Li Bai's poetry creation can be roughly divided into three stages:
The first is the study tour stage.
At this stage, the poet was still young. At this time, Li Bai was constantly seeking immortality and visiting Taoism, that is, studying abroad. Although young, Li Bai already had lofty ideals and was a little eager for an official career. Although the poems written here are in their early stages, their style has been fully highlighted. We can see that his poetry style was positioned earlier and was different from that of the time. Some literati, therefore, this laid the foundation for his future works to reach the pinnacle in literature. For example, the poem "Shang Li Yi" was written after he came to Yuzhou for the first time in 725 to pay homage to Li Yong, the governor. Li Yong served as the governor of Yuzhou from the seventh year of Kaiyuan (719) to the ninth year (721). After Li Bai visited Yi Governor Shi Su in Chengdu in the spring of the ninth year of Kaiyuan, he stayed in Qingcheng Mountain to study. It can be seen that his poem "Going to Li Yong" was written in anger when he came to Yuzhou to visit Li Yong in the eighth year of Kaiyuan (720) and was given a cold reception. In the poem, he compared himself to a roc bird that can "surge up to ninety thousand miles" with the power of the wind, and can cover the water of the river even when the wind stops. So don't rely on his "special tune". He sneered at "big words" and said: "Xuanfu can still be afraid of future generations, and a husband should not despise young people." He advised Li Yong to follow "Xuanfu" (Confucius) as an example and not to despise young people. This poem seems a bit proud and inconsistent with the personality of ancient literati, but in fact it reflects Li Bai's strong self-awareness. The poem is so powerful that it is a masterpiece among Li Bai's early works.
Official career in Erchang'an:
When the poet admired the mountains and rivers of Wuyue, bought a boat and passed through Huainan to Yunmeng, trying to realize "the story of the villagers being like each other and exaggerating Yunmeng", Li Bai's The current situation is not as rich as it was when I traveled. Not only does it no longer have the pomp and circumstance of a "high roller", but it is even more cash-strapped. For this reason, the unruly poet also has a sense of crisis. However, in the process of collecting information, we paid close attention to the special historical period of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the decades around the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the imperial examination system was truly open to all people from poor families. It was the most representative period. Poets of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, such as Wang Wei', Chang Jian, Wang Changling, Cui Hao, and Jinshi, made their debut in the Chang'an poetry circle. Of course, Li Bai also established himself in his thirties during this period, entered Chang'an for the first time, and began his "calendar" career. "Xiang Qing" activities.
In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the preface to "Collection of Heroes in Heyue" by Yin Pan of the Tang Dynasty was precisely this year as a sign of the true maturity of Tang poetry style. At this time, Li Bai's poetry style gradually became mature. For example, in "The Wine Will Be Entered", time passes, like a river flowing into the sea, never to return; life is short, looking at the green hair and white snow in the morning and dusk; the insignificance of life seems to be an irreparable tragedy, and the only thing that can relieve worries is golden bottles of wine. This is Li Bai's style of sadness: sad but strong, sad but not sad, extremely angry but extremely bold. On the outside, he laments how easy it is to grow old in life, but on the inside, he laments the lack of talent. The disillusionment of ideals was caused by the dark society, and the poet was unable to change it, so he turned his overwhelming anger into a bold act of pleasure, venting his dissatisfaction, dispelling his sorrow, and resisting reality.
Li Bai refers to wine as a poem, which is an early poem expressing sorrow and anger. The contrast between light and dark reflects the important characteristics of this period. The whole poem is full of sorrow but high-spirited and forward-looking. The poems are mainly cheerful, and the meaning is more open-minded. There are many allusions in the poems. If you appreciate these carefully, you will feel that Li Bai's straightforwardness has rich heritage.
Three: Out of Chang'an and the Anshi Rebellion
In any case, Li Bai received a grand courtesy from Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, and was allowed to go in and out of the palace. It was common for him to go in and out of the harem, not to mention high-ranking officials. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty even made soup for Li Bai to drink with his own hands to show his favor. But Li Bai didn't come to Chang'an just to show off. He wanted to realize his political ambition of stabilizing the country. This is almost a common problem among scholars of all ages, and Li Bai was no exception. Moreover, Li Bai, who was conceited of his peerless talent and full of idealism, was sicker than others.
