Throughout the ages, many literati and politicians have "worshipped" under the "pomegranate skirt" of fine wine, interpreting their own immortal legends. Today, Wikipedia Jun and to take stock of the history of the 10 most awesome drinkers, we also come to feel the celebrity's wine complex!
1, Li Bai: "Poetry Immortal" is also "Wine Immortal"
Du Fu once wrote: "Li Baidou wine has a hundred poems, and the restaurant in Chang'an City sleeps." Tianzi did not come to the ship, claiming that his subject was a wine immortal. "What a stroke of genius! Li Bai's life is full of wine, and it is estimated that this is how he has refined the pride of "life must be full of joy, do not make the golden bottle empty to the moon". As Guo Moruo said: "Li Baizhen can be said to have been born of wine and died of wine." "There are many theories about his death, but most of them are related to drinking, the most romantic of which is that he fell into the water after getting drunk and went to the river of quarry alum to catch the moon and fall into the water.
2. Du Fu: "Shi Sheng" is concerned about the world and borrows wine to lyrically
Coincidentally, Du Fu in "Great Li Du" is also an alcoholic. In his lifetime, he had many difficulties, worried about the country and the people, and at the same time indulged in drinking and singing, leaving behind many drinking poems. Guo Moruo once made a statistic on Du Fu's drinking poems, pointing out that Du Fu concentrated on "a total of 300 poems that talk about drinking, which is 21 percent", that is to say, of the more than 1400 poems he left behind, 300 of them involved drinking. Brother Zimei, dare to ask how much wine has been drunk in this world before writing such a stroke as "drunk from being a guest, poetry into a sense of god"?
3, Wu Song: there is good wine to cheer, playing tiger that is a piece of cake
Anyone who has seen "Water Margin" will know that Wu Song is strong in martial arts and is a chivalrous man. This gentleman loves to drink in his spare time, drinking at least two meals a day. Although the amount of alcohol is amazing, Wu Song never delays things, and drinking alcohol can also cheer him up: beating tigers, punishing Ximen Qing, drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen, which one is not for the people to eliminate harm, and it is very happy to people's hearts? Therefore, how can this most awesome drinker in history be without Wu Song?
4 Ernest Miller Hemingway: You can't live without drinking
Hemingway was a well-known American writer. He was a very alcoholic, and when he was injured and hospitalized during World War I, he often drank secretly. After the publication of "The Sun Also Rises" became famous, he lived a life of writing, drinking, fishing and playing tennis. He was accustomed to drinking absinthe before meals, red wine between meals, vodka before exercise, and finally whiskey and soda. Drinking in a bar at night to eliminate the fatigue of writing during the day, it is no wonder that the characters in his novels are all drunkards.
5 Edgar Allan Poe: He loves to drink like crazy and loses his life
Edgar Allan Poe was a nineteenth-century American poet and novelist best known for his mystery stories and horror novels. Poe is said to be quite an alcoholic, and when he wanted to join the army, he was quickly fired because he was drunk. At the same time, his alcohol addiction also led to his death, and after the engagement of his lover when he was young in the same year, he decided to quit drinking, but he could not resist the temptation of alcohol, and a great literary scholar died.
6 Winston Churchill: Whether I win or not, I need champagne
Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's reputation as an alcoholic was no less than his reputation as a politician and writer. He once said: "My requirements are not high, only the best." Churchill was fascinated by premium port wines, premium Bordeaux, fine cigars, premium brandy, fine Scotch whiskies and champagne in particular. He regarded champagne as one of the necessities of wartime, saying: "Victory, of course I should drink champagne to celebrate; defeated, I still need champagne." ”
7 Peter the Great: The greatest Tsar was also a drunkard
Peter the Great, one of the greatest emperors in Russian history, undertook reforms during his reign to modernize Russia. In addition, Peter the Great, who had achieved great achievements, can also be said to be a "prince of the wine country", who not only loved to drink, but also rewarded his subordinates by asking him to drink for free. It is rumored that he would put an official seal on the chin of his subordinates, and as long as the official seal was not washed off, he could raise his chin and make a few throat sounds, and he could enter and drink free of charge in any hotel.
8 Thomas Jefferson: A fanatic of wine
Speaking of wine lovers, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, was definitely an avid fan, not only built a special cellar in his home to store wine, but also in the 18th century, he imported many vines from Europe and planted them near the mansion to realize his dream of making good wine in the United States. Although it was not achieved due to phylloxera disease, this move sowed the seeds for the later development of the American wine industry.
9 Andre the Giant: French heavyweight wrestlers drink an astonishing amount of alcohol
André René Rosimov from France is a wrestler who is 2.11 meters tall and weighs 476 pounds, and has drunk 119 cans of beer in 6 hours, an average of 3 minutes. Rosimov is known for his weight, and many times use alcohol to replenish his energy, and once before a game he actually drank 14 bottles of vodka, he was also drunk, and of course he lost the game.
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