A review of Li Bai's thought on the difficulty of Shu Dao.
First, the images in Li Bai's works are often personalized with strong subjective feelings. Facing the beautiful nature, he did not watch coldly, but admired enthusiastically. "Six dragons look back at this high standard, which has aroused vagrancy and twists and turns. The yellow crane can't fly. Have pity on those monkeys who only have claws. " Here, the poet wrote the "height" and "danger" of the mountain from the "Six Longhuitou Scenic Spot", and set it off from the opposite side with the yellow crane not crossing and the ape climbing. It is not difficult to see that even if the poet describes it in detail, it is mixed with reality. The combination of imagination and exaggeration not only highlights the arduousness of Shu Road, but also paves the way for the following: In the face of such a steep mountain peak, neither the yellow crane nor the ape can do anything. What should people do? "The highest cliff is less than a foot from heaven, and dry pine trees hang down from the cliff surface. And send the thunder of rotating stones through 10 thousand valleys. " The poet is like a brilliant cameraman: first, the mountains are undulating, the mountains meet the sky, then the close-up of the dead pine hanging upside down, and then a group of snapshots, rapids, waterfalls, cliffs and rocks flash by quickly, and the waterfalls impact the rocks in my ear, making people stunned and dazzled; Make people forget the reality, follow the author, feel the wonderful scenery of Shu Dao, and let their hearts beat with the poet's beat. Secondly, the images in Li Bai's poems often transcend reality. He rarely gives a detailed and true description of his life process, but gallops in the vast space, interspersed with historical, mythical, dreamland and natural scenery, capturing many seemingly unrelated pictures, forming touching pictures and showing ups and downs. In "Difficult Road to Shu", the poet started with the ancient history and inserted the myth of "Five Ding Mountain": "Until the two rulers of this area squeezed in in the foggy age. Forty-eight thousand years have passed. Don't talk to Qin Sai. And Dabaishan, to the west, still has only one bird path, which can cross Emei Mountain. The landslide destroyed the soldiers and died, and then the stairs and stones were hooked. " According to historical legends, the poet wrote with exaggerated pen and ink the long years when Shu was blocked and the impassability of Shu Road. Then the author leads to the myth of "Five Top Mountains": "It was once broken by an earthquake, and the brave disappeared, and then the ladder was connected with the stone pile." It not only highlights the difficulty of Shu Dao, but also adds magical color to the ancient Shu Dao. In these poems, the poet's thoughts are free and ethereal. He galloped in the vast space, interspersed with historical trends and myths and legends, and formed a thrilling picture with unique ingenuity. Although the Shu Road is not specifically written, the ladder and the stone stack are interlocking, and the twists and turns in the mountain are faintly visible. "We want to know whether this road to the west will never end, and the terrible road ahead is getting darker and darker. Nothing can be heard except the cries of birds surrounded by ancient forests. The male bird rotates smoothly and follows the female bird. Jathyapple, and the empty mountain here, the melancholy voice of the cuckoo. " In this section, the poet chooses the cuckoo as the central image, while other images, such as the ancient forest, moon and mountains, seem to serve it only. This group of images is full of emotion, which makes the scenery in the poet's works have strong subjective feelings, shows a very far-reaching artistic conception, and renders the empty, desolate and lonely environmental atmosphere on the Shu Road. In addition, "withered pine" hanging upside down on the cliff, "running back to Sichuan", "turning over wells", towering old trees, flying around in the jungle, lamenting the cuckoo "it is better to go home", all of which make us feel immersive, and the aesthetic function of the image is fully exerted, and this picture comes from visual consciousness. Let's follow the passionate poet, from real life to aesthetic situation, our mood will also fluctuate and stir.