Why did the Tang Dynasty "exile Yelang" Li Bai? Seek an answer

An Shi Rebellion broke out in 755 AD. Lin li, the sixteenth son of Xuanzong, recruited soldiers and sent troops to the East under the banner of Jingnan. In fact, he took the opportunity to expand his territory and wanted to be emperor in troubled times. When the soldiers crossed Jiujiang, they met Li Bai, a self-help traveler, and thought his brand could be used, so they recruited him as their staff officer. Li Bai, who was untimely, thought that he finally had a place to use, and he agreed at random, so he was involved in the whirlpool of imperial power struggle. With the accession to the throne of Emperor Xuanzong's three Jpua forces and the restoration of state order by authentic government forces, Li Lin, a "fake and shoddy", was defeated and killed, and Li Bai's dream of going into politics went bankrupt again, and he was arrested for treason. I was going to halve it. I was sentenced to exile because Guo Ziyi put in a good word for Li Bai in front of Tang Suzong. Yelang is a slightly better punishment for Li Bai than death. Make up for it with suffering ■ Zhu Hong I was deeply impressed by the ancient place name Yelang at first, because of the idiom "Yelang is arrogant" and because of Li Bai. When I was a child, I accidentally read Guo Moruo's Li Bai and Du Fu, and read that Li Bai was sentenced to "exile Yelang" for his crime. I know that the ancient Yelang Kingdom was shelved in today's Guizhou and Tang Dynasty. It is a very remote and desolate place, and it is just right to send prisoners to labor camps. Because Li Bai, Yelang, a place name that sounds a bit ferocious, has an invisible connection with the poet in my mind. It seems to be a place where you can pour cold water on an enthusiastic poet and even wake him up with a stick. I guess that's how Yelang entered the history of poetry. Looking back on the history of poetry, how can we eliminate the Tang Dynasty? How can you ignore Li Bai when browsing Tang poetry? When talking about Li Bai, how can we avoid the bad luck of being sentenced to "exile Yelang" in his later years? That was the biggest setback in his life. In the Golden Temple, Emperor Xuanzong personally served a spoonful of Li Baisheng, and Yang Guifei also poured wine and asked Li Bai to write poems for himself. Several poets at home and abroad can enjoy this "royal" treatment, and Li Bai really regarded himself as the "first poet" in the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, how high he climbed and how heavy he fell. A few years later, he became a prisoner. Not only can he not go to the capital, but he can't even stay in the provincial capital or small county towns in the mainland. He had to be sent to a reform-through-labour farm in backward border areas by broom. This is no longer an ordinary tragedy, and fate has simply played a big joke. Want to make fun of our romantic poet who thinks highly of himself? This is crazy. This is my memory of two most important and dramatic place names in Li Bai's life. One is Chang 'an and the other is Yelang, just like ice and fire. One is the peak of his official career, and the other is the trough of his fate. To put it bluntly, one is his paradise and the other is his hell. Li Bai once reached the top of the world and won the favor of the imperial concubine. As a leading literary giant, he can occasionally put a note to the emperor in Chang 'an: "The son of heaven called him out of the boat and called himself Brewmaster." Even if he later fell out of favor and was given a gold medal, he was still a celebrity. It's not a problem to go to other provinces to eat, drink and earn some money. Traveling all over the mountains and rivers, there are fans everywhere, and they are still chic. But this time, I didn't return to earth from heaven, but entered eighteen layers of hell; Accidentally became a serious political prisoner (equivalent to the enemy of the country? Not only did he wear a lock, but he was also escorted to a remote mountainous area like Yelang. This is not as simple as going to the countryside and "receiving re-education for poor farmers". It is clearly left to fend for itself. Yelang lacks everything, so there is no shortage of places to bury people. Li Bai, after all, is a big old man, and he shudders when he thinks about it: how far Yelang is, and the mountains are high and the water is dangerous along the way, and his old bones can no longer stand the big toss, so it's hard to say whether it will arrive. Don't give up halfway Even if I do go there, who knows how long I will stay. Maybe the court got carried away in an instant. In short, don't expect to go back. To put it bluntly, it was all because of the An Shi Rebellion that broke out in 755 AD. Lin li, the sixteenth son of Xuanzong, recruited soldiers and sent troops to the East under the banner of Jingnan. In fact, he took the opportunity to expand his territory and wanted to be emperor in troubled times. When the soldiers crossed Jiujiang, they met Li Bai, a self-help traveler, and thought his brand could be used, so they recruited him as their staff officer. Li Bai, who was untimely, thought that he finally had a place to use, and he agreed at random, so he was involved in the whirlpool of imperial power struggle. With the accession to the throne