Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal". He was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations. The following is an introduction to the historical figure Li Bai that I compiled for you. I hope it can help you.
Introduction to historical figure Li Bai
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian layman, also known as "the banished immortal". He was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations. Together with Du Fu, they are called "Li Du". In order to distinguish them from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, who are called "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively called "Big Li Du". He is a cheerful and generous person who loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.
Li Bai’s "Collection of Li Taibai" has been handed down from generation to generation. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His representative works include "Wang Lushan Waterfall", "The Road is Difficult", "The Road to Shu is Difficult", "About to Drink", "Yue Nu Ci", "Early Departure from Baidi City" and many other poems.
Li Bai’s poems and poems have been recorded by the Song Dynasty people (such as the first volume of Wen Ying’s Xiangshan Wild Records). In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, “Li Bai’s poems” enjoy an extremely high status.
The life of historical figure Li Bai
Early genius
In the first year of Chang'an (701), Li Bai was born. The writing is too white. His place of birth has not yet been determined. However, it is generally believed that Changlong (later changed to Changming to avoid Xuanzong's taboo) in Mianzhou (Brazil County), Jiannan Road, Tang Dynasty, was his hometown. His family background and family are unknown. According to the "New Book of Tang", Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (Liang Wuzhao King Li Hao). According to this statement, Li Bai has the same clan as the kings of Li and Tang Dynasty, and is the younger brother of Tang Taizong Li Shimin. It is also said that his ancestor was Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji; according to the "Old Tang Book", Li Bai's father Li Ke was the Rencheng Wei.
In November of the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian passed away. Li Bai is five years old. Enlightenment reading began in this year. "The History Book of Pei Chang of Shang'an Prefecture" says: "Recite Liujia at the age of five." Liujia, a primary school literacy textbook in the Tang Dynasty, Changshi, the second official of the state.
In the third year of Kaiyuan (715), Li Bai was fifteen years old. He has written many poems and received praise and awards from some celebrities, and he began to engage in social activities. He also began to accept the influence of Taoist thought. He was good at swordsmanship and liked to be a knight. It is Nian Cen Shensheng. [
In the sixth year of Kaiyuan (718), Li Bai was eighteen years old. He lived in seclusion in Daitian Dakuang Mountain (in today's Jiangyou County, Sichuan Province) to study. Traveling to and from neighboring counties, he traveled to Jiangyou, Jiange, Zizhou (the state is governed in today's Sichuan Province) and other places, and gained a lot of experience and knowledge.
Say goodbye to relatives and travel far away
In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan (724), Li Bai was twenty-four years old. Leaving hometown and embarking on a long journey. Then visit Chengdu and Mount Emei, and then boat eastward to Yuzhou (today's Chongqing City).
In the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan (725), Li Bai left Shu, "went to the country with his sword, said goodbye to his relatives and traveled far away."
In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan (726), Li Bai was twenty-six years old. In the spring, he went to Kuaiji (now Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). In autumn, he was ill in Yangzhou. In winter, he left Yangzhou and traveled north to Ruzhou (now Linru County, Henan Province) to Anlu (now Anlu County, Hubei Province). When passing through Chenzhou, he met Li Yong. Get to know Meng Haoran.
In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727), an edict was issued that "people with high talents in civil and military affairs may recommend themselves to the imperial court." There were floods in 63 states across the country and frost and drought in 17 states. Li Bai was twenty-seven years old. He lived in Shoushan, Anlu, married the granddaughter of the late prime minister Xu Yushi, and moved to Anlu. In that year, Wang Changling became a Jinshi.
In the 16th year of Kaiyuan (728), Tubo invaded repeatedly. Li Bai was twenty-eight years old. In early spring, I traveled to Jiangxia (now Wuhan City, Hubei Province) and met Meng Haoran there.
In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan (729), on August 5, Xuanzong held a grand celebration for his fortieth birthday, and designated August 5 every year as the Qianqiu Festival. He ordered all the states in the world to have a feast and take a three-day holiday. Yu Wenrong was used to manage the country's wealth, enforce tax laws, and collect it extensively for the court's extravagant use. Li Bai was twenty-nine years old. In Anlu.
