Introduction to interesting anecdotes about Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty

Interesting Facts about Li Bai

Li Bai’s life was colorful. Compared with the dull or even mediocre life of many people, Li Bai, a great poet, has too many interesting things to tell. Here I Let me introduce a few of them. Everyone knows the story of grinding an iron pestle into a needle, so I won’t go into it here. The following mainly talks about the interesting stories about him “banishing the immortal” and “not being able to do what he wants”.

Banishing the Immortal Li Taibai

It is said that Li Bai started traveling when he was 24 years old, read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. By the time he was 30 years old, he came to the political center of the time. Chang'an, he had the ideal of supporting the country since he was a child, so after arriving in Chang'an, he visited many dignitaries, but no one was willing to recommend him. Until one day Li Bai went to Ziji Palace with his friends and met He Zhizhang, the leader of the literary world at that time. He Zhizhang also paid more attention to this junior who was gradually becoming famous. He saw Li Bai's extraordinary appearance and outstanding grace, so he invited him to join him. Get up and drink. When he bought wine, he found that he had no money. He Zhizhang was a little embarrassed, so he took off the golden turtle on his belt and exchanged it for money. Li Bai also dissuaded him: "This is given by the court, how can I exchange it for wine?" ?" But none of them had any money, so they had to do this. Afterwards, Li Bai took out his own poems and asked He Zhizhang for advice. After reading "The Difficult Road to Shu", He Zhizhang immediately felt that Li Bai's poem was so good. After reading "Wu Qi Qu", He Zhizhang couldn't help but sigh that Li Bai was a banished immortal in the sky. Talent cannot be compared to ordinary people. Therefore, Li Bai's reputation as "Exiled Immortal" spread.

Later, when Li Bai still couldn't be reused, he left Chang'an and continued to travel. Once, he and a few friends came to the Yellow Crane Tower. Generally speaking, when visiting such places of interest, literati and poets would always visit. The poem was written above, but here Li Bai faced the infinite scenery. Just when he was about to write a poem, he saw the poem "Yellow Crane Tower" left by Cui Hao. After reading this poem, Li Bai put down his pen. , sighing: "There is a view in front of me, but Cui Hao wrote a poem on it." Li Bai's life

Li Bai is one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. He has left a profound mark on the history of Chinese poetry. A single stroke is the pinnacle of Tang poetry. Li Bai was a bold and unrestrained man, and he liked to drink and write poems. Especially after drinking, he often became inspired by poetry and expressed his heroic feelings in his writing.

Portrait of Li Bai

Li Bai was born in 701. The specific place of birth is difficult to verify. Now many places are competing for the title of Li Bai’s hometown, and his origin is also unknown. It is quite bizarre. There is no record of his family background or ancestors. Some say that his ancestor is Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji. Li Bai was very smart when he was young and could write poems at the age of 15. He also liked swordsmanship very much and was unique in swordsmanship.

At the age of 24, Li Bai left his hometown and came to Shu. After a tour in Shu, he left Shu. At the age of 27, he was introduced by his friend Meng Haoran and became the granddaughter of the former prime minister, Xu. Her husband settled in Anlu from then on. Li Bai always wanted to enter the officialdom. He wrote many times to request an audience with the local chief historian, but he was unsuccessful because he was slandered by others. Later, when he was 30 years old, he traveled to Chang'an, where he bounced around among the princes and nobles to no avail, and he became frustrated. Li Bai finally chose to return to his home in Anlu and live in seclusion.

Later on, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty advocated Taoism, and Li Bai himself was deeply influenced by Taoism. When Xuanzong was hunting, he presented "The Great Hunting Fu", which fit Xuanzong's mood at the time. After that, he was able to enter Chang'an and was influenced by Taoism. Although he was praised by He Zhizhang and others, he was still not reused, so he lamented that it was "difficult to travel" and left Chang'an for Shandong. Later, because of the recommendation of He Zhizhang and others, Li Bai finally gained the trust of Tang Xuanzong, but Tang Xuanzong only regarded him as a court scholar and did not participate in any government affairs at all. Later, because he participated in the rebellion of various kings after the Anshi Rebellion, although he was spared from death, he was still sent to Yelang. He later died of illness on his bed in 762. Li Bai is very busy

Li Bai is known as the Immortal of Poetry by later generations. His poems are elegant, ethereal and extremely beautiful. But today, thousands of years later, everyone calls Li Bai the Prophecy Emperor and teases Li Bai for being very busy. Why is this? It turns out that whenever a major event happens, netizens can find the prophetic acrostic poems written by Li Bai. For a time, Li Bai really exists everywhere.

Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty

In 2008, some major events occurred in our country, such as the Beijing Olympics and the Sichuan earthquake. These major events have attracted the attention of netizens. At the same time, a prophetic acrostic poem called "Lanzhou Temple", which is said to have been written by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, has also begun to circulate on the Internet. Just connect the first word of each line of the poem to get a prophecy. The acrostic word of "Lanzhou Temple" is "Beijing Olympics". This phenomenon has attracted the attention of many netizens, and everyone has forwarded and ridiculed it.

