Why is the protagonist of "Chang'an 30,000 Li" Gao Shi? He is more worthy of learning than Li Bai Dufu

"Chang'an 30,000 Li" can be described as starry, if you rank the characters in the film according to the fame in the eyes of modern people, it will probably look like this: Li Bai, Du Fu, Guo Ziyi, Wang Wei, He Zhizhang, Wang Changling, Ge Shuhan, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Li Guinian, King Qi, Princess Yuzhen...

In "Chang'an 30,000 Li", the first male protagonist is Gao Shi, Li Bai is the second male, Du Fu is a supporting actor, Guo Ziyi, Ge Shuhan, Wang Wei, He Zhizhang They are all small supporting roles, Wang Changling, Cen Shen and others are simply dragon sets.

Not only is it a matter of the scene, "Chang'an 30,000 Li" also gives Gao Shi points in some historical details, such as the 70,000 army of the Great Breaking Tubo and the rescue of Li Bai, why is this? Is it just because Gao Shi is the "most attainable" of the Tang poets?

Of course not, compared to Li Bai and Du Fulai, Gao Shi is actually more worthy of respect and learning from future generations, and this article combines movies and history to briefly talk about this topic.

First, the incompetent Du Fu

Du Fu did not appear many times in "Chang'an 30,000 Li", and he was still a child when he first appeared, he was eight years younger than Gao Shi, eleven years younger than Li Bai, Gao Shi went to Chang'an in his twenties, and Du Fu was twelve years old at the time.

A little broken child can enter and exit the Qi King mansion casually, which shows that Du Fu's family had a certain status at that time, after all, he was a descendant of the famous general Du of the Jin Dynasty, and his mother was from the famous Qinghe clan Cui clan, he was the little son of a serious family.

Although the young Du Fu appeared in the scene, he still had a certain status, and then he went to Liang Yuan with Li Bai to visit Gao Shi, the three of them drank wine and wrote poetry, and accompanied Li Bai to become a Taoist priest, and Du Fu did not appear in the movie after that gorgeous "Will Enter Wine".

Du Fu's limited number of appearances is very consistent with his status in the Tang Dynasty at that time, and his fame in the poetry world was mainly promoted after the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, because he was younger than Li Bai and others, on the other hand, because his life was high and low, resulting in a lack of fame.

Please note a detail, in the movie, Gao Shi often flips through a copy of "Heyue Yingling Collection", which is a collection of poems that contains the works of more than twenty Sheng Tang poets, including Wang Wei, Li Bai, Gao Shi, Cen Shen and others, even that Chang Jian, that is, there is no Du Fu who is a few years older than Cen Shen.

Du Fu in history is not without opportunities, his origin is much better than Gao Shi and Li Bai, and he has also been a left picker from time to time, and this official Gao Shi has also been, but Gao Shi is very strong and the official is getting bigger and bigger, but Du Fu is getting smaller and smaller, and finally he really can't mix anymore and needs Gao Shi and Yan Wu to help him.

Therefore, if from the point of view of the work, Du Fu is worthy of being a great realist poet, but historically, he is actually a mediocre official with insufficient ability and a heart higher than the sky, "Chang'an 30,000 Li" makes Du Fu a supporting role is also a performance of respect for history, if not for his good relationship with Li Bai and Gao Shi and a lot of connections, maybe he is also a small supporting role or dragon set in this movie.

Second, the unreliable Li Bai

Some people say that "Chang'an 30,000 Li" "respects and degrades Li", overly beautifies Gao Shi and belittles Li Bai, in fact, if you have seen the movie, you know that "Chang'an 30,000 Li" actually beautifies Li Bai, such as Li Bai's rescue of Guo Ziyi, which is a story in the novel, not a historical record.

Li Bai is indeed very talented, but his talent is mainly manifested in poetry works, and he is not even as good as Du Fu in being an official, he does not have the same background as Du Fu, he can only seek officials everywhere, and he will not hesitate to enter in order to improve his social status.

A person who is not good at being an official can only run into a wall everywhere in exchange for encountering obstacles everywhere, and what is more fatal is that Li Bai is still very naïve politically.

To talk about opportunities, Li Bai got the opportunity better and earlier than Gao Shi and Du Fu, he could be favored by Emperor Tang Xuanzong, but he easily offended people and was quickly degraded again, so he got a bunch of gold and silver treasures. But his choice to follow Li Xuan, the king of Yong, after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, made people think that he was "hungry and did not choose food", and even his wife Zongshi at the time persuaded him, but the old Li Bai still couldn't see the situation clearly and joined an unreliable rebel army.

