Li Bai's most famous poem is "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling", the details are as follows:
1. Original text
The old friend bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, Fireworks in Yangzhou in March. The shadow of the lone sail in the distance is gone in the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing in the sky.
2. Translation
My old friend waved goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower, and went on a long trip to Yangzhou in March when catkins were like smoke and flowers were blooming. The shadow of the friend's lone boat gradually moved away and disappeared at the end of the blue sky. Only a line of the Yangtze River was seen, rushing towards the distant sky.
3. Writing background
Li Bai returned from his eastward journey and arrived in Anlu, Hubei Province. He was twenty-seven years old. He lived in Anlu for ten years, but most of the time he met friends with poetry and wine, and traveled abroad. In his own words, he "lost himself in Anlu for ten years." It was while living in Anlu that Li Bai met Meng Haoran, who was twelve years older than him.
Meng Haoran admired Li Bai very much, and the two soon became close friends. Make an appointment with Meng Haoran to meet in Jiangxia (now Wuchang District, Wuhan City). A few days later, Meng Haoran sailed eastward, and Li Bai personally sent him to the riverside. When bidding farewell, I wrote this song "Farewell to Meng Haoran at the Yellow Crane Tower in Guangling".
Appreciation and introduction to the author:
1. Appreciation
The last two sentences of the poem seem to describe the scenery, but the description of the scenery contains a poetic character. detail. Li Bai kept putting his friends on the boat, but the boat had already sailed away, and he was still watching the sails go away from the river. Li Bai looked at the sail shadow until he saw the sail shadow gradually blurring and disappearing at the end of the blue sky, which shows that he watched for a long time.
This extremely poetic farewell between two elegant and unrestrained poets, for Li Bai, was another farewell with a feeling of longing, which was used by the poet as a gorgeous scene of spring in March. , using the broad picture of the boat on the Yangtze River and the details of watching the lonely sail in the distance, it is expressed extremely vividly.
2. About the author?
Li Bai, also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, was born in Chengji, Longxi (now Qin'an County, Gansu Province), and was born in Changlong County, Mianzhou, Shu County ( One theory is that he was born in the Western Regions (Zuiye). The great romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, the ninth grandson of Li Hao, King Wuzhao of Liang. He is cheerful and generous, willing to make friends, and loves drinking and writing poems. He is one of the "Eight Immortals of Wine".