Wandering in frustration
In December of the 18th year of Kaiyuan (730), Prime Minister Li Bai passed away. Li Bai is thirty years old. Spring is in Anlu. I have visited Pei Changshi of this state many times before. Because he was slandered by others, he recently wrote a letter to confess, but he was finally rejected.
In early summer, I went to Chang'an to meet the prime minister and met his son Zhang Xiang. She lives in the annex of Princess Yuzhen (the imperial sister of Emperor Xuanzong) in Zhongnan Mountain. He also visited other princes and ministers, but to no avail. Visit Xingzhou (to the west of Chang'an) in late autumn. Winter tour to Fangzhou (north of Chang'an). That year, Du Fu was nineteen years old and traveled to Jin (now Shanxi Province).
In the 19th year of Kaiyuan (731), Xuanzong appointed many eunuchs, especially Gao Lishi. At that time, all the officials from all over the world were chosen first by Gao Lishi. In October, Xuanzong visited Luoyang. Li Bai was thirty-one years old. He was poor and depressed in Chang'an, gave up on himself, and associated with the rogues in Chang'an. In early summer, he left Chang'an and passed through Kaifeng (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province) to Songcheng (now Shangqiu County, Henan Province). In autumn, I visited Zhongyue, one of the five mountains in Pengshan Mountain (a famous mountain in Dengfeng County, Henan Province). I fell in love with the mountain residence of my old friend Yuandan Qiu, and I felt like living in seclusion. In late autumn, I stayed in Luoyang.
In October of the twentieth year of Kaiyuan (732), Xuanzong went on a patrol to the area north of Luoyang (today's Shanxi Province). recommend. In November, he went to Taiyuan, the northern capital (the place where the Tang Dynasty was founded), to worship Houtu (the God of the Earth) and to grant amnesty to the world. In December, it was returned to Luoyang. In that year, the number of households in the country was 7,861,236 and the population was 45,431,265, which was the highest record in history. Li Bai is thirty years old. Since spring and summer in Luoyang, he got acquainted with Yuan Yan and Cui Chengfu. In autumn, I returned to Anlu from Luoyang. Passing through Nanyang (now Nanyang City, Henan Province), he met Cui Zongzhi. In winter, Yuan Yan came from Luoyang to visit Anlu, and the two traveled together to Suizhou (today's Sui County, Hubei Province). At the end of the year, I returned home to Anlu.
In the first month of the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan (733), Xuanzong personally annotated Laozi's "Tao Te Ching". Let the common people (servants and common people with low status) in the world keep a copy of it in their homes, and try out "Laozi's" strategy during the tribute ceremony in the new year. In March, Han Xiu and Zhongshu were in charge of Ping Zhangshi (prime minister). In May, Zhang Jiuling had an affair with Zhongshu. Both of them were upright and dared to give advice. Zhang Jiuling was especially valued for his literary talent and moral articles. The world was divided into fifteen provinces, each with an envoy (responsible for supervising and supervising the politics of the area under its jurisdiction). It was the elder An Jiuyu, and the capital was hungry, so he issued an order to release two million stones of rice from Taicang to relieve the people. Li Bai was thirty-three years old. The stone structure is located in the peach blossom rock of Baizhao Mountain in Anlu. He opened mountains and fields and lived by farming and studying.
In the first month of the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), Xuanzong visited Luoyang. In February, there was an earthquake in Qinzhou (now southwest of Tianshui County, Gansu Province). Houses collapsed and collapsed, killing more than 4,000 people. He recruited Mr. Zhang Guo, a Taoist priest who claimed to be born in the Yao period, and Xuanzong personally asked him about the magic of treating Taoism and immortality. He was awarded the title of Dafu Yinqingguanglu (the silver seal is tied with a cyan tape as a sign of high grade. Deputy position), and he was given the title of Shizhong (an official in the lower provinces of the Tang Dynasty who assisted the prime minister in drafting documents and other items).
Coming to the West to Present Fu
In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan (AD 735), Xuanzong went hunting again. Li Bai happened to be traveling to the West as well, so he took the opportunity to present "Fu on the Great Hunting" in the hope that it would Won Xuanzong's appreciation. His "Great Hunting Fu" intends to use "the great road to support the king and show the vastness of things", and "the holy garden is wild and desolate, and the world is exhausted". It has a vast territory and a situation that is very different from that of the previous generation. It boasts that this dynasty is far away. Victory over the Han Dynasty, and preached Taoist Xuanzang at the end to fit in with Xuanzong's mood of advocating Taoism at that time.