Such a vigorous trip to Chang'an seemed to have made Li Bai realize his dream. However, a small oversight ruined everything - he asked Gao Lishi to take off his boots. When the boots came off, Li Bai's political illusions were destined to be shattered. With one word from Gao Lishi, Li Bai finally only served as the imperial poet for more than a year, and left Chang'an frustrated and melancholy. Li Bai's lofty ambitions were completely thwarted by such an inconspicuous thing; such a talented and great banished immortal fell at the hands of a eunuch. This is really an irony of fate.
Of course, Li Bai suffered setbacks in Chang'an and was depressed. In the next 11 years, he continued to roam in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, "traveling around the world and adapting to poetry and wine" (Liu Quanbai's "Records of Li Junjie, a Hanlin Scholar in the Tang Dynasty"). He still cares about state affairs and hopes to regain his appointment in the court. In the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai met Du Fu in Luoyang and became good friends. They traveled to some places in present-day Henan and Shandong, worked together to explore places, and wrote essays about wine. They were intimate and became a good story in the history of Chinese literature. The two broke up the following year and did not see each other again, but they both wrote deeply affectionate poems in memory of each other. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Li Bai was living in seclusion in Xuancheng (now Anhui) and Lushan. At that time, Xuanzong appointed his 16th son Yong Wang as the envoy of Shannan East Road, Lingnan, Qianzhong and Jiangnan West Road and the governor of Jiangling, responsible for protecting and managing the central area of ????the Yangtze River. With the desire to eliminate the rebellion and restore national unity, Li Bai participated in the work of King Yong's shogunate, which led his troops eastward from Jiangling. Unexpectedly, Li □ disobeyed Suzong's orders and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his power. As a result, Suzong sent troops to eliminate him.
Li Bai was also convicted for this and was imprisoned in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and was soon exiled to Yelang (now Tongzi, Guizhou). Fortunately, he encountered amnesty on the way and was able to return eastward at the age of 59. In his later years, he lived in the Jiangnan area. When he was 61 years old, he heard that Taiwei Li Guangbi was leading an army out of Linhuai to attack the Anshi rebels. He also went north to prepare to join the army to kill the enemy, but he turned back due to illness on the way. The following year, he died of illness at his residence in Li Yangbing, the county magistrate of Congshu Dangtu (now part of Anhui).
The poem "Farewell to School Secretary Shu Yun at Xie Tiao Tower in Xuanzhou" was written by Li Bai to pay farewell to his uncle Li Shuyun (some say he is Li Hua) when he visited Xuancheng.
Li Bai was living in seclusion in Xuancheng when he wrote this poem. It had been nearly ten years since he left Chang'an in the third year of Tianbao (July 44). In the past ten years, although he preached about letting go of the world, visited famous mountains, and received Buddhist teachings, deep down in his heart, he was always looking forward to being called upon again and showing off his plans as a "king and dominator". But ten years turned out to be wasted. This is his deep "yesterday sorrow". However, Li Bai never expressed his sorrow in a low-key manner, but always vented it in a wild form - often through drinking. The battle between sorrow and wildness made his poems show a series of personal characteristics.
At the same time, he also used a series of bright-toned images in his melancholy, such as "wind thousands of miles", "tall buildings", Penglai full of fairy spirit, "Xiao Xie" with "fresh hair", and even a Clean the clear sky and the bright moon. This makes the melancholy thoughts wander with a clear and transcendent air. This temperament and the method of expressing it are the reason why Li Bai is Li Bai.
(4) Summary
Li Bai’s overly idealistic life design will inevitably lead to failure. But he always yearned for this ideal. Therefore, he kept going back and forth between success and failure, making him often trapped in grief, anger, injustice, and disappointment, but he still maintained his self-confidence, self-confidence, open-mindedness, and high-spirited spirit. His bumpy life experience determines the diversity of his style.
5. Evaluation
In this activity, each member of our group used various means such as books and the Internet to Everyone carried out the activities seriously, and the final report was completed according to the assignment. They learned many things that could not be learned in the classroom.
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