In the poetry circles of the Tang Dynasty, on the romance and imagination, the only one who can be compared with Li Bai should be the poet Li He.
On the number of poems, Li Heping survived more than 200 poems, while Li Baida had a thousand, which naturally had no comparison. In terms of fame, Li He's poems do not seem to be as good as Li Bai because they are not easy to understand. So why is there a saying in later generations that "Taibai Xiancai, Changji Ghost Cai", why should the two be compared? The reason is that Li Heshi's style and Li Bai have certain similarities.
For a long time, the world felt that Li Bai's style could not be imitated by other poets, but Li He's works such as "Li Pingzheng Introduction" and "Golden bronze immortals ci Han Song" proved that as far as a single poem is concerned, someone can be more imaginative and more romantic and ethereal than Li Bai.
What Xiaomei wants to talk to everyone about in this issue is the two "duels" between Li Bai and Li He. One is a duel of Yong Ma poems, and the other is a duel of the poem of the same name, "Will Enter the Wine". Xiaomei once thought that Li Bai had won once in these two duels, but now that people have reached middle age, they feel that he has not won once. Let's take a look:
The same is the Yongma poem, Li Bai wrote the five-word ancient poem, and Li He wrote the five-word sentence. Why compare these two poems together? First of all, there are not too many pure Yongma poems in the Tang Dynasty, which can be compared with Cao Zhi's "White Horse Chapters". Secondly, the two Yongma poems of Er Li are actually borrowed from Yongma to express their determination to make meritorious achievements, but Li He wrote proudly, and Li Bai was slightly sad.
Judging from the words, Li Baishi opened and closed as always, flowing and free. But Li Heshi is simply refined and full of appeal, which is incomparable to Li Baishi. From the artistic point of view, Li Heshi is also completely victorious. The introduction of the two beautiful artistic conceptions of the desert sand and the Yanshan moon, coupled with the two metaphors of such as snow and like a hook, a picture of the autumn scenery of the side plug jumps out of the paper. And at the end of the pen, Li He's "fast walking in the autumn" is also beautiful, and the words are exhausted and the meaning is endless. As far as these two poems are concerned, Li He wins.
The fame of Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine" is small, needless to say, two "Jun's Not Seen" split into the air, allowing us to see what is called the immortal qi of poetry. Later, many poets such as Tang, Song, and Ming have imitated this poem, and many of them have also used the beginning of "Jun is not seen", and the results can be imagined, feeling that it is not the same, and it is completely incomparable with the poetry immortals.
But Li He's "Will Enter the Wine" is different, when she was young, Xiaomei once felt that this Lefu poem was completely incomparable with Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine", but as she grew older, she found that in fact, this time Li He did not lose, and his "Will Enter the Wine" was also very brilliant.
In fact, the two Lefu poems are drunk at the banquet, and the lyrics are also sad and helpless in the rush of life. Li Baishi is crazy on the surface, sad in the depths. Li Heshi is happy on the surface, sad in the depths. The first few sentences of Li Heshi are all about the liveliness of the wine banquet, and the description of the wine and cuisine and the singers are very meticulous. At the end of the pen, from the hilarity to the loneliness in the depths of the heart, from joy to worry, a stroke is outlined, and it is done in one go.
When he was young, he always admired Li Bai's pride of "being born to be useful", but he did not see the sadness under Shi Xian's wild words. If you are not depressed in your heart, why do you need such words to comfort yourself? Now when I read Li He's "Will Enter the Wine" again, I understand that true loneliness often comes to mind at the most lively time. Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine" belongs to the first reading to feel amazing, while Li He's song belongs to the need to slowly taste to know its true meaning. So although the fame of these two poems is quite different, this time, the two people actually played a draw. In fact, the comments of later generations of famous artists on Li He's "Will Enter the Wine" are also extremely high, and the three great critics Hu, Yang Shen, and Shen Qiande all have great respect for it.
Two "duels", I once thought that Li He had lost once, and now I feel that he has not lost once, which is a win and a draw. The above is only Xiaomei's own opinion, I don't know if the analysis can be reasonable? Everyone can see the wisdom and discuss together.