Author: Not Interesting Soul
Source: Play Yourself (ID: Gosoul624)
Body and soul, there must always be one on the way.
Pu Cunxin, a national first-class actor, began to participate in the drama "Li Bai" in 1991, and this performance has been performed for 30 years, with a total of 237 performances.
Every time he took the stage, Pu Cunxin would say:
In the heart of every Chinese, there is a Li Bai.
That Li Bai is a traveler who "has a good life to travel to famous mountains", a swordsman who "kills a person in ten steps and does not stay for a thousand miles", a master who "can break his eyebrows and bend his waist to do things", and a wanderer who looks back with low eyebrows and sings the moon in front of the bed.
Li Bai is different in the hearts of different people.
Next, let's walk into the book "The Biography of Li Bai" together, and let's feel the bold and chic life of the poet Li Bai.
01
Among the poets of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the most fond of running, and he is also the most free and romantic to live.
In the first year of Chang'an, Li Bai was born, and the world was still in the hands of Wu Zetian.
Li Bai has been different since he was a child.
When he was 3 years old, when he heard his family tell the story of the fairies, he said that the moon was the mirror of the gods, and in that imaginative head, he could already see the "fairies" looking in the mirror.
When he was 5 years old, he lived in seclusion with his father in Qinglian Township.
Qinglian Township has beautiful scenery, beautiful mountains and clear waters, looking at it from afar, the mountains are shrouded in a faint white mist, the water and sky are the same color, the shore is full of green bamboos, and wild flowers are everywhere.
Just like the poetry of Li Bai in adulthood, ethereal and beautiful.
Li Bai is smart and studious, "reciting Liujia at the age of five, and watching a hundred schools at the age of ten".
However, after reading "Poems" and "Books", he was not interested in scientific research, and he was unwilling to work the Confucian classics.
He hates those rote memorization, and he also hates the things that bind human nature in the scientific examination, no matter how others rush to the imperial examination, Li Bai disdains the imperial examination.
The more he grows up, his imagination also grows out of control, and after reading Sima Xiangru's "Zi Xuan Fu", he can see the scenery of Yun Mengze.
After reading "Chu Ci" and "Zhuangzi", he often saw immortals appear in the mountains, saw Liezi soaring into the world, and saw Kunpeng in the north of the underworld at ease.
At the age of fifteen, he got the ancestral sword, and began to practice swords again, wanting to be a chivalrous man, killing one person in ten steps, and not leaving a thousand miles.
The sword is there, the white horse is there, and the young Li Bai takes the long sword, rides the white horse, plays around, enters the mountains, and looks for immortals.
The surrounding beauty entered Li Bai's eyes, and the aura of nature washed Li Bai's heart.
The freedom of a teenager is like a gust of wind, it doesn't matter if it is famous, rich, clean, and natural.
02
In the sixth year of Kaiyuan, in the midst of spring flowers, eighteen-year-old Li Bai was attracted by a Taoist priest named Dongyanzi, who was Zhao Rui.
Zhao Rui studied through the past and the present, but he did not make a name for himself, became a Taoist priest in the mountains, raised a large group of birds, and lived a life of idle clouds and wild cranes.
Li Bai likes such people, so he plans to ask Zhao Rui for advice.
Li Bai is an uninhibited teenager, which makes Zhao Rui very appreciative, so he accepted Li Bai as a disciple and taught carefully, and Li Bai, following the teacher to domesticate birds and beasts, fencing for play in his spare time, drinking and laughing when he is bored, Zhao Rui is very knowledgeable, all kinds of strange people and strange things, and he will come to believe it.
Under Zhao Rui's teaching, Li Bai made great progress in knowledge and gradually had some ambitions.
So I decided to read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, meet people from all walks of life, and hope to get the recommendation of nobles.
In the eighth year of Kaiyuan (720), Li Bai went to Chengdu and learned that Su Ying was resting at the post station, so he was ready to do a big thing.
