Li Bai
His courtesy name is Taibai, and his nickname is Qinglian Jushi.
Born in the first year of Chang'an, Emperor Wu Zhou Shengshen, that is, 701 AD, and died in 762 AD, the first year of Baoying, Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty.
Cheng Ji, Longxi County, Tang Dynasty, was a native of Pingliang, Gansu Province today.
A romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Immortal of Poetry".
Representative works: "The Road to Shu Is Difficult", "The Journey Is Difficult", "Sleepwalking Tianmu Says Farewell", "About to Enter the Wine".
The following are historical records:
"Old Book of Tang·Biography of Li Bai"
Li Bai, courtesy name Taibai, was from Shandong. There are few outstanding talents, high ambitions, and a transcendent mind. His father was Ren Chengwei, because of his family. Shao and other students from central Shandong such as Kong Chaofu, Han Mian, Pei Zheng, Zhang Shuming, Tao Mian, etc. hid in Culai Mountain, singing and drinking, and were called "Zhuxi Liuyi" at that time. At the beginning of Tianbao's reign, I visited Kuaiji and hid in Yanzhong with the Taoist priest Wu Jun. Then Xuanzong ordered Yun to go to the capital, recommended him to the court, sent envoys to summon him, and waited for the imperial edict with Yun. Bai was addicted to alcohol, and he would get drunk in wine shops with other drinkers every day. Xuanzong was studying music and wanted to compose new lyrics for Yuefu. He urgently summoned Bai, who was already lying in a wine shop. When he was called in, he sprinkled his face with water and immediately ordered him to write more than ten chapters in an instant, which the emperor praised highly. When he was drunk in the palace, he led Gao Lishi to take off his boots and scolded him. He wandered around the rivers and lakes, drinking all day long. At that time, Cui Zong, the imperial censor, was demoted to Jinling and sang with Bai Shijiu. I took a boat on a moonlit night and quarried stones to reach Jinling. Dressed in white and brocade robes, they looked at each other in the boat and smiled proudly, as if there was no one else around. At the beginning, when He Zhizhang saw Bai, he praised him and said: "This is the way to banish an immortal from heaven." During the Lushan Rebellion, Xuanzong favored Shu. On the way, he appointed Yong Wanglin as the commander-in-chief of the Jianghuai army and Yangzhou Festival. Bai paid an audience in Xuanzhou and started to work. King Yong plotted rebellion and was defeated. Sitting in vain, wandering in the night. Later, he was pardoned and allowed to return the favor, but he died of excessive drinking in Xuancheng. There are twenty volumes of collected works published at that time.
"New Tang Book: Biography of Li Bai"
Li Bai, courtesy name Taibai, was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng. First, in the late Sui Dynasty, he moved to the Western Regions due to his crimes. In the early days of Shenlong, he escaped and returned to Brazil. When Bai was born, his mother dreamed of Chang Geng Star, so she ordered him to live there. He was proficient in poetry and calligraphy at the age of ten. After a long time, he hid in Minshan Mountain. The state examination has its own rules and should not be punished. Su Ting was the governor of Yizhou. When he saw Bai Yizhi, he said: "This son is talented and intelligent. He has learned a lot. He can be compared with others." However, he likes to do martial arts and fencing. He also stayed in Rencheng and lived in Cuilai Mountain with Kong Chaofu, Han Zhun, Pei Zheng, Zhang Shuming and Tao Mian. They drank heavily every day and named themselves "Zhuxi Liuyi".
At the beginning of Tianbao, he entered Kuaiji from the south and became good friends with Wu Jun. Jun was called, so Bai also went to Chang'an. I went to see He Zhizhang. When Zhizhang saw his article, he sighed: "My son, you are banishing an immortal!" He told Xuanzong that he summoned him to the Jinluan Hall to discuss the current affairs of the world and write an ode. The emperor gave him food, and he made the spoon himself, and there were edicts to offer it to Hanlin. Bai You and the drinkers were drunk in the market. The emperor was sitting in the agarwood pavilion, feeling something about it, and wanted to get Bai as a piece of music. He called him in, but Bai was already drunk. The emperor loved his talent and met him at several banquets. He served the emperor in vain and got drunk, so he made Gao Lishi take off his boots. The powerful man was noble, but he was ashamed of it. He wrote his poems to inspire Concubine Yang. Bai Zizhi knew that he was not tolerated by people who were close to him, so he was unrestrained and did not cultivate himself. He and Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Ruyang Wangjing, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin, Zhang Xu and Jiao Sui were called the "Eight Immortals of Wine". He begged to return to the mountain, and the emperor gave him gold to release him. Bai Fu floated around, took a boat with Cui Zongzhi to quarry stones to Jinling, and sat in the boat wearing a palace robe, as if there was no one else around.
Anlu Mountain reversed, turned to Susong and Kuanglu, and Yongwang Lin was appointed as the assistant of the government. Lin raised an army and fled back to Pengze. Lin was defeated and should be executed. At the beginning, when I was traveling to Bingzhou, I saw Guo Ziyi and was surprised. Ziyi tried to break the law but was saved in vain. At that time, Ziyi asked the official to redeem him, and there was an edict to Changliu Yelang. He will be pardoned, but he will also find the sun, and he will go to jail for doing things. At that time, Ruosi of the Song Dynasty sent three thousand Wu soldiers to Henan and went to Xunyang. He released the prisoners and appointed him as a staff officer. He resigned soon after. Li Yangbing was ordered by Tu, and Bai followed it. When Dai Zongli was established, he was summoned by Zuo Shiyi, but Bai died at the age of more than sixty.
During the white night, I spent a good time with Huang Lao. I traveled to Niuzhuji to Gushu, and I was delighted with the green mountains of my family. I wanted to die. He died and was buried at the east foot. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Xuanshe's observation envoy Fan Chuanzheng offered sacrifices to his tomb and banned firewood harvesting. After interviewing the descendants, only the second granddaughter was married to a commoner's wife, and she still behaved well. She cried and said: "The ancestors wanted to be buried in Qingshan, and they were buried at the east foot. This was not the original intention." It was said that the burial was to be re-buried, and two monuments were erected. He told the second daughter that he would change his wife to a nobleman, saying that he would be lonely, poor and lose his virginity, and would not marry again. Chuanzheng sighed and returned her husband to the corvée service.
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