In 742, due to the recommendation of the Taoist priest Wu Yun, Li Bai was summoned to the palace by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He originally wanted to show his talents, but he was not reused by Tang Xuanzong; in addition, he did not like to collude with others, offended the powerful, and in just over a year, he was given gold and returned.
After leaving Chang'an, Li Bai met Gao Shi and Du Fu, and the three traveled together in Shandong, and when they were separated in Yanzhou, Li Bai wrote a poem to express his inner ambition. This poem is the "Song of the King of Linjiang Festival", and the whole poem is as follows:
Dongting White Wave Wood Leaves are thin, and Yan Hong began to enter Wu Yunfei.
Wu Yunhan, Yan Hong bitter.
The wind trumpet sand xiao xiangpu, the festival of sorrow and autumn tears like rain.
Day and day, the heart of the day, illuminated can be the Lord.
The strong man is angry and the hero is born.
Ander leaned on the sword of heaven and crossed the sea to behead the long whale.
It also began to fly south and enter Wudi. Wu Di was cold and bitter, and Hongyan cried bitterly. The north wind whistled, and Hongyan stayed on the edge of Xiaoxiang overnight, at this scene, even the jieshi were sad in spring and autumn, and tears were like rain. The bright sun was hanging in the sky, shining on the earth, and also shining on the sincere heart of the festival's desire to serve the country. The mighty man was filled with grief and indignation, and the mighty wind swept across the earth. How to have the Heavenly Sword, so that you can cross the sea and cross the mountains to kill the giant thief for the monarch.
The so-called "festivalist" is the person who is disciplined. "Majestic wind" refers to a strong wind. "Leaning on the Heavenly Sword", referring to the long sword, quotes Song Yu's "Great Words": "The square land is the car, the round sky is the cover, and the long sword Geng Geng is leaning on the outside of the sky." "Long whale" refers to the giant Kou thief, Liu Zhiji said in "Stone Narrative": "On the rebellion of the subject, it is called The Crown, and the giant Kou is called the long whale." ”
The first two sentences of the poem create an environment for us, "Dongting Baibo" refers to the environment of the kyauk-clean environment, and the three words "wood leaves are thin" create a scene of autumn that is easy to recall the artistic conception depicted in Qu Yuan's "Autumn Wind, Dongting Wave Under the Leaves". In such an environment, he himself was this Yan Hong, and he did not want to go along with the flow, so he flew away from Chang'an and came to the land of Wu Chu to bathe in the white waves of the cave court.
Because of this, there will be a scene of sadness and tears.
However, the poet does not want to blindly sink, although there is a sad autumn feeling, but also the desire to serve the country. The following six sentences of "Day" are all written about the desire to serve the country and the determination to kill the enemy. "Ande leans on the sword of heaven and crosses the sea to cut off the long whale", how strong is the poet's heart to kill the enemy and destroy the Kou!
The whole poem changes from a tragic autumn to wanting to serve the country, from sadness and depression to an impassioned passion, which shows that although Li Bai was hit in his career and his heart was sullen and unhappy, his heart to serve the country has never been extinguished. It is precisely because of this that Li Bai was able to write such an angry and heroic sentence as "Ande relied on the heavenly sword and crossed the sea to cut off a long whale"; it is precisely because of this that Li Bai would follow the Yong King Li Xuan to qin wang and stumble into prison; it is precisely because of this that Li Bai will still want to enlist in the army to kill the enemy at the age of 60 and quell the chaos of An Shi. Although hit by fate, Li Bai never flinched.
Hu Zhenheng of the Ming Dynasty commented on this poem in "Li Shitong", saying:
The word Taibai is self-appointed, and it has not tasted the ability of the warrior.
The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty also said:
The phrase "daytime heart" is deeper than the portrayal.
Before Li Bai wrote this poem, someone had already written a poem with the same title, he was the southern dynasty literary scholar Lu Jie, and the whole poem was as follows:
Under the wooden leaves, the river is even connected, and the autumn moon shines on puyun xie mountain.
Autumn thoughts are not cut, and the autumn wind comes again.
The autumn wind is already cold, and the white dew is frightened.
The knotted warriors are generous with their crowns, bent bows hanging from wood, and long swords are in the clouds.
The first half of the poem is also written about the tragic autumn, "wooden leaves", "river waves", "autumn moon", "cloud mountain" and other images, rendering a desolate, desolate autumn mood. The last three sentences of the pen turn sharply, from sadness to generosity, a wave of pride and ambition instantly broke through the clouds, and the spirit of the festival was vividly expressed.
The artistic conception of Li Bai's poem can be said to be all derived from this poem, but it is different from this poem. The first half of Lu Shi is all about describing the sadness of autumn, and Li Shi not only writes about the sorrow of autumn, but also writes about personal encounters and feelings, which can be described as more in-depth. In the second half of Lu Shi's writing of generous and tragic songs of the jieshi, there is a great heroism of seeing death as a return and never returning; Li Shi is different, not only has that heroism, but also has a self-confidence to stabilize the world.
Li Shi is from Lu Shi, but it is different from Lu Shi, as to whether it is higher than Lu Shi, presumably different readers have their own answers in their hearts.