Compared with being an official, Li Bai's marriage is also unreliable, he chose to join the family twice in his life, lived with other women twice, did not earn money and drank, regardless of his wife and children, even he blamed himself, but he just couldn't change it.

Therefore, Li Bai is indeed a very great romantic poet who has left us immortal poems. But at the same time, he is a very unreliable person, lacking the ability to engage in politics, lacking the ability to live, and is not a qualified husband and father, in a word, except for writing poetry and writing and playing with swords, Li Bai is nothing.

Third, stable and high adaptability

Gao Shi's background is also good, but Du Fu is at least stronger than Li Bai, but Gao Shi is really unknown before the age of twenty, so "Chang'an 30,000 Li" fictionalizes that Gao Shi can't read and even has a stuttering problem, and this fiction does not degrade Gao Shi's image but improves.

Of course, Gao Shi and Li Bai's interaction is not as much as "Chang'an 30,000 Li", and it is generally estimated in history that Gao Shi met Li Bai and Du Fu at the same time in Liang Yuan in his forties, at this time, although the three did not have any achievements in their careers, they all knew each other in poetry, Li Bai was already a celebrity at that time, Du Fu was Li Bai's fan brother, and Gao Shi was also quite famous in the poetry world.

Therefore, the crew of "Chang'an 30,000 Li" fictionalized Gao Shi and Li Bai's many interactions from their twenties to their thirties, and Li Bai went to the Yellow Crane Tower to see Cui Hao's poems should have gone with Du Fu, and they were all changed to Gao Shi.

As for Li Bai and Gao Shi's rescue of Guo Ziyi, Gao Shi was added to the novel.

Although "Chang'an 30,000 Li" adds a lot of scenes to Gao Shi and beautifies a lot, Gao Shi's overall image is still in line with historical records, that is, stable and capable.

First of all, Gao Shi did not travel and spend everywhere when he was rich like Li Bai and Du Fu, and like Li Bai, he also went around asking for officials, and like Du Fu, he also took the imperial examination and unfortunately failed, and he also achieved nothing when he was in his forties.

But Gao Shi has been accumulating, and whenever his life hits a wall, he returns to Liangyuan to continue to study hard, although he is also famous in the rivers and lakes, but he does not often use this fame to speculate.

Secondly, Gao Shi was very capable, he defected to Geshuhan at the age of forty-nine, paid tribute to Zuo at the age of fifty-two, and followed Tang Xuanzong into Shu at the age of fifty-three, in terms of his chance, his chance was later than Li Bai Dufu, but he could still gain the trust of Tang Suzong even if he was by Emperor Xuanzong's side, or because of his steadiness and good ability.

Gao Shi's greatest achievement in life was to pacify the Yongwang Li Xuan Rebellion and participate in the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion, and it was somewhat unfortunate that he captured his former good friend Li Bai from the Yongwang Li Xuan.

"Chang'an 30,000 Li" uses Cheng Yuanzhen's mouth to tell the secret of Gao Shi rescuing Li Bai, this beautification is actually a little too much, with Cheng Yuanzhen's temperament, if he knows that Gao Shi secretly rescued Li Bai, then Gao Shi is dangerous.

The reason why Gao Shi did not save Li Bai and even ruthlessly with an iron face was completely a steady self-preservation, and in the era of the Anshi Rebellion and Tang Xuanzong and Tang Suzong, once he lost trust, Gao Shi's future would be over. Du Fu offended Tang Suzong because he couldn't understand the situation, was degraded, and lost all opportunities.

In fact, Gao Shi did not stop dealing with Tang Suzong because Du Fu had offended him, on the contrary, he also went to the grass hall to visit Du Fu when he was a stabbing in Pengzhou, and also sent the food that Du Fu's family lacked the most.

Gao Shi did not save Li Bai because Li Bai's sin was too big and too sensitive, of course, this was not Li Bai's own death.

Gao Shi started as a confidential secretary at the age of nearly half a hundred, made great contributions to the country in that chaotic era, and was personally named a county marquis, becoming the most accomplished poet of the Tang Dynasty, which is inseparable from his outstanding ability, sober mind and steady style.

What is even more valuable is that Li Bai's attitude is to ask for officials everywhere while saying "Lao Tzu doesn't care", and Du Fu's attitude is to ask for officials everywhere while saying "You have ruined the world, Lao Tzu is very heartache".

Gao Shi was different, he was in his forties when he wrote "Don't Dong Da", and he was already an old man in ancient times, but what he said to Dong Tinglan was: Mo Chou has no knowledge of the road ahead, and no one in the world knows the king.

Using bold language to express the anger in the heart is not only an inspiration to friends but also to oneself, compared to Li Bai Du Fu, such a Gao Shi who is full of positive spirit for life, career, and life is an example for us to learn.