of Emperor Xuanzong's three Jpua forces and the restoration of state order by authentic government forces, Li Lin, a "fake and shoddy", was defeated and killed, and Li Bai's dream of going into politics went bankrupt again, and he was arrested for treason. I was going to halve it. I was sentenced to exile because Guo Ziyi put in a good word for Li Bai in front of Tang Suzong. Yelang is a slightly better punishment for Li Bai than death. Make up for it with suffering Li Bai, this time is bad enough. If we really want to investigate, we can't completely blame the Anshi rebellion. Didn't Du Fu catch up? No big deal. Why did Li Bai almost lose his life? In the final analysis, you have to blame yourself, because you are obsessed with officials. I am always happy when I see the power of attorney, and I can't see any future trouble. At first, Li Bai thought that the splendid article was destroyed, and later he was sentenced to exile. I don't know whether it's sad or lucky. Therefore, Yelang is a place name that fills Li Bai's heart with flavor. Did he say that he had a narrow escape without invitation, or did he go there and die slowly, even if he died? Before this, Li Bai was not ignorant of Yelang, nor was he without imagination. Although the Yelang in his imagination is desolate, there is no lack of desolate poetry. One of his famous poems, "I heard that Wang Changling moved to Zuobiao Dragon, and there is news in the distance", mentioned Yelang's poem: "The flower of the Yang falls to the ground, and the dragon marks the five streams. I am worried about the bright moon, and I will go to Yelangxi with the wind. " Wang Changling, a friend who was banished to a distant place, said, No matter where the ends of the earth are, my thoughts are with you. Yelang is far away, after all, there is still breeze and moonlight. Now that I think about it, it's a little easy to stand and talk. Alas, now, I am worse than Wang Changling, and I need comfort more than him. But who can comfort himself as much as he can comfort him? Walking on the road to Yelang, Li Bai's heart is dying, and his figure is particularly lonely. Looking up at the bright moon, don't be poetic. In the distance, in the distance, in the distance, in the distance, Yelang is like a nightmare waiting for a poet who has suffered a disastrous blow. The word itself seems to represent all the darkness in the world. Li Bai really can't figure out how he got on this road. In fact, some people still miss Li Bai, such as Du Fu. Du Fu wrote several poems because he heard that Li Bai had exiled Yelang. what can I do? Poets can only comfort other poets by writing poems, but also comfort themselves who are tortured by thoughts. I don't know how long it took Li Bai to exile Yelang before it reached Du Fu's ears, but he must have dreamed of Li Bai that night. Write "Two Dreams of Li Bai" after waking up. "When death is the reason for parting, people will cry, but life leaves again and again. In the poisonous tide of the southern river, you didn't bring me any signs of exile. Until you appeared in my dream last night, because I have been thinking about you. However, how can you raise your wings and use them from the middle net of your net? ? I doubt it's really you, venturing a long way. ..... "Yelang is far from Li Bai. He is full of worries about Li Bai's good fortune, life and death, and even the meeting in his dream is saturated with the pain of where you will go. "The clouds that have been floating in the sky all day may be like a wanderer and never come back. I see you in my dreams every night, and you know what you mean to me. ..... "Writing, Du Fu, who has always been gentle, couldn't help complaining about Li Bai's misfortune:" Our capital is full of nosy people, but you are lonely, helpless and poor. Who said that Skynet is not bad and brings you bad luck? You are old, with a reputation of 1000 years and a reputation of 10,000 years, what is good? When you die, you leave. " Chang 'an, with huge traffic, can't accommodate a poet. Can we only go to the marginalized Yelang to find a burial place? Aren't you afraid that future generations will laugh at our times? You know, this exiled poet, like Qu Yuan, although bumpy before his death, will certainly have a much more lasting honor than those fast-decaying dignitaries in Chang 'an after his death. Does Li Bai know that Du Fu is thinking about him? Du Fu also pinned a sad heart on the bright moon, hoping that it could accompany an old friend in need all the way to Yelangxi, and it was constantly involved. The mutual appreciation and friendship between poets is conveyed by breeze and floating clouds, which makes a troubled history of poetry exude a strong human touch. Li Bai was supposed to report Yelang, and went to the land via Sichuan. On the way, it was probably in Wushan, a dreamlike mountain. It is reported that Tang Suzong exiled Li Bai in order to pardon him. Li Bai, who thought he was on the road of no return, was free, and his heart was really bittersweet. He quickly disembarked from Baidicheng to Jiangling, visited his grieving wife at his father-in-law's house, and comforted her that her husband who had survived the disaster was back and there would be happiness after the disaster. There is a kind of relief in the song "Morning Delivery from Bai Di City" sung