Li Bai's father is called Li Ke, and there are few records about him in historical materials. There are different opinions about what Li Bai's father does. Some people say that he is in business, others say that he was an official. But one thing is certain: Li Bai took a sum of money with him when he traveled in Sichuan at the age of 24. Li Bai once wrote in his article:? 300,000 yuan and your down-and-out son, and you helped them all? (Pei Changshi of Shang 'an Prefecture). No matter how the money came from, since Li Bai was able to give 300,000 yuan to help the poor boy, he must have more than 300,000 yuan himself.
Second, the second source is the support of friends like Li Bai.
Li Bai had many friends in his life, all of whom were rich and powerful. For example, Yuan Danqiu in "Into the Wine" has been in contact for 22 years. Yuan Danqiu is a famous Taoist priest and a big manor owner. He has his own industries in Songshan, Henan and Chang 'an, the capital. Li Bai once wrote a poem called Danqiu, Angelababy and Shan Jutu. There is such a sentence in the preface of this poem:? Dan Qiu lives in Angelababy. New business? . The poem means that Yuan Danqiu has his own industry and often invites Li Bai to visit the manor. Li Bai also has a friend named Yuan, who also has his own manor in Taiyuan and often invites Li Bai to be a guest. Once Li Bai lived in Yuan Manor for half a year and wrote a poem, including this sentence? Joan's case of eating sapphire made me too drunk to go back? . Such a powerful person has such a good relationship with Li Bai that it is another aspect of Li Bai's economic source.
Third, marriage brings.
Li Bai had four marriages before and after. Of the two formal marriages, the first was in the form of adoption. His wife is Xu from the Prime Minister's office, and his family is well-off, and his second child is also adopted. The second is the granddaughter of the former prime minister, even worse. In this way, everyone should not need Li Bai to make a living too much. When Li Bai finally committed a crime, his second wife helped him mediate and finally solved the problem. In the old society,
Fourth, the emperor's reward.
After staying in Chang 'an for three years, Li Bai was defeated by Tang Xuanzong. Pay back the money? . Is to give him some money and let him go. The amount of this money is not recorded in the historical materials. However, the emperor will definitely not be rewarded less. Moreover, Li Bai's talent at that time was peerless, and he would not suffer too much because of a porridge and a meal.
Fifth, run the pen.
In ancient times, runbi meant the cost of writing. In the old society, although it was not as expensive as it is now, many people came here to ask Li Bai to write poems because he was famous at that time. Did he say that himself? Poetry and prose written in my life, nine times out of ten? . There are 98 1 poems left by Li Bai now, so he may have written 10 thousand poems. And many of these poems are poems that should be done. At this time, there will definitely be some rewards, sometimes in kind and sometimes in money. We can see from the titles of some poems, such as "Reward Yin Mingzuo with five clouds" (people give him five clouds and make poems to thank him), "Give Huangshan with silver pheasant" (want silver pheasant and exchange poems) and "Reward Zhang Sima with ink" (people give him ink and make poems to thank him), so Li Bai traveled all his life.