He inquired about the time of Su Ying's trip, and was about to stop the car to offer a poem, but in fact, he ran to the front of the people and said, look, I am very talented, recommend me to make a contribution.
Li Bai stopped Su Ying at the post station and offered his new poems, but Su Ying looked at it and said to Li Bai: "You are very talented, but unfortunately your literary talent is considerable, and your style has not been completed." ”
He wants to be an official and make contributions, and thousands of praises are not as good as a letter of recommendation.
Li Bai was disappointed, but he was not discouraged.
After playing around in Chengdu, I decided to go home and study hard.
Li Bai studied hard, not at home, but went to the mountains, every morning, he practiced swords, and after practicing swords, he began to study hard until late at night.
He is reading most of the time, rarely come out, but as soon as he comes out, he will go over the mountains and mountains, looking for secluded and secluded, I heard that there are immortals on the top of the mountain, and he also climbed to the top of the mountain, visiting the road to seek immortals.
In the eyes of the villagers, the son of the Li family is a strange person, who does not marry a wife when he is over 20 years old, nor does he go to the test for fame, but lives in the mountains, does not go down the mountain several times a year, enters the city twice in three years, and only returns home once in a few months.
The edge of the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.
Li Bai believes that as long as he is really talented and knowledgeable, coupled with continuous travel, he will always meet people with discerning eyes.
03
In the spring of the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai was twenty-four years old.
He decided to go out of the mountains, go to the country with a sword, leave his relatives and travel far away, and really travel thousands of miles.
Bidding farewell to Qinglian, Li Bai took the boy, led the horse, with the sword, walked and walked, walked and walked, he looked back at the mountain where he had lived for many years, and said in his mouth:
"It's not like I have no intention of falling in love with Qingjing, and I have made the book sword clear. ”
Then with ambition and ambition, in the spring color, he walked slowly, originally wanted to seek fame, but as soon as he entered the famous mountain Emei, he met a high monk, Li Bai was attracted again, and lived in the mountain for several months.
But these months were not for nothing, he read Chen Ziang's poems, and greatly appreciated them, and felt that his husband should write poems and essays.
When leaving, Li Bai opened his mouth and said:
The moon of Mount Emei is half in autumn, and the shadow enters the water flow of the Pingqiang River. At night, Qingxi went to the Three Gorges, and Sijun did not see Yuzhou.
Li Bai was eager to achieve fame, but as soon as he walked on the road, the countless beauties of nature deeply attracted him, making him put his fame aside, and he was natural and leisurely.
He went out of the Three Gorges, the scenery on both sides of the strait, let him stay.
The beautiful local songs also made him linger.
He walked slowly like this, swam slowly, arrived at Jiangling, and traveled around, and heard someone say that a Taoist master passed by here, and Li Bai was going to visit again.
He likes this kind of life, but he can't let go of the heart of the official, let alone the famous mountains and rivers, and the search for immortals.
He played all the way, watched all the way, climbed Yueyang Tower, swam Dongting Lake, climbed the Yellow Crane Tower, and also saw the red cliff.
On the Yellow Crane Tower, he was full of poetry, but when he saw the poet Cui Hao's "The former people have taken the Yellow Crane to go, and the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here", he bowed to the wind and simply put down his pen and did not write.
He climbed Lushan, wrote "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall", after going down the mountain, swam the Yangtze River, until the end of the autumn of the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan, he came to Jinling.
Li Bai is so true, he wants to make contributions and achieve worldly success, but these worldly things can't occupy his heart, so he can leisurely visit the famous mountains.
You must know that a heart full of worldly fame and fortune, even if the most beautiful scenery is in front of him, it is not as attractive as a few copper plates on the ground.
04
Jinling, so beautiful, so many scenic spots, he couldn't wait, he wanted to sit in the painting boat of the Qinhuai River immediately and listen to Wu Nong's soft words, but he decided to do big things first, and with carefully prepared poems, he went to visit Jinling celebrities and dignitaries.
