Who knows the story of an ancient poet in China?

The diligent stories of ancient literati

Liu Qi is burying himself in reading. Liu Qi, a native of Pengcheng, Liang Dynasty, was "lonely and poor, but it was difficult to make lamps and candles, so he often bought them and burned them" and studied hard.

Su Ting blows fire and reads books. "Many fathers often mix with their servants and are eager to learn. Every time I want to study, there are always no lights and candles. I tasted in the stable and read by the fire. Too bitter. "

Chang Lin belt plough and hoe. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Chang Lin said, "I am eager to learn, and I have a plow and hoe. His wife often pays for it herself. Although Lin is in the field, he respects each other like a guest. "

Shimi hung the book in the corner. Shi Mi of Sui Dynasty was sent to the court of Yang Di as a bodyguard when she was a teenager. He is naturally flexible. When he was on duty, he looked around and was discovered by Emperor Yang Di. He thought the boy was dishonest, so he was excused from his job. Shi Biao is not depressed. After returning home, he studied hard and determined to be a learned man. Once, Shimi rode an ox to meet his friends. On the way, he hung Hanshu on the loudspeaker and took the time to study. This incident was passed down as a much-told story.

Dong Zhongshu didn't peek into the garden for three years. Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to research and worked tirelessly. Although there is a garden behind the study, he concentrated on reading and studying, and did not go into the garden to enjoy it for three years. Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to research and became a famous thinker in the Western Han Dynasty.

Youning sat down. Guan Ning and Hua Xin were old friends in the Han Dynasty. One day, two people were reading at the same table, and some dignitaries passed by by by car. Guan Ning was undisturbed, studying as usual, and Hua Xin went out to see it, envious. Guan Ning saw that Hua Xin and his friends were not really like-minded, so he cut the table and sat down. Guan Ning finally made a career!

Kuang Heng stole the light. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a particularly learned man named Kuang Heng. When Kuang Heng was a child, his family was poor. In order to study, he chiseled through the wall of his neighbor's illiterate home and stole a candle to read, which finally touched his neighbor's illiteracy. With everyone's help, Kuang Heng Jr. learned something. During the Han and Yuan Dynasties, he served as a doctor, and was recommended by Shi Gao, a general of Fu and Che Qi, and moved to be a doctor.

Che Yin capsule fireflies read at night. Che Yin was born in Nanping (now Hubei Public Security Bureau) in Jin Dynasty. He comes from a poor family, but he studies very hard. "The poor don't often produce oil, but Xia Yue practices holding dozens of fireflies to shoot books, day and night." The story of Zhao reading has been circulated in history as a beautiful conversation, inspiring later scholars.

Chen Ping endured humiliation and studied hard. Chen Ping was famous in the Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, his family was poor and he lived alone with his brother. In order to maintain his father's orders, he was brilliant, childless and studied behind closed doors, but he could not get his sister-in-law's permission. In order to eliminate the contradiction between brother and sister, he endured humiliation again and again. With the intensification of his sister-in-law, he finally ran away from home and wanted to travel around the world. After being rescued by his brother, he no longer cared about the past. Finally, an old man came here to teach for free. After he finished his studies, he assisted Liu Bang and achieved great success.

Lu Yu abandoned Buddhism and joined the literature. Lu Yu, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, was an orphan since he was a child and was raised by a Zen master. Although Lu Yu is in a temple, he doesn't want to read Buddhist scriptures all day, but he likes reading poetry books. Lu Yu insisted on going down the mountain to study, which was opposed by the Zen master. In order to give Lu Yu a difficult problem, the Zen master better educated him and made him learn to make tea. In the process of learning tea art, Lu Yu met a kind old woman. She not only learned complicated tea-making skills, but also learned a lot about reading and being a man. When Lu Yu finally brought the Zen master a steaming cup of Kuding tea, the Zen master finally agreed to his request and went down the mountain to study. Later, Lu Yu wrote the widely circulated Tea Classic, which promoted the tea culture of the motherland!