In the following days, as long as a major event occurs, some netizens will definitely find the prophetic acrostic poem written by Li Bai. For example, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines, the derailment of articles, etc., Li Bai predicted countless hot social events. For a time, Li Bai became the legendary prophecy king. Everyone said that Li Bai was really busy and he was needed to predict everywhere.

Li Bai is very busy. This is actually a social phenomenon spoofed by netizens. Li Bai thousands of years ago did not have the ability to predict future major events. If Li Bai really had the ability to predict, he would probably be the first to predict himself. The future development fortune, rather than caring about today, which is thousands of years away from him. These so-called prophetic acrostics do not have the style of Li Bai's poetry at all. Instead, they are more like a limerick rather than a poem with extremely high literary attainments. Therefore, these so-called prophetic acrostic poems were not written by Li Bai. It is just that some netizens used Li Bai's name to increase the popularity of these prophetic acrostic poems and attract the attention of more netizens. Who makes Li Bai the most famous poet among the people? Woolen cloth. Guan Shanyue Li Bai

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty was in its prosperous period, there was never peace outside the borders and fortresses. Li Bai, known as the Immortal of Poetry, once traveled north and south of the Yangtze River. When passing beyond the Great Wall, Li Bai saw that although the country was rich and powerful, this wealth did not include the border areas. Many soldiers guarding the border died defending the country. Li Bai felt inspired and wrote the famous poem "Moon over the Mountain".

"Moon over Guan Shan"

The poem "Moon over Guan Shan" mainly describes the relationship between the border soldiers who are thousands of miles away from home to defend the frontier and the wives who are waiting for the soldiers to return home. It also expresses the pain and misfortune that the war has brought to the people. In the first four sentences at the beginning of the poem, the three most typical frontier fortress scenery, "pass", "mountain" and "moon", are written, forming a magnificent and vast frontier scenery. Li Bai used his extremely rich imagination to combine the Tianshan Mountains with the sea of ??clouds, which was majestic and elevated the artistic conception of the poem to a whole new level.

From the scenery at the border, the poet associates it with the scene during the border war. Whether Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was besieged by the Xiongnu in the frontier fortress, or the current years of war between the Tang Dynasty army and Tubo, they all brought a sense of desolation to the frontier fortress. The poet also thought of the soldiers guarding the border from the war, who used their own flesh and blood to protect the tranquility of the border. The soldiers who guard the border all year round also miss their relatives at home and their homeland, but they can only look up at the moon hanging in the sky to soothe their homesickness. This is especially true for the wives who are waiting for the border soldiers to return home. They don't know whether their husbands are safe thousands of miles away, and all their worries can only be turned into a sigh.

The poet Li Bai lamented the cruelty of war in an extremely magnificent way. At the same time, the poet looks at the endless wars at the frontier and reveals the pain that war brings to soldiers and their relatives and friends. Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain Li Bai

Li Bai, known as the Immortal Poet, had lofty goals and ambitions in life, but his talents were always underappreciated and he was unable to realize his ideals. This feeling of not appreciating talents reached its peak after Li Bai stayed away from the capital for more than ten years. From his "Sitting Alone in the Pavilion Respecting the Mountain" written by him, we can get a glimpse of Li Bai's helpless and lonely mood at that time.

"Sitting Alone in the Pavilion Respecting the Mountain"

In fact, the great poet Li Bai had an experience as an official. In 742 AD, the first year of Tianbao, by chance Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty read through Li Bai's collection of poems and was immediately shocked. He named Li Bai a member of the Imperial Academy and asked Li Bai to serve him at all times. However, Tang Xuanzong's appreciation of Li Bai aroused the jealousy of some people, and those people slandered Li Bai in front of Tang Xuanzong. Li Bai had not been a member of the Hanlin for a long time, but he was exiled from the capital and stayed away from the political center.

The poem "Sitting Alone in the Pavilion Respecting the Mountain" was written in 753 AD, the twelfth year of Tianbao. According to time calculation, Li Bai had been away from the capital for twelve years at that time. During the twelve years that Li Bai traveled, many things happened. The long-term wandering and helpless life made Li Bai taste the bitterness and suffering of the world and see through the harshness of the world. Although Li Bai's character has always been so optimistic and open-minded, he still has resentment at being unappreciated and a sense of loneliness in his heart.

From the poem "Sitting Alone in the Pavilion Respecting the Mountain", we can clearly understand the poet's loneliness, loneliness and desolate mood. The images written in the poem, such as flying birds, lonely clouds, Jingshan Pavilion, etc., are all lonely and alone, just like the poet himself. At that time, Li Bai had lost his former grace. He came to Jingshan Pavilion alone and stayed alone for a long time. He was moved by the scene and felt very sad. Li Bai looked at the scenery in front of him, so he used the scenery to express his feelings and express his loneliness and helplessness.