After all the visits were finished, he began to play, and Li Bai went to check in and play at every Internet celebrity attraction, and in less than half a year, Li Bai's talent spread in Jinling.
Among the rangers in Jinling, they all know a person named Li Bai, who saw that the road was uneven and drew a sword to help.
Among the singers of Qinhuaihe, many of them are singing Li Bai's new poems.
Jinling had seen enough, so he boarded the ship to Yangzhou and got off Yangzhou.
In Yangzhou, he met Miss Xu, who had a gentle personality and was virtuous, and married her, and took his wife to find a quiet place to study in seclusion.
But as soon as he stopped, the idea of going out of the house rose again, so he set off for Chang'an.
When he first arrived in Chang'an, Li Bai felt that Chang'an was so beautiful, the sky seemed to be particularly high, the sun seemed to be particularly bright, the roads were particularly spacious, and there were all kinds of small merchants and vendors on the streets and alleys.
He wanted to see the singing and dancing of the Western Regions, and he also wanted to see the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie, and he also wanted to pay tribute to the murals of Wu Daozi and other famous artists.
But he also saw that the wise Emperor Xuanzong was actually indulging in fun, a boy who was good at cockfighting was actually prosperous, and the folk even spread the saying that "you don't need to be literate to give birth, and it is better to read than to fight cocks", and the emperor was so absurd that Li Bai was a little shocked.
But he still wants to be an official, and he thinks that people in Chang'an will be able to enter the dynasty and enter the government.
But he waited and waited, but he never waited for the opportunity, he tried his best to live in Princess Yuzhen's annex, and wanted to offer treasures in front of Princess Yuzhen, but except for crickets, no one took care of him.
Li Bai had a sad face, and his stomach was full of complaints: "The avenue is like a blue sky, and I can't go out alone." ”
Worried and suffering, Li Bai simply fought cocks in the city, wore a pearl robe, and talked with the cockfighting children, thinking that he was chic, but he inadvertently offended the evil young people in the city and fell into the siege of sticks and fists.
If it weren't for his friend's rescue, Li Bai would probably have to be beaten up.
Chang'an Road is wide, but Li Bai can't move an inch, so he has to hold his frustrated heart and leave Chang'an.
05
Every time he was frustrated, Li Bai always had to go out to have a look, visit the famous mountains, and take a look at the grand scenery, and the lost heart came alive again.
As soon as he returned to nature, his innocent and interesting heart was full of vitality.
He had a daughter, named Binh Duong.
Back in the countryside, he studied, cultivated the land, and was free, but when he thought that he had become a father, but he still achieved nothing, Li Bai was also a little anxious.
He began to seek a way out again, however, it was still useless, he couldn't find the way to the clouds, and when he was sad, he began to travel again.
Swimming, Li Bai is thirty-five years old, looking in the mirror, he found a few gray hairs, but the merit is still nowhere to be found, all these years of traveling around, all rely on the gift of others, it is really ashamed.
Li Bai's roaming lasted for several years, and he traveled all over most of China.
In the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan, Xuanzong invited the world's talents to Chang'an to celebrate the prosperous era, and Li Bai also went to Chang'an again to seek long-lost achievements, this time, Li Bai finally met a nobleman, and that person was He Zhizhang.
He Zhizhang knew Li Bai's name, read Li Bai's poems again, and was shocked, and directly recommended Li Bai to the emperor.
The highlight moment of Lee's life has finally arrived.
Li Taibai, who was appreciated by the emperor and lived in the Hanlin Academy, was shocked by the world, Li Bai thought that his ambition had finally had a chance to be realized.
However, the reality was more cruel than Li Bai imagined, Xuanzong summoned Li Bai, neither consulted about national politics nor people's livelihood, but asked Li Bai to follow him and write some poems to please the emperor and concubines.