on the boat, which goes down the river briskly: "Don't say goodbye to Bai Di, Jiangling can return in one day. The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the canoe has passed Chung Shan Man. " The name Yelang is like a mountain in Li Bai's mind these days. I didn't expect it to open easily-like the peak of Mount Tai, I made a face and flew away. Fate is really like a prank. Li Bai, who had a narrow escape, forgot the pain before his injury healed, imagining that the court could forget the past and use him. "Jiangxia gives Ling Bing from Wei Nanling" praised the New Deal with a personal letter: "The new law of heaven and earth is wide, and the yelang moves the frost and cold." Do you expect to be introduced to the emperor by officials at all levels? Now we have entered a new era in which heroes can be used. Don't forget that I, a surviving poet, have nothing to do. Let me know where you need it. I spent some time in Jiangxia, looking for a job everywhere, and there was no result. Li Bai felt that he could not wait any longer, so he went to Hunan to try his luck. When they met in Yueyang City, Ye Li, an uncle of Lingnan, was demoted by assistant minister of punishments. Two people who were frustrated in officialdom traveled to Dongting Lake together, or just drank to drown their sorrows. Li wrote many poems after baijiu, such as "rowing Junshan is good, spreading lakes and rivers." Baling wine drink is not enough, together drunk in the autumn of Dongting lake. "It's not just a drunken killing, it's a sad killing. Li Bai can't wait to fucking level all the mountains that stand in the way. Another example is "South Lake is smokeless in autumn waters, can it ride straight into the sky? "Yelang don't have to go, changan can't go back. Li Baixin was unwilling, but he could do nothing. Yelang's exile really frightened Li Bai. Although he survived, he was also annoyed. He is not only looking at Junshan, but also thinking about himself. He was really wronged for most of his life. It's not interesting enough to pour wine into your heart, so you have to write poems to vent your grievances. After this ordeal, Li Bai's poetic style really matured. From time to time, there is still a little "guilty" or generous posture. Li Bai finally became the real Li Bai. So Yelang, an ordinary place name, is very important in Li Bai's life history. It was it that greatly stimulated Li Bai. It is it that makes Li Bai write better poems after being greatly stimulated. That's because he has experienced great sorrow and joy, and he has seen life more thoroughly and himself more thoroughly. Maybe he is not an official at all, and his official career is dangerous, which is much more difficult than Shu Dao. Maybe he will lose his life. It is better to die completely, be a barefoot fairy in the rivers and lakes, and be happier every day ... The name Yelang slaps Li Bai from the dream of promotion and wealth. After the ups and downs of fate, Li Bai's poems are more atmospheric and inflammatory, spreading among intellectuals like small advertisements and arousing the voices of more frustrated people. For example, the poems he traveled in Hunan after being pardoned and released soon spread to Du Fu who lived in Qin Zhou (now Tianshui, Gansu). Du Fu thought that Li Bai had been a rogue for a long time, and only after reading the poem did he know that his old friend had survived, and that Qu Yuan, who was in exile, swallowed his anger and drowned himself in Jiangxiang. At this thought, Du Fu became sad again and wrote "To Li Bai at the End of the Sky": "There is a cold wind blowing in the distant sky. What are you thinking, old friend? ? The geese never answered me, and the rivers, lakes and seas were flooded by rain. A poet should be careful to prosper, but the devil can trouble a vagrant. It should be a * * * ghost, who threw the poem to him, where he drowned himself in the Milo River. "It is not only to congratulate Li Bai on his good luck, but also to imply that Li Bai's conviction is far from being framed by Yelang, calling on everyone to clear Li Bai's innocence and avoid a tragic soul similar to Qu Yuan in contemporary times. There are many twists and turns in Li Bai's life, such as how the Yellow River water moves out of the celestial poems, and the Yellow River twists and turns. In my eyes, the unjust case of banishing Yelang for disobedience is the most important turning point in Li Bai's life and creation. It can even be said to be the lowest point of his fate. The gap is really too big. The great misfortune of this life brought great luck to his creation: Li Bai really saw through the world of mortals (he was still half asleep when he paid back the money), and the realm of life in his poems began to be completely realized, treating fame and fortune like clouds. Most importantly, it is more sadness. "The living are passers-by, and the dead are returnees. Heaven and earth go against each other, sharing the same sorrow and dust. " It seems that the poet's grief and indignation are completely correct. As a result, the place name Yelang has an indissoluble bond with the greatest poet in Tang Dynasty (even indirectly influenced Du Fu, the second largest poet) and the history of China's poetry. It influenced Li Bai, Li Bai influenced Du Fu, and Li Bai and Du Fu influenced