Li Bai (71-762), whose name is Taibai, was also called "violet layman" and "fallen immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was called "Poet Fairy" by later generations and "Li Du" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du", Du Fu
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's poems and songs have been selected into the Collection of Heyue Yingling compiled by Yin Gan, The Tang Dynasty Written by Tang Dynasty and Selected Poems by Tang Dynasty, The Collection of Youxuan compiled by Wei Zhuang and The Collection of Talents compiled by Wei Gan.
His works are rich in imagination, magnificent and romantic in style, unique in artistic conception, fresh and elegant; Good at using exaggeration and metaphor, natural and beautiful words and expressions, showing unrestrained emotions. Li Bai's artistic achievements in poetry are regarded as the pinnacle of China's romantic poetry. Poems in the whole Tang Dynasty are included in volumes 161 to 185. There is Li Taibai Collection handed down from generation to generation.
On March 21st, 215, World Poetry Day, the United Nations Postal Service issued a set of stamps, which selected representative poems in six different languages, namely English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic and Russian, and presented them on the stamp screen. Chinese poetry is selected from Li Bai's Thoughts on a Quiet Night.
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Today, Li Bai's birthplace is generally considered as Qinglian Township in Changlong, Mianzhou (Brazil County), South of Tang Dynasty. My ancestral home is Tianshui, Gansu. His family background and family are unknown. According to the New Tang Book, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Emperor Xing Sheng (Liang Wuzhao Wang Li Gui). According to this statement, Li Bai is the same clan as the kings of Li Tang, and is the peer brother of Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin. It is also said that his ancestors were Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji.
In 761, Li Bai, who was in his early sixties, returned to Jinling due to illness. In Jinling, his life was quite embarrassing, so he had to go to his uncle Li Yangbing, who was a county magistrate in Dangtu.
In the third year of Shang Yuan (762), Li Bai was seriously ill, and gave the manuscript to Li Yangbing on his deathbed, and he died.
According to Zhu Mu's "Fang Yu Sheng Lan" in the Song Dynasty, it is said that Li Bai wanted to give up when he was studying in Xianger Mountain. After crossing a stream, he saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle and asked her what she was doing. The old woman replied that she wanted to grind a needle. So Li Bai realized that learning was as persistent as grinding an iron pestle into a needle, so he went back to study hard.
It is widely rumored that Li Bai drowned when he was drunk. Because of this legend, he was revered as Wang Zhiyi, the narcissus of the sea, and he thought that Li Bai, a literary giant, could also protect the crew, fishermen and business travelers on the water in another world.