1. Li Bai’s early years
Li Bai’s ancestral home is Chengji, Longxi (now Qin Andong, Gansu). He was born in Suiye (located near Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan today) in the Western Regions in the first year of Chang'an of Wu Zetian (701 AD). According to the "New Book of Tang", he was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (Liang Wuzhao King Li Hao), and he was actually the same ancestry as the kings of Li and Tang.
In his childhood, Li Bai and his father Li Ke moved to Qinglian Township, Changlong, Mianzhou (now Jiangyou County, Sichuan). He began traveling throughout China in his youth. Later, Li Bai once worshiped Hanlin in the first year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (AD 742). However, his unruly character determined that he could not be tolerated by the powerful, so he left Chang'an in less than two years.
2. Li Bai was middle-aged
Later he met Du Fu, another famous poet of the Tang Dynasty in China, in Luoyang and became a good friend. After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, in December 756, Li Bai was invited to serve as an aide to King Yong in order to quell the rebellion. After King Yong was angry and killed Suzong of Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was also convicted and imprisoned. Soon after, he was exiled to Yelang (now Tongzi, Guizhou). He was pardoned in exile when he was 59 years old.
3. Li Bai’s later years
Li Bai wandered around the south of the Yangtze River in his later years. When he was 61 years old, he heard that Lieutenant Li Guangbi was leading an army to attack the Anshi rebels, so he went north to prepare to follow Li Guangbi and join the army to kill the enemy, but he turned back due to illness on the way. The next year, Li Bai defected to his uncle Li Yangbing, who was the county magistrate of Dangtu (now Anhui). In November of the same year, Li Bai died of illness in his apartment at the age of 62.
4. Li Bai's works
Li Bai created a large number of poetry works throughout his life, and more than 900 poems have been handed down to this day. His poetry creation covers a wide range of themes of Chinese classical poetry, and there are famous works on many themes. His favorite genres are mainly ancient poetry, including ancient style and Yuefu poetry, but he often also retains swan songs in modern poetry genres such as rhymes and quatrains. Among the Ci poems that were not yet popular in the Tang Dynasty, two are considered to be Li Bai's works, namely "Bodhisattva Man" and "Recalling Qin E", which Huang Sheng of the Southern Song Dynasty called "the ancestor of Ci and music in a hundred generations". There are also a few people who doubt that they were written by Li Bai.
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Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He is known as the "Immortal of Poetry" and is called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively called "Big Li Du". According to the "New Book of Tang", Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (King Li Hao of Liangwuzhao) and had the same ancestry as the kings of Li and Tang. He is cheerful and generous, loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.
Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao Liezhuang's thoughts. There is "The Collection of Li Taibai" handed down to the world. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His representative works include "Wang Lushan Waterfall", "The Road is Difficult" and "The Road to Shu is Difficult". "About to Enter the Wine", "Liang Fu Yin", "Early Departure from Baidi City" and many other songs.
The Song Dynasty people have biographies of Li Bai's poems and poems (such as the first volume of Wen Ying's "Xiangshan Wild Records"). In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, "Li Bai's Ci" enjoys an extremely high status.
Reference: Li Bai (the famous romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty)_Baidu Encyclopedia