countless poets in later generations. Yelang is to Li Bai what Miluo River is to Qu Yuan, adding a touch of tragedy to the collective fate of China poets and even the fate of China's poems. Writing poetry is no longer an easy task. To be a poet, you must first be prepared for hardship. On the other hand, if there is no tragedy and no suffering, a poet who is smooth sailing will never write an excellent poem with ups and downs. This is also a quick choice that every poet will face: to be a smooth person and write smooth poems, or to be an angular person and write angular poems? Perhaps this kind of edges and corners will make you black and blue in the secular world, but good poetry can only flow from the wound. Li Bai didn't go to Yelang. But in his imagination, he was obviously gone. He definitely imagined the barbarity and desolation of the ancient Yelang country. It happened that in my imagination, Li Bai was really destined to be Yelang, and Li Bai belonged to Yelang. It is no shame that a poet belongs to Yelang, which just proves how irreconcilable his simplicity, intrigue and officialdom are with the society that pursues fame and gain. I'm not saying that Li Bai's personality is similar to Yelang's arrogant personality. I mean, the original poet, his original soul, the original yelang, the original landscape, are the easiest friends. In my eyes, Li Bai is not suitable for being an official, for doing business in the sea, or even for secretarial, educational or nine-to-five jobs. He may not be good at manual labor, but he can drink. Unfortunately, women are all ladies, and big men can't do it ... Li Bai is not suitable for this society as a whole, but he is suitable for going to the ancient Yelang country where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and running for the king. Li Bai should be the king of Yelang country, the king of utopia and the king of free kingdom. If Li Bai really went there, he might be able to live more freely, easily and happily. If Li Bai really went there, the ancient Yelang Kingdom might become a legend like the Peach Blossom Garden. I have the same fantasy as Li Bai. I even fantasized that if Li Bai had not been pardoned and returned, he would have gone camping in Yelang, and he might have written famous sentences for many unknown scenery along the way, becoming famous all over the world and becoming a new famous mountain and great river. If Li Baizhen arrives at his destination, camp on the ruins of the ancient Yelang country, slash and burn, and drink with the local aborigines, he will definitely hit it off. If he decides to win or lose by drinking, he can definitely become a chief. Yelang people must like his temperament. On the contrary, those officials, big and small, in the Tang Dynasty really went to Yelang, and maybe they were not welcome. Li Bai's ancestral home is Longxi (now Gansu), and he was born in Broken Leaf City in Central Asia (now near tokmak City in Kyrgyzstan). After the age of five, he moved to Zhou Shu with his father and spent his youth in Mian Governor Long (now Jiangyou, Sichuan). After twenty-five, he left Minshan and drifted along the Yangtze River. A few years later, he got married in Jiangling and became the son-in-law of Anlu, Hubei. Marriage didn't tie his heart. He missed Chang 'an in his mind until he couldn't get along in Beijing, and then he wandered in the countryside. Li Bai definitely belongs to the most famous tramp in the history of China literature. Whether in the Western Regions or the Central Plains, Hebei or Jiangnan, Jingchu or wuyue, Li Bai has left deep or shallow footprints. If there is any place in the territory of the Tang Empire that Li Bai has never been to, it is probably Yelang. He almost went to this place-whether he liked it or not. Yelang is a possibility (even a tragic possibility) in his life. Although it didn't come true, it also made his fate more dramatic. A thrilling drama. Only this unfinished journey made him feel a lot. If he really goes to Yelang, he may be able to write more works with new styles and new realms, and perhaps live a brand-new Li Bai? Think about it, I feel that my thoughts are cruel. As cruel as fate. In order to read fresh poems, I secretly expect poets to encounter more hardships and inspire more. I don't feel sympathy for Li Bai's Du Like Fu in trouble, but I hope that his experience will not leave any blank, and that he will become a master (a poet above a poet) after all his hardships. In order to appreciate the flying and wailing of Haiyan, I call for more violent storms; Li Bai was glad that he didn't go to Yelang, but also regretted that he didn't go to Yelang. Is this a spectator mentality that is too fond of watching tragedies and watching the excitement? No, I can only say that I love reading Li Bai's poems so much that I forget that the distorted shape is formed at the expense of great pain. Li Bai, you didn't go to Yelang. Let me go. If I can write poems for you at the same time, and write poems for you that I might write but can't write in the end, it's worth going. Poets often have the psychology of trying: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" I'm not going to Yelang. Who will? "Even if the poet went to hell once like Dante, he wouldn't go in vain. 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