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Among Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was most influenced by Taoism. Li Bai was exposed to Taoist culture when he was a teenager. At the age of 14 or 15, he got a copy of Zhuangzi and couldn't put it down. He read it repeatedly and even declared that "I am a madman in Chu, and he sang a crazy song arguing with Confucius". When he was fifteen or sixteen years old, he was familiar with the Tao Te Ching, in which "everyone is drunk and I wake up alone" is exactly what he learned all his life. At the same time, he also accepted the influence of Confucianism, such as the lofty pursuit of "a gentleman must have the ambition of all directions", the positive outlook on life under the unified situation of "here is gone forever" in Yuefu poems, and "since talent is a gift, let it be employed!" In Into the Wine, all these are closely related to Confucianism. However, Taoist thought seems to have a deeper influence on him, which can be seen from his bohemian character, that kind of free and easy "Oh, let a spiritual person take risks where he likes, don't point his golden cup at the moon!" "The son of heaven doesn't get on the boat, calling himself Brewmaster" is wild and uninhibited, "The pleasures on earth are always like this, and everything flows eastward like running water", and the landscape complex of "But let me raise a white deer on the green slope and ride to you, Dashan, when I need you". Li Bai's poems and songs combine the essence of Confucianism and Taoism, and are deeply influenced by metaphysics in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.