As far as personality is concerned, Li Bai is a person who loves freedom, indulges in Ren Xia, respects nature and despises powerful people. His thoughts are very complicated, and Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, immortals and chivalrous men have all influenced him. He is also an extremely conceited person, and he is extremely confident in his talents, which makes his poems full of heroic, easy-going and bold features.
He used many poems, the most distinctive of which are ancient poems, verses and quatrains. Although Li Bai's Yuefu used ancient themes, he had a strong sense of innovation. This is mainly manifested in the following aspects: First, writing current events through ancient inscriptions has a distinct spirit of the times, such as Ding Du Hugh and Turn Back; The second is to express one's feelings with ancient themes, such as Difficult Road to Shu, Difficult Travel, Farewell and Entering Wine. This kind of poem integrates his strong subjective feelings and emotions into the poem, which is full of personal characteristics. In addition to the ancient theme Yuefu, Li Bai's writing can best reflect its characteristics. Gexing, or Seven-character Gexing, is an important style of Tang poetry. It rose in the early Tang Dynasty and flourished in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Liang Qian, a scholar in A Qing, said in the book "Tang Shen Yin Ti": "Although the song was written in Yuefu, it was written to praise things. Anyone who uses seven words and long and short sentences without ancient questions is generally called qu. " China's Principles of Poetry, written by Japanese poet Yujiu Matsuura, defines the lines of the song as follows: First, the title of the poem summarizes the characteristics of the song. Li Bai's ballads are both narrative and lyrical, pushing the creation of lyric poetry to a new height.
It is characterized by strong feelings, anger, vertical strokes and hearty, which fully embodies the personality of Li Bai's poems. The most representative ones are Tai Song in Send Dan, Drinking to Send Cen, Wang Huyin in Lushan Yushi Luxu, and Song of Accompanying to the Building. The second genre of Li Bai's poems is quatrains. If Yuefu songs, especially songs, reflect the bold and elegant side of Li Bai's poems, then Li Bai's quatrains enjoy a high reputation in the poetry circle of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In terms of quantity, there are 159 quatrains (79 quatrains and 80 quatrains) in his poetry collection * *, which is also well received in terms of achievements. Hu Yinglin said, "Taibai's five or seven words are absolutely unique, every word is sacred, and the article is sacred." Compare his five unique words with Wang Wei's: "Five unique words are in two aspects: the mystery of rubbings and the transcendence of Taibai." His Seven Words and Wang Changling's Comments on Jiao Hong's Poems in the Ming Dynasty said: "Long Biao and Longxi are the masters of the Seven Wonders, which are enough to be called couplets." Wang Shizhen's "Yan Shu in the Art Garden" said: "Wang Shaobo and Taibai, the seven-character quatrains, are both gods." Ye Xie's Original Poem in Qing Dynasty said: "Seven-character quatrains pushed Li Bai and Wang Changling from ancient times to modern times." Lu Shi's On the Jade in the Purple Room: "Born too white, Wang Changling sits on the throne of the master's quatrains. Never mind that there were two people in the Tang Dynasty for 300 years, and no one took advantage. "
Most of Li Bai's quatrains are fresh and natural, but they are rich in implication and endless in feelings. Some of its styles are beautiful and quiet, some are free and easy, and some are elegant and hearty. In any case, most of them can be organized and have distinct personalities.