First, the reasons why Song people didn't like Li Bai.
Wang Anshi, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, deliberately listed Li Bai at the end when editing four poems of Li, Du, Han and Ou. Or ask: "When compiling four poems, Du Fu is the first, Taibai is the fourth, and Cai Bai's words are difficult to understand?" A: "The song of white is bold and elegant, and people can't reach it. It ends here." "As for Du Fu, that ... just hides the predecessors, and then there is no successor." He also said, "White poetry is close to common customs, and people are easy to please, so it is also old. Seeing the pollution in white, ten songs and nine songs talk about women's wine. "
In this passage, Wang Anshi affirmed that Li Bai's poems were bold and elegant, but denied the pattern of Li Bai, further praised Du Fu's poems above Li Bai, and said that Li Bai was poor in knowledge, nine times out of ten referring to women and wine.
This led to the controversy of poets in the Song Dynasty over Li Bai's and Du Fu's poems. Because Du Fu's poems are more neat in meter and more in line with the theme of family and country feelings, they are highly praised by Wang Anshi and others.
Some people think that Song people don't like Li Bai.
Wang Anshi is a still photo.
Second, did the Song people really dislike Li Bai?
Then the problem is coming. Does this mean that people in the Song Dynasty didn't like Li Bai? I don't think so. We can think from the following two aspects:
1, Wang Can Anshi represents the whole Song Dynasty?
The problem is that people in the Song Dynasty didn't like Li Bai, and the most important representative of these people in the Song Dynasty was Wang Anshi, a great writer, politician, thinker and reformer in the Song Dynasty, and one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It can be said that Wang Anshi had a certain influence on the culture of the whole Song Dynasty.
Therefore, his comments on Li Bai must have been authoritative at that time. Just like a literary master criticizes a writer today, it is estimated that there will be a group of sympathizers.
However, literary criticism is my own opinion. Even if there is an echo, it can't represent all the people in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, in the whole Song Dynasty, no one could surpass Du Li in writing poems.
It is too biased to draw the conclusion that Song people don't like Li Bai.
If you worship one of the two masters, you must not like the other?
According to the previous historical records, we know that Wang Anshi only belittled Li Bai on the basis of comparing with Du Fu, and thought that Li Bai was inferior to Du Fu in the ideological connotation of poetry, and did not completely deny his poetic achievements. However, Du Fu's realism and feelings of home and country are more in line with the value orientation of Song people.
We say that when comparing two people, they must have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the criticized person will also be mixed with personal preferences. Influenced by personal knowledge, Wang Anshi said that Li Bai's poem "Ten Poems with Nine Kinds of Women's Wine" was inherently biased, and Wang Anshi was a politician. From his personal standpoint, he will pay more attention to the practical value and political significance of poetry, so it is natural for Yang Du to suppress Li.
Do we choose the first one because we don't like the second one? This inference is too arbitrary.
Du fu's stills
Third, how did other people in the Song Dynasty evaluate Li Bai?
Su Songshi: "Harmony, with a peerless attitude, spans a hundred generations, and all poets in ancient and modern times have abandoned it. However, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the wind and dust have also decreased. " -"Huang Zisi's Poems in the Later Book"
Shi: A beautiful woman is holding a jade ruler. A jade ruler is inexhaustible and never stops. -"Immortal Poems of Li Bai"
Song Xin Qi Ji: It's better for the bright moon to enter the river, but it's still fragrant when the green hills are buried. -"Recalling Li Bai"
Song: There is no difference between Li and Du Ergong. Taibai has one or two beauties, and the beauty of the son cannot be said; Zi Mei has one or two beauties, too white. The beauty of children should not be too white and elegant. Taibai can't be depressed for the beauty of children. Taibai's Sleepwalking in Tianmu, Farewell, etc. The beauty of a child cannot be said. Zimei's "Northern Expedition", "Military Vehicle Shop" and "Farewell the Old and Welcome the New" are too white to do. On Li and Du as the foundation of poetry, and emperors as the support of ministers. Shaoling's poems are like Sun Wu's. Taibai's poetic style is like Li Guang. -"Cang Shi Lang Dialect"
Song Kong Zhong Ping: "The true fairy scatters the wind vane, but the spirit is still afraid that the pen will not disperse." If the article was written by the people, it would be natural. ""The essence of Taibai is Li Bai, and the marshal restaurant in the poem is luxurious. " -"Li Bai Ancestral Temple"
Xiang: The article is full of flames, so I am lonely here. At that time, the voice was heavy, because the reputation was outside. Don't talk about Chu Qu and Wu Xu, they seem to have a high talent to pursue. -"Li Bai Ancestral Temple"
Song Ligang: Chen Xian is a hero, and drunkenness makes Lux a slave. -"Reading Li Baiji with slave rhyme"
Song Li Mi Xun: The solitary symbol is still beyond the dust, and the beautiful sentence is still between heaven and earth. -"Su Guang Temple in summer is beautiful and clear, and I think Li Bai's poems about Jingting are as useful as cousin rhyme."
Jun Qing, Jin Song: Look at the solitary grave at the foot of Xiegong Mountain, and the smoke coming down to the Qihuang River is vast. All day long, the boat is empty, and the immortal character is left behind. -"Li Bai's Tomb"
Xu Songjun: A strong man, an immortal man, he was a poet and an alcoholic all his life. What will happen in Kaiyuan will remain immortal. -"Li Bai"
Li Bai drunk map
The above are some poems written by poets in the Song Dynasty. After searching, Song people wrote thousands of poems about Li Bai, mostly praising his poetic talent and character.
So, didn't people in the Song Dynasty like Li Bai? Don't take Wang Anshi's comments out of context.