Why aren't Li Bai and Wang Wei friends?

Life is alive, some people travel all over the world, chic and happy; Some people only have one or two confidants in their lives, and they have no regrets. The number of friends has a lot to do with personal temperament.

Some people grow up together, but they can't be friends when they are old. When they meet a stranger by chance, they may hit it off at once. Zou Yang, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty, said in the Book of Liang Wang in Prison that "the white head is as good as new, and the old one is as good as ever", which refers to this situation.

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"Tilting the cover" means that the car in which the ancients sat had an umbrella cover, and when people stopped to talk on the road, the umbrella cover was tilted. As for why there is such a situation as "the bald head is as good as new, and the cover is still the same", Zou Yang also said that it is "knowing but not knowing". It depends on whether two people understand each other.

This "understanding" is a kind of magnetism, or chemical combination, which is the premise.

Li Bai and Wang Wei, two great poets in the Tang Dynasty, were born in the same year, one was "Poet Fairy" and the other was "Shi Fo", both in the era of Wu Zetian in 70 1 year. Death is also a year later. However, there was no intersection in their life, and there was no chorus of poetry.

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This explains at least one thing. Li and Wang really don't have any friendship, although they have a famous friend Meng Haoran. It is impossible for two people not to know each other.

In the 15th year of Kaiyuan (AD 727), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty promulgated that "those who are good at both civil and military skills can introduce themselves to the DPRK", and the passenger flow in Chang 'an City surged, and talents from all over the country flocked to catch up with the "talent show". However, Li Bai and Wang Wei were absent for some reason. In 730, Li Bai first came to Beijing, and so did Wang Wei, both of whom were 30 years old.

Wang Wei gave up his position as a local beadle and came to Chang 'an for development. At this time, Li Bai was not recommended by He, but was favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Literati in the Tang Dynasty "recommended themselves" as officials, and Li and Wang were no exception, looking for ways around. In addition, both of them happened to follow the path of Princess Yu Zhen, the younger sister of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

After many twists and turns, Wang Wei won the first prize in the second year. With the support of Princess Zhen, he could supervise the empire within a few years. Later, he was promoted to Shangshu, and his rank was four, which was amazing.

Li Bai was almost unlucky and suffered for several years. Judging from his poems, he was once discouraged.

It was not until 742 AD that Li Bai was summoned by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty under the strong recommendation of He (the secretary supervisor), the director of the National Library, and the kind words of the princess. Li Bai began his brief glory. Although he only works in imperial academy, he is a red man after all. It was during this period that Li Bai told Yang Guifei to grind ink and Gao Lishi to take off his boots.

The good times didn't last long. Because of Li Bai's snobbery, both Gao Lishi and Yang Guifei spoke ill of him, and Tang Xuanzong alienated him. Soon after, "paying back the money", to put it bluntly, was blown away.

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Li Bai's official career was frustrated, and he was more interested in seeking immortality and visiting Taoism, and his poetic style was more unrestrained. Later, I went to visit an old friend in Shandong, and when I left, I wrote the famous "Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream". One of them said, "This is the consistent way of human happiness. Everything will always flow to the East like water. So I left you, I don't know how long? " The last article was elegant and dreamy, and there was a little negative emotion here.

Let's look at Wang Wei's farewell poem "Send Yuaner to Anxi", which says: "Weicheng is rainy and dusty, and the guest house is green and willow-colored. I advise you to drink more wine. It makes no sense to go to Yangguan in the west. " It is a beautiful parting, leisurely and peaceful.

Li Bai also said: "I will think of you in the clouds, so I will think of me in the sunset." We waved goodbye, and my horse screamed, but it was a little sad. Both of them write beautifully and have different moods.

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As a senior civil servant, Wang Wei lives in a picturesque villa (Song's former residence) and leads a leisurely life. Li Bai roamed the rivers and lakes, toured the mountains and played with water, and drank wine and wrote poems with friends, but he was also happy. But they are obviously not the same person, and their interests are far apart.

Wang Wei's calligraphy is a Buddhist term, and many of his poems are also full of "Buddha nature". Li Bai believes in Taoism.

According to textual research, Li and Wang were in Chang 'an twice before the "An Shi Rebellion" broke out, but they still didn't make friends.

Li Bai and Du Fu are strangers. When they met in Luoyang in 744 AD, they were bosom friends from the beginning. In 76 1 year, Wang Wei died, and the following year, Li Bai also died. They were born in the same year and lived to be 60 years old, but they "died of old age."

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From the analysis, it is mainly because the two people have different circumstances and aspirations, and they have no "magnetism" or "combination" to become friends. This is the root cause.

Someone made up a story that Li and Wang became rivals in love because of the princess's jealousy. Let's take it as a joke. This statement is not only absurd, but also tarnishes the reputation of two great poets.

Bibliography: The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Collected Works of Li Taibai and Selected Works of Wang Moshu.