Li Bai once wrote an extremely embarrassing poem. The entire poem was praising Ge Shuhan. However, Ge Shuhan later surrendered to his enemy An Lushan, which made Li Bai's poem become more and more embarrassing. And this poem is "Speaking of Virtue and Expression to Doctor Geshu". Li Bai wrote in the poem: "The sky has given birth to talents for the country, and the spears and halberds support the spiritual platform." The mighty and profound plans spurt the rivers and seas, and the wind and thunder are carried out freely and freely. The husband is so established that he is invincible to all three armies with one call. Wei Qing is a great general, and Bai Qi is really a great general. ?
The meaning of this poem is that Li Bai is praising Ge Shuhan, saying that Ge Shuhan is a famous general given by God to the Tang Dynasty, and that he is a more powerful person than Bai Qi and Wei Qing. . But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Li Bai flattering his brother Shu Han. Although Ge Shuhan was also a famous general in the Tang Dynasty at that time, compared with Bai Qi and Wei Qing, they were both people that his brother Shuhan could not catch up with in his life.
Bai Qi was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period. He once conquered more than 70 cities for the Qin State. He was also infamous for massacring 400,000 surrendered troops in the Battle of Changping. This also made the Six Kingdoms of Shandong a Shocked, Bai Qi himself was called a "human massacre". Wei Qing was a general of the Han Dynasty and a relative of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He once led the Han army in the Northern Expedition and recovered the vast Hetao area. He was the first person in Chinese history to drive the Huns away. It was he who made the Han Dynasty's reputation spread all over the world. As for Ge Shuhan, although he led the Tang army to defeat the Tubo people, his achievements were still inferior to Bai Qi and Wei Qing. At that time, Li Bai just wanted to use this poem to ask Ge Shuhan to help him recommend him as an official, but in the end Li Bai did not succeed, so Li Bai left soon after.
But something happened later that made Li Bai feel more embarrassed, that is, after the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Ge Shuhan was arrested by An Lushan after An Lushan conquered Tongguan. . But Ge Shuhan, as a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, did not do anything worthy of his status.
An Lushan asked his brother Shu Han at that time, you looked down on me before, what do you think of me now? After Ge Shuhan heard this, he immediately knelt down and said that An Lushan was the real one, so he surrendered directly to An Lushan! Oh, how embarrassing!