares about Li Bai. Moreover, unlike Li Bai's perfunctory works, these poems written by Du Fu are really written by heart, and they have entered a very high level in form and content, among which there are countless famous sayings and aphorisms.
Du Fu's yearning and admiration for Li Bai is not for people to see, but a cry from the heart. He not only praised Li Bai's talent in poetry and song, but also examined his personality, feeling unfair for the unfair treatment he suffered.
To Li Bai at the End of the Sky is a five-character quatrain, from which we can see the friendship between Du Fu and Li Bai. And the yearning expressed in the five-character quatrain of "No See" has entered a realm that ordinary people can't reach. It can be said that without deep emotional input, it is absolutely impossible to write such a feeling of missing Li Shengjiu. It is really sad to be crazy.
Because Li Bai offended powerful people, people at that time didn't understand him. Du Fu dared to express his views on the slander and slander of the world and acknowledged Li Bai's talent. "The whole world wants to kill people, and I only care about talents" is Du Fu's deepest cry for Li Bai's injustice.
"A thousand clever poems, a glass of wine" is Du Fu's affirmation of Li Bai's talent, and at the same time he feels deep sympathy and helplessness for Li Bai's difficulty in displaying his talent in reality.
"Mine reading room, the head is white and it is good to return." This is Du Fu's vision for the future, and the expectation that they will meet again, which is also the expression of Du Fu's heart. This has gone beyond the concept of meeting by chance, which is a portrayal of Du Fu's regard of friendship above all else.
In all the poems written by Du Fu in memory of Li Bai, there are thoughts, arguments and admiration, which can be said to be famous works, all of which were written by Du Fu with painstaking efforts.
In his later years, Li Bai was involved in a dispute of seizing power by the imperial court because of his lack of political vision. He was imprisoned by the imperial court and finally exiled to Sichuan. Fortunately, he soon got a pardon from the court. Du Fu expressed his sympathy and concern for Li Bai at the first time.
When Du Fu learned the news of Li Bai's unfortunate death, he couldn't help writing a poem in memory of Li Bai. It can be seen that Du Fu has firmly engraved Li Bai in his heart and kept this friendship to the end.
Although I regret the true relationship between Li Bai and Du Fu, the reason is not Du Fu, but Li Bai. Because of their great differences in personality, their friendship is not equal.