In his youth, Li Bai was ambitious and had lofty political ideals of "securing the country" and "helping the poor". The prosperous scene and enterprising spirit in the prosperous Tang Dynasty made Li Bai ambitious, caring for his colleagues and keen on his career. At the same time, family has a great influence on Li Bai's political ambition. Li Bai was born in a rich and knowledgeable family. He studied Ci Fu since childhood and absorbed the essence of a hundred schools of thought. He studied hard, read widely and had rich knowledge, which made him brilliant when he was young. When he felt that he should display his talents and serve the court. His father had great expectations of him and told him that his family was originally a royal family, but he was ashamed to appear in the court because he had been exiled to the western regions for a long time and was engaged in cheap business. He hoped that Li Bai could get ahead and revive the family. Therefore, the ideals of "securing the country" and "helping the poor" and the concept of "respecting the monarch and respecting the relatives" accompanied him throughout his life. Li Bai traveled all over the vast places of interest in the motherland, especially the long-distance trip to Sichuan, which greatly broadened his horizons. Facing the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, Li Bai was very excited and deepened his love for the motherland and his determination to serve the motherland. He once said: "Don't ask for a small official, be conceited by the things in the world." During this period, his thought of becoming an official after joining the WTO was very strong. Most of the poems describe the mountains and rivers of the motherland and express lofty sentiments and ambitions, such as Deng Jincheng Scattered Flowers Building, Fu Dapeng, Yue revisiting the ancient times, Living in Wushan, and Farewell to Jingmen Ferry. At the same time, they made many like-minded friends, and wrote the famous Farewell to Meng Haoran and Farewell in a Hotel in Nanjing on the way to Yangzhou. The exhibition of bitter studies in Li Bai's era gave him rich knowledge and cultivated his ambition; The splendid rivers and mountains in Sichuan have opened up his magnificent mind and enriched his innate talent and literary talent. He will display his talents in a broader world and realize his great ambitions.
But gradually, Li Bai began to realize the darkness of the world clearly. During his stay in Anlu, he actively carried out some activities in the hope that people would quote him. However, due to Li Bai's unruly servants, he showed his talent, so that he was arrogant and slandered by some people, and attracted the displeasure of some local dignitaries. Therefore, I have been frustrated repeatedly in Anlu, but I have no choice but to recommend it. Later, he went to Chang 'an, the capital of China. When I first arrived in Chang 'an, I encountered setbacks. Li Bai hoped to introduce himself through Zhang Shuo, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his son, but they played with him and settled in an uninhabited wasteland in Zhong Nanshan. Li Bai was very depressed and angry. Later, during his stay in Chang 'an, he visited some people, but most of them were similar to Zhang Shuo and his son and were jealous of his talent. At this time, Li Bai felt the great conflict between ideal and reality. He saw the dark side of the Li and Tang dynasties. In a rage, he wrote "Difficult to Go" and "Difficult to Pass the Road", expressing his grief and indignation when he first entered Chang 'an. However, Li Bai is still full of desire to be an official. He is not satisfied with his extraordinary talent, but the idea of actively joining the WTO has always inspired him. After leaving Chang 'an, Li Bai lived in Shandong for several years. At this time, he often complained in his works, such as Song of Fu Liang and Into the Wine, which were full of doubts and indignation about the unfair fate, especially the sentence "I was born to be useful", which expressed the author's grief and indignation about his talent and his feelings for future hope.
The opportunity has finally come. In the first year of Tianbao, Li Bai came to Chang 'an for the second time because of the three summonses of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Li Bai to be enshrined in the Hanlin Palace. Li Bai was very excited. He thought it was time to give full play to his talents and serve the imperial court. At this time, he wrote "Nanling children go to Beijing" and "Don't enter the interior", expressing his excitement at that time. However, the reality is counterproductive. Both Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei appreciated Li Bai's talent in poetry and song, calling him a "genius in the world", but they always asked Li Bai to present some poems praising his virtue, that is, he was not allowed to attend the court. Li Bai felt that he was just a literary plaything of the imperial court, embellished by promotion, and with the darkness of officialdom and the insidious evil of Gao Lishi and Li, how could Li Bai, who was arrogant, stand it in this environment? Having a clearer understanding of the political society at that time, Li Bai "laughed" and left Chang 'an. "Clouds cover the sun and never return, and the purple orchid is always destroyed by autumn wind" and "A gift from Du Xiucai and Wang Songshan" is an irreversible necessity in this world of "clouds cover the sun". At this time, Li Bai was full of strong hatred for the darkness of officialdom and had a strong desire to live. There is a strong contradiction between joining the WTO and being born. He found the fairy's dream with extraordinary imagination and expressed his depressed mood in sleepwalking. His famous poem "Dream on Mount Tianmu" is a typical example. The poem describes the scene of sleepwalking, but in fact it describes the disillusionment of his career dream. "Oh, how can I bow and scrape to those high officials whose sincere faces will never be seen?" This sentence expresses the poet's indignation. The poet woke up from his dream and expressed his contempt for the strong and anger at the injustice in reality. After leaving Chang 'an for a long time, Li Bai always has a strong idea of being born. At the same time, he was more concerned about the safety of the country and the sufferings of the people, and hated the incompetence of the monarch. The great contradiction between Li Bai's experience and his thought of joining the WTO made the critical spirit in his poems stronger, such as Answering the King on Twelve Cold Nights, which expressed profound criticism of the political reality at that time.
Of course, Li Bai's idea of actively joining the WTO is still the mainstream of his thought. Later, An Lushan launched a mutiny and a national crisis. With the spirit of dedication to the country, Li Bai once again went to the official career-to participate in the Yongwang Phosphorus Shogunate, which showed Li Bai's strong patriotism and determination to serve the court. However, Li Bai's ideal did not come true in the end. Later, Yong's team was shattered and Li Bai was taken to Xunyang prison. In the final analysis, it is because of contradictions within the ruling class. Li Bai met the impact of reality and ideal again.
Throughout Li Bai's life, we can still divide his poetry creation into two stages. The first stage is the period when he is eager to learn and travel far out of Sichuan. Li Bai studies hard and enjoys visiting famous mountains. He was imaginative since he was a child, when Taoism prevailed. Li Bai has been in contact with immortals since childhood and made a promise. All these have sprouted the romantic spirit in his early poems. The second stage is the road he first set foot on after he left Shu, until his later years. This period is a leap period of Li Bai's poetry creation. All kinds of ills in his official career and the darkness of reality make Li Bai have a lot of critical spirit in his poetry creation, and the conflict between ideal and reality affects the romantic spirit of Li Bai's poetry, forming a huge contradiction between being born and entering the WTO, which is also the source of his creation, which is also the theme that this paper has always emphasized.