In that year, after Li Bai entered Chang'an, he met Wei Wei Zhang Qing, and through him he presented a poem to Princess Yuzhen. The last two lines said, "When will you enter the young room, the Queen Mother should meet again", wishing her to become a Taoist. Become an immortal. Li Bai also stated in a poem to Wei Wei Zhang Qing that he was in a very difficult situation, hoped to be recommended, and was willing to serve the imperial court. As a result, he gradually approached the upper echelons of the ruling class. Li Bai also met He Zhizhang this time in Chang'an. Li Bai went to Ziji Palace and met He Zhizhang there. He immediately went to pay homage and presented the poem in his sleeve. He Zhizhang admired "The Road to Shu is Difficult" and "Wu Qi Qu" quite a lot. He Zhizhang was so surprised by Li Bai's magnificent poems and unrestrained style that he actually said: "Are you descended from the Taibai Venus to the earth?" He Zhizhang called him an immortal. Three years later, Li Bai left Chang'an with the sigh "It's difficult to travel, so go back".
Consecrated to Hanlin
In the first year of Tianbao (742 AD), due to the praise of Princess Yuzhen and He Zhizhang, Xuanzong read Li Bai's poems and admired him very much, so he summoned Li Bai. Li Bai entered the palace. On the day when Li Bai entered the palace for an audience, Xuanzong came down to greet him, "put food in front of him on a seven-treasure bed, and spooned the soup with his own hands." Xuanzong asked about some contemporary affairs, and Li Bai, relying on his half-life study and long-term observation of society, was confident and answered fluently.
Xuanzong greatly appreciated it and immediately ordered Li Bai to serve in the Imperial Academy. His duties were to write poems and entertain the emperor and accompany him around him. Whenever Xuanzong had a banquet or outing, he would order Li Bai to serve as his attendant, and use his agile poetic talent to write poems and records. Although it is not a record of meritorious service, his writings will be passed down to future generations and will be used as a grand event to show off to future generations. Li Bai was so favored by Xuanzong that his colleagues were envious, but some also felt jealous because of it.
In the second year of Tianbao (743), Li Bai was forty-three years old. Zhao Hanlin Academy. In the early spring, Xuanzong was having fun in the palace. Li Bai was ordered to write "Chapter of Music in the Palace" and gave the palace brocade robes. In late spring, the peonies were in full bloom in Xingqing Pond. Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan admired them together, and Li Bai was ordered to compose "Qing Ping Diao". Increasingly tired of the life of a royal literati, he began to indulge in alcohol to stupefy himself. He and He Zhizhang and others went on a "wine-like" tour, and Xuanzong refused to go to court. He drafted an edict while drunk and ordered Gao Lishi to take off his boots. People in the palace hated him and slandered Xuanzong, who ignored him.
Li and Du met
In the summer of the third year of Tianbao (744 AD), Li Bai arrived in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Here, he met Du Fu who was naughty. Two of the greatest poets in the history of Chinese literature met. At this time, Li Bai had become famous throughout the country, while Du Fu was in his prime, but was trapped in Luocheng. Li Bai is eleven years older than Du Fu, but he is not arrogant in front of Du Fu because of his talent. And Du Fu, who was "a sexual tycoon who was also addicted to alcohol" and "all his friends were old", did not bow his head in praise in front of Li Bai. The two of them established a deep friendship as equals. When they were in Luoyang, they made an appointment to meet in Liang and Song Dynasties (today's Kaifeng and Shangqiu area) next time to visit Taoism and seek immortality. In the autumn of the same year, the two came to Liang and Song Dynasties as promised. The two of them expressed their feelings and emotions here, and used the past to comment on the present. They also met the poet Gao Shi here, who did not have a salary at this time. However, the three of them have their own ambitions and the same ideals. The three people had a great time traveling, commenting on articles and poems, and talking about the general trend of the world. They were all worried about the hidden dangers of the country. Li and Du were both in their prime at this time, and their creative discussions would have a positive impact on them in the future.