Why is Li Bai called a Poet Fairy?

There are two main reasons why Li Bai is called a poetic fairy: first, his romantic poetic style and bold personality are extraordinary and free from vulgarity; second, when He Zhizhang admired his poems, he honored Li Bai as a "fallen fairy", and later generations called Li Bai a "poetic fairy".

Li Bai is a famous romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and he has the title of "Poet Fairy". Do you know how this title came from? Let's talk about why Li Bai is called a poet. Details 1

Li Bai (71-762), whose name is Taibai and his name is Qinglian lay, is a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was called "Poet Fairy" by later generations and "Li Du" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also called "Great Li Du". According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xing Sheng (King Liang Wuzhao Li Gui), and he was the same clan as the kings of Li Tang. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends. He was deeply influenced by Huang Lao's thoughts of arranging the villages, such as Li Taibai Ji, which was handed down from generation to generation, and most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His masterpieces include Looking at Lushan Waterfall, it is hard to go, Difficult Road to Shu, Going into Wine, Liang Fuyin, Early Making the Best of the City, and many others. 2

Li Bai's poems are magnificent and elegant, and his artistic achievements are extremely high. He eulogized the mountains and rivers of the motherland and the beautiful natural scenery, and his style was bold and unrestrained, elegant and fresh, full of romantic spirit, which achieved the unity of content and art. It completely breaks all the inherent forms of poetry creation, and it is empty and has a variety of brushwork, reaching the magical realm of being unpredictable and swaying. Its quatrains are more natural and lively, elegant and chic, and can express endless feelings in concise and lively language. Among the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran are good at the Five Wonders, and Wang Changling and other seven wonders are well written. Li Bai is the only one who is both good at the Five Wonders and the Seven Wonders. 3

In Li Bai's poems, imagination, exaggeration, metaphor, personification and other techniques are often used comprehensively, thus creating a magical and magnificent artistic conception, which is the reason why Li Bai's romantic poems are bold and unrestrained and elegant. It is said that he and several literati often get together for drinking and singing, and He Zhizhang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, is one of them. He admires Li Bai's poems. It is said that when he saw Li Bai's Difficult Shu Dao, he called it a "fallen fairy" with great admiration and compared him to a "fairy" who descended from heaven. So later generations called Li Bai a "poetic fairy". 4

There are two main reasons for calling Li Bai a poet: first, his romantic poetic style and uninhibited character are extraordinary and free from vulgarity; second, when He Zhizhang admired his poems, he called Li Bai a "fallen fairy", and later generations called Li Bai a "poet fairy".