At the beginning, Li Bai always held out hope, thinking that Xuanzong would ask him about state affairs one day, he was always ready, and he became the most strange person in the group, because everyone else knew that Xuanzong didn't care about these and had no intention of going to politics.
The poems written by Li Bai made Xuanzong happy, so he gave Li Bai treasures.
In his first year, he was the emperor's royal poet.
The next year, it was still the same.
Although he has food and clothing, and is appreciated by the emperor, it stands to reason that the scenery is beautiful, but Li Bai doesn't think so, he feels bored, this is not what he wants.
06
Since entering the Hanlin Academy, what Li Bai has done is either to serve the emperor to soak in the hot springs, or to serve the concubine to enjoy the flowers, or to fill in the words for the pear garden.
And the most glorious moment of Li Baibai's life, that is, during this period of time, was when the concubine was grinding ink and Lux took off his boots, which was not beautiful, but he also offended people because of it.
This is not the life he wants, Li Bai is unhappy, often gets drunk, and borrows wine to drown his sorrows.
At this time, the poet He Zhizhang had already returned to his hometown, and Li Bai also wanted to leave, so he asked the emperor to resign.
The emperor who was high up gave him some silver and let him go.
Li Bai took the money, dressed as a hermit, left the capital, and when he passed through Luoyang, he met Du Fu.
More than ten years ago, when Li Bai was roaming in the land of Qilu, Du Fu was playing in the south of the Yangtze River.
A few years ago, Li Bai played in Jiangnan, and Du Fu went to the land of Qilu again.
The two most important poets of the Tang Dynasty always passed by by accident, and it was not until Li Bai left Chang'an that the two met in Luoyang.
At this time, Du Fu was thirty-three years old, and Li Bai was forty-four years old.
Although Du Fu is already famous, he is still a little fan in front of Li Bai, who has already experienced the highlight moment of his life.
Seeing Li Bai, Du Fu was excited.
The two talked all night, they were both frustrated people, Du Fu was at a low point in his life, although Li Bai was "giving money back to the mountain", it seemed to be beautiful, but there were twists and turns, and a few people understood.
But Du Fu understands.
In the next period of time, Du Fu became a little fan brother by Li Bai's side, playing with Li Bai, and he also agreed with Li Bai to go to Liangzhou to pick and fold the legendary fairy grass - Yao Cao.
After swimming for a long time, Du Fu gradually felt that something was wrong, this was not his dream, although this kind of life was very cool, but for him, it was not always right, because he still wanted to do something for the people and the country.
After the two separated, Du Fu continued to take the meritorious test.
And Li Bai, disheartened, became a Taoist priest.
07
When Li Bai returned home, he was wearing a Taoist robe with a breeze on his sleeves.
He used the little silver he had left to build an alchemy room for himself, and he also went into the mountains to find alchemy medicinal materials.
When the furnace was opened, he stayed by the furnace day and night, looking at the colorful flames, and dreaming of soaring in the day.
After refining for seven hundred and forty-nine days, Dan was completed.
After taking it for three days, he began to have diarrhea, and then he became seriously ill.
In the autumn of 746, Li Bai's illness finally resolved, and he decided to travel again to visit the famous mountains.
As soon as he accepted the washing of nature, the worldly feelings in Li Bai's heart seemed to be washed away, and he also figured it out, being a man "An Neng can break his eyebrows and bend his waist to deal with the powerful, which makes me unhappy".
But it didn't take long for him to start feeling the scene again, and he felt that his ambition had not been rewarded.
That Chang'an, when people were bored, left, and had to worry about it.
Within a few years of leaving the capital, Datang's politics became more and more corrupt, the people were displaced, and life was in dire straits.
Li Bai also wrote some poems that reflected the people's livelihood, but what else could he do? Seeing An Lushan eyeing him, Li Bai's ambition to make contributions to the cause was ignited again, and he wanted to give advice to the imperial court, but he had no way, and the people favored by the emperor were all villains.
