Meeting you for the first time is like returning from an old friend.

For Du Fu, there was a heart-pounding encounter in the summer of Tianbao's third year. Li Bai and Du Fu, the two greatest poets in Chinese history, met by chance in Luoyang and established a deep friendship.

In the autumn of the next year, after Li Bai and Du Fu said goodbye to each other, Du Fu never forgot Li Bai. One is famous all over the world, the other is unknown and worshiped with all his heart; one is the sun, passionate and unrestrained, and the other is the moon, deep and restrained.

Du Fu wrote many poems to Li Bai, and he was full of praise, but few received direct responses from Li Bai.

Maybe Li Bai only had an acceptable evaluation of Du Fu’s poems, maybe it’s because too many of Li Bai’s poems have been lost and failed to survive, maybe it’s because Li Bai was never interested in reading Du Fu’s poems from beginning to end, but Du Fu read them slowly. I understand this senior, this idol, because the poems he wrote to Li Bai are full of admiration. They can be described as classics and evocative.

"The pen fell in the storm, and the poem became the weeping ghosts and gods." Du Fu's admiration for Li Bai's talent could not be higher. And when Li Bai's life was in decline, Du Fu still trusted and supported Li Bai without hesitation. We now have a word called brain-dead fans, and Liubu really can’t think of a word that the ancients used to describe it.

However, Du Zimei, who was 33 years old at the time, did not understand Li Bai through personal experience. Just because the time was wrong, the two poetry giants who could have become confidants never met again after they parted ways in Qilu.

Li Bai was enthusiastic and open-minded and had a wide range of friends. Du Fu was just one of his many friends. The two people must have different statuses in each other's minds. Among Li Bai's fans, those who occupy the top spot are not literary young people like Du Fu, but the wealthy princes, nobles and daughters of wealthy families who spend a lot of money.

When Du Fu and Li Bai traveled together in the Liang and Song Dynasties, Li Bai wrote a poem on the white wall of Liang Garden. Later, a girl saw it. The girl said to the monk in the garden: I bought this wall. , how much silver do you want?

The monk was very surprised: Why did you buy this wall?

The girl said: The pink wall is not worth a penny, but the poem above is priceless. I will give you a thousand taels of silver!

The beautiful story of "a thousand gold buys a wall" spread like wildfire and quickly spread among the people. After Li Bai heard this story, he was stunned and made an exception to meet this admirer. The girl was a local A famous talented woman who knew music and was good at playing the piano. Under the double attack of beauty and money, Li Bai completely fell and was helpless. Later, this domineering little sister became Li Bai's fourth wife. It is Zong, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Zong Chuke.

Among Li Bai’s many admirers, Du Fu is always unknown, but he is the one who strongly praises and comments, such as "Gift to Li Bai", "Recalling Li Bai in Spring", "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", etc. The poems are full of admiration and praise. Du Fu's evaluation of Li Bai only stayed on the surface of being wild, heroic and handsome, and did not penetrate into Li Bai's inner world.

Meeting you for the first time is like returning from an old friend. Li Bai's impression of Du Fu only stayed at the good first sight. It was not until the Anshi Rebellion broke out that the mountains and rivers were shattered, and his ambitions were difficult to realize. It was not until Du Fu's ideals were shattered that he resigned angrily and went south to Shu. After experiencing the same mental journey, Du Fu finally Suddenly I understood that Li Bai was just pretending to be wild.