Li Bai's life is full of legends. In his prime, he asked Lux to take off his shoes and let the imperial concubine pour wine. He wrote a poem with emotion, which can be described as a sloppy life. In his later years, a song "The Last Song" summed up his life. In the last two years, my career was difficult, I was down and out, and I died soon. His life was a poet Li Bai and a poor old man. All the manuscripts of the poems he wrote before his death were handed over to his uncle Li, and they were compiled into "Caotang Collection". However, these are all lost, which makes people feel sorry. There are more than 1000 poems, only about his works110. It can be seen that his extraordinary achievements in poetic attainments are well-deserved? Poet fairy? The title of.
Of course, what we are going to discuss today is not Li Bai's poetic achievements, but how his existing poems have been passed down to this day. In ancient times when science and technology were very underdeveloped, there were two ways to inherit some cultural works. One is word of mouth, and the other is to collect, sort out and spread to all parts of the world. Of course, these methods cannot guarantee the accuracy and reliability of their inheritance.
Du Li's poems, like radiant light, have a very far-reaching spread among the people. Just like "Amethyst", communication is learned from an early age. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty once ordered the collection and collation of Tang poems circulated among the people, and obtained more than 48,900 poems, which were compiled into complete Tang poems. The compilation of this book is more conducive to the spread of Tang poetry in later generations. Because of word of mouth, excellent Tang poetry and Song poetry can be preserved even after dynasty changes and wars. Secondly, in ancient times, someone was needed to collect and revise books out of interest or responsibility. For example, Hu Zhenheng in the Ming Dynasty did not like being an official or editing books. He resolutely resigned and went home, compiling the most complete Tang poetry at that time, not only including a large number of poems, but also compiling autobiographical notes of many poets. Later, Li Shitong and Du Shitong were edited, which made the Tang poetry have a unified destination and spread through the ages. Because of Hu Zhenheng's outstanding contribution to cultural exchanges in the Tang Dynasty, his name has also been recorded in history. Of course, it takes some luck to survive forever. Even the Yongle Grand Ceremony ordered by Chu Emperor at that time was finally lost in history.
This is how cultural works are spread. In addition, some people preserve literary works by engraving on cultural relics, stone walls and buildings. We can still taste so many beautiful poems today, which is also the precious wealth left by the ancients.