Li Bai was a great poet and a poet admired by countless people, and people called him a poet immortal and an immortal. Li Bai (701-762), also spelled Taibai (太白), was a representative figure of the Li clan in Longxi. "Caotang Collection" Yun: "Li Bai, the word is too white." Longxi Chengjiren, grandson of Liangwu Zhaowang IX. The winner of the Gui group, the world is remarkable; the middle leaf is not sinful, who lives in the strip branch, and changes the surname and name.
People have testified that in the late Sui Dynasty, Li Baixian was exiled to Shanye (during the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to the Protectorate of AnxiDu, near present-day Tokmak in northern Kyrgyzstan). When he was young, he moved with his father to Qinglian Township in Changlong (later changed to Changming) in Mianzhou (Bashi County) in Jiannan Province. At a young age, he shows his talent and can recite poetry at the age of 10. When he grew up, he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and a good warrior.
In the preface to Li Yangbing's Caotang Collection, it is said: "Fleeing to Shu, referring to Li Shu and giving birth to Boyang." On the night of the surprise, Chang Gung fell asleep. Hence the name white, ether white word".
As a Gansu person, when it comes to Li Bai, many people are always full of pride: "Li Bai is our Gansu people." Not only modern people say this, but even Li Bai himself:
Bai Ben LongXi Cloth, exiled to Chu Han. (Book of Jingzhou in Shanghan)
The family of Longxi was first a Hanbian general. ("Gift of Zhang Xianghao")
Bai Benjia Jinling, whose surname is the right surname, was troubled by zuqu Mengxun, rushed to Xianqin, and was because of the official yu family. Less Yangtze River Han. ("History of Pei Chang of Shang'an Prefecture")
The Jinling mentioned here, when Wang Qi of the Qing Dynasty, had doubted that the white "Benjia Jinling" to the "Shao Yangtze River Han" more than twenty characters, there must be a lack of text and false characters, otherwise, Jinling or Jincheng mistakes. From the perspective of the context, this passage is drunk in one go. "False words" seem impossible. "Jinling" is not a mistake of "Jincheng", but refers to the synonym of Xiliang Jiankang County.
Li Bai was known as "Who Immortal" by He Zhizhang, a great romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as "Poetry Immortal", who had a close relationship with Du Fu, another great poet of his contemporaries, and was called "Li Du". Over the years, in order to commemorate the two great poets Li Bai Du Fu, Gansu Tianshui has held the "China Tianshui Li Du Poetry Festival" many times, and set up a stone stele of "Li Bai's Ancestral Residence" in Qin'an, Tianshui.
For thousands of years, the study of Li Bai has been very in-depth. There are new ideas that are constantly being introduced, and there are also constant points of contention. Regarding Li Bai's birthplace, broken leaves, there are three theories such as Broken Leaves in Central Asia and Broken Leaves in Yanqi.
Regarding the life of Li Bai, various materials are introduced a lot. We summarize the contents of the articles and other materials in the Gansu Dictionary as follows:
Li Bai was 10 years old, that is, the book of poetry, the third year of the new century (715), Li Bai was fifteen years old, had already written many poems, and received some social celebrities' admiration and rewards, and began to engage in social interference activities. He is a good swordsman, determined to help the world and the people, and disdains the career of keju. After the age of 20, he roamed in Shu. He also began to accept the influence of Taoist thought, good swordsmanship, and joyful heroism.
In the fourteenth year of the new century (726), "fighting the sword to go to the country, resigning from relatives and traveling far away", making friends with famous scholars and hermits, indulging in drunkenness and singing. In the first year of Tianbao (742), he was conscripted into Beijing to worship Hanlin. Together with He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, he is known as the "Eight Immortals of Wine". Legend has it that he tasted the drunken temple and caused GaoLis to take off his boots. Xuan was "given gold and returned" and left Chang'an. After that, he roamed again, and his footprints spread all over Qilu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Yanzhao. He met Du Fu in Luoyang, and his affection was deep. The "Anshi Rebellion" broke out, and he participated in the Shogunate of the Yong King, and was later imprisoned by Zhu Lian in Xunyang. The following year, he exiled YeLang and met Him halfway through. In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (761), he defected to Li Yangbing, the uncle of the Ling clan of Dangtu County. In the first year of Baoying (762), he ordered Bai to be left behind, but he was seriously ill and dying. It was the winter of that year, and he died of illness at Dangtu. Reburyed 30 miles southeast of Tu Qingshan.
Some people commented: "Li Bai's poetry is a peak in the history of Chinese literature, and no one has been able to surpass it so far, his poetry style is majestic and bold, his imagination is rich, his language is magnificent and fresh, and his themes are rich and colorful." Good at absorbing nutrition and materials from folk songs and myths, composing its unique magnificent and brilliant colors, he is the poet with the most personality characteristics and romantic spirit since Qu Yuan, and has reached the peak of the poetry art of the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu called it "a stormy pen, and a weeping ghost god."
There are more than 990 poems by Li Bai that have been preserved to this day, including "Shu Dao Difficulty", "Difficulty in Walking", "Sleepwalking in Heaven and Leaving Farewell", "Quiet Night Thinking", "Early White Emperor City", etc., all of which have been recited by people. Famous poets such as Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Li He, Su Shi, Lu You, Xin Shuyi, Gao Qi, Yang Shen, and Gong Zizhen were greatly influenced by Li Bai's poetry.
Li Bai's great-grandfather and grandfather have been mysterious and unpredictable, and he has not been able to reveal it until Li Bai's death. In Li Bai's poems, he speaks more about distant ancestors. According to the preface to the poetry collection and the stone tablet after Li Bai's death, people have made various speculations. Some people say that it is Li Jiancheng or Li Yuanji, and some people say that it is Li Rail, and there are sui dynasty generals and so on.
People can't imagine that the great poet Li Bai once became a Taoist monk. In the third year of Tianbao (744 AD), Li Bai went to the Ziji Palace in Qi Prefecture (in present-day Jinan, Shandong) to ask the Taoist priest Gao Tianshi Rugui to teach him the Taoist gong and become a Taoist priest.
Regarding li bai's death, there are also many theories, some people say that it is a disease death, some people say that he died of drunkenness, and some people say that he drowned in the water after getting drunk. Scholars have their own opinions and will not repeat them.
Han Yu said, "Li Du's article is here, and the flames of light are long. "His influence is unparalleled. In the Forest of Steles in Lanzhou, Li Bai's authentic calligraphy "Shangtai Ti" was copied. This is Li Baishu's self-chanting four words and deeds cursive poem, quoting the four characters of the Qing Gaozong Hongli Yiyi book inscription "Qinglian Yihan", and the main text is on the upper right of the Song Huizong Zhao Yi Thin Golden Book inscription: "Tang Li Taibai on the balcony" seven characters.
Friends can go to the Lanzhou Forest of Steles to admire, with a sense of remembrance, this great poet with roots in the land of Longyuan.