Madame persuaded Li Bai to return to the mountains and forests and live in seclusion, but Li Bai planned to do a big thing, he wanted to go to Chang'an and give advice to the imperial court.
So, Taibai went to Chang'an for the third time, trying to save the building from falling, but he was a scholar and had no way to save the country, so he could only sigh in vain.
He finally decided to find a peach blossom paradise and live in seclusion.
08
Escaping from Chang'an for the third time, Li Bai lived a comfortable life for a while, he climbed the mountain and water, looked for secluded victories, and read "Zhuangzi" behind closed doors.
If you don't have money to buy wine, you can write a few poems and send them to Taishou, and you can get some help.
People see him as leisurely, and he himself feels comfortable, and when he is bored, he goes out to play around.
However, when he was in the court, he wanted to be in the opposition, and when he was in the opposition, he wanted to enter the WTO.
Lu Xun said:
"History is divided into two eras, the era when you want to be a slave but can't, and the era that temporarily stabilizes the slave. ”
In 755, An Lushan rebelled, the world was in turmoil, Li Bai fled to Jiangnan dangerously, and happened to meet the Yongwang who supported the army here, Li Bai decided to take a risky move - to take refuge in the Yongwang.
Unexpectedly, he fell into the whirlpool of the royal power struggle, King Yong was killed by random arrows, and Li Bai became a thief and was imprisoned.
After being imprisoned for nearly a year, Li Bai's waist was also a little stiffer, and with the help of a friend, he got out of prison, but he could not escape exile.
Li Bai, who is famous, although he is exiled, but wherever he goes, there are people who come to him, and his exile has become a game while walking, and it is not so bitter.
Fortunately, he was halfway away, the imperial court granted amnesty to the world, Li Bai was free, and even his mood improved, "the light boat has crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains".
He also saw it, dismissed the years of entering the office, and simply became an idler, taking a walk and taking a look, until the end of his life.
Li Bai's death is also a legend.
Some people say that he died of illness in bed, some people say that he died of drunkenness, and some people say that he was drunk and drowned in order to catch the moon in the river.
His poems have become a legend, the world can learn from Du Fu, but they can't learn Li Bai, Li Bai's elegant romance is oozing out of his bones, not something that can be learned.
09
Li Bai's life, like a gust of wind, is free, and nothing can hinder him.
Since the age of fifteen, he has been on the road, footprints all over most of China, he has traveled to Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Beijing, Chongqing and other 18 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, a total of 206 prefectures and counties, climbed more than 80 famous mountains, visited more than 60 rivers and streams and more than 20 lakes and pools.
If you look closely, you will also find that most of his life has spent most of his life wandering in rich places and living a leisurely life.
He searched for immortals, made his own alchemy, and lived like a fairy.
He longs to enter the world to gain fame, but he is never bound by fame, when he wants to seek fame, he naturally enters the world, and when he is tired of fame, he leaves in a dashing manner, returns to the embrace of nature, and washes his heart clean.
After a while, the ambition rose again, and he was not suppressed, so he pursued it frankly.
It is true that he has never been a high-ranking official in his life and has not realized his political ideals, but when he entered the mountains and forests, his happiness and happiness were all genuinely happy, just like his poems, out of the dust.
He used his life to tell us that there must always be one on the way, body and soul.
10
We often think, how should we live in this life?
People can only live once, and everyone wants to arrange this life better, but who do we compare to?
Everyone is different, their own conditions and temperaments are also different, and it is ridiculous to ask two people to use the same standard.
Therefore, the only criterion for whether you live well in this life is whether you are comfortable living and whether you are satisfied with what you have done.
When we look at other people's lives, we can only use other people's lives as a mirror to see our own lives, let us see whether our own ways have deviated from our own hearts, and then find something clean from them, to wash away the dirty things in our hearts.
This is also the most important meaning of reading, walking, and experiencing.