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Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he wants to go, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty! .
Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again.
Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a big drink! .
When you are proud of your life, you should indulge in joy and don't let this golden cup be empty for the bright moon. Everyone's birth must have its own value and significance. With a stroke of a pen, gold can still be recovered. Let's have fun cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. It's not too much to drink three hundred cups at a time!
Poetry appreciation
This poem was written in the 11th year of Tianbao (752), and its theme is similar to Yuefu. At the beginning of the poem, he said, "Don't you see how the water of the Yellow River enters the ocean from heaven and never returns! Don't you see, in the bright mirror of the high room, lovely hair, although it is silky black in the morning, has turned into snow at night! " In other words, people tend to get old. Therefore, when you are proud, you must drink as much as you like, and don't spare money. "Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and make me drink for three hundred bowls!" .
He advised his friends not to stop drinking and to entertain them by singing. He doesn't care about wealth, he just wants to get drunk, and he also exchanges five flowers and thousands of dollars for wine to eliminate endless worries. It can be seen from here that Li Bai's drinking to drown his sorrows when he is frustrated is just a kind of masturbation.
This poem expresses his "since God has given talents, let them be employed!" " Self-confidence and frustrated resentment, but also reveal the negative thoughts that life is short and eat, drink, and be merry in time. This poem has been read by people for its heroic momentum, unrestrained feelings and bright and fluent language.