Juvenile Bao Zheng learns to solve crimes. Bao Qingtian and Bao Zheng, smart and studious since childhood, especially like to solve crimes by reasoning. His father was in close contact with the magistrate, and Bao Zheng learned a lot about solving crimes since childhood. Especially in the case of burning a temple to kill a monk, Bao Zheng peeled silk according to the clues on the spot, screened out the suspects, and pretended to be the king of Yan, trying to clarify the truth and help the magistrate catch the murderer and kill the people. He worked hard to learn the knowledge of law and punishment, which laid a deep knowledge foundation for solving crimes and vindicating the people like a god when he grew up.

Wan Sitong studied hard behind closed doors. Wan Sitong, a famous scholar and historian in the early Qing Dynasty, participated in the compilation of Twenty-four History, an important historical book of China. But Wan Sitong was also a naughty boy when he was young. Wan Sitong was criticized by the guests because he was naughty and lost face in front of them. In a rage, Wan Sitong overturned the guest's desk and was put into the library by his father. Wan Sitong went from being angry and disgusted with reading to thinking behind closed doors. Inspired by the Book of Tea, he began to study hard. In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Wan Sitong has read many books in the library. His father forgave his son, and Wan Sitong understood his father's kindness. After long-term efforts, Wan Sitong finally became a well-known scholar who was familiar with history books, and participated in the compilation of Ming History in Twenty-four History.

Tang Bohu devoted himself to painting. Tang Bohu was a famous painter and writer in Ming Dynasty. When he was young, he showed superhuman talent in painting. As a disciple of the great painter Shen Zhou, Tang Bohu naturally studied harder, quickly mastered the painting skills, and was highly praised by Shen Zhou. Unexpectedly, due to Shen Zhou's praise, Tang Bohu, who has always been modest, gradually became complacent. Shen Zhou see in the eye, in mind. During a meal, Shen Zhou asked Tang Bohu to open the window. Tang Bohu found that his window was actually a painting by Teacher Shen Zhou. Tang Bohu felt very ashamed and devoted himself to painting.

Qu Yuan studied hard in the cave. When Qu Yuan was a child, he hid in a cave and secretly read the Book of Songs, regardless of the opposition of his elders. For three years, he familiarized himself with 305 Poems of the Book of Songs, and gained rich nutrition from these folk songs, eventually becoming a great poet.

Fan Zhongyan broke horseshoe crabs and rowed porridge. Fan Zhongyan grew up in a poor family. In order to study, he scrimped and saved. Finally, his thirst for knowledge moved the temple elders, who sent him to Du Nan College to study. Fan Zhongyan still insists on simple living habits and does not accept gifts from rich children to sharpen his will. After studying hard, he finally became a great writer.

Sima guang's police pillow is inspirational. Sima Guang is a child who loves to play and sleep, so he has been punished by his husband and laughed at by his peers. Under his inculcation, he is determined to get rid of the bad habit of sleeping. In order to get up early, he drank a full stomach of water before going to bed, but he didn't wake up in the morning, but peed in bed. So smart Sima Guang made a police pillow out of logs. As soon as I turn over in the morning, my head slides on the bed board.

Xuanzang studied Buddhism hard. Xuanzang was a monk in the Tang Dynasty. In order to obtain the original Buddhist scriptures, Xuanzang left Chang 'an in August of the third year of Zhenguan, trudged to Wan Li and finally arrived in India. It lasted 17 years, and he wrote The Tale of the Western Regions of Datang, which made great contributions to Buddhism, human progress and world civilization.

Yue Fei studied art. Yue Fei, a national hero, was born in troubled times and grew up in a poor family. With the support of his neighbors, he learned martial arts from Zhou Tong, a famous Shaanxi teacher. During this period, he witnessed the broken mountains and rivers, displaced people, sprouted the ambition of learning to serve the country and overcame complacency. Under the careful instruction of the famous teacher Zhou Tong, he eventually became a Yue family thief, and led Wang Gui, Tang Xian and other partners to join the patriotic torrent of resisting gold and saving the country.

Li Guizhen learned to draw tigers. Li Guizhen, a famous tiger painter in the Five Dynasties, liked painting since he was a child, especially tigers. However, because he has never seen a real tiger, he always paints it as a sick cat. So he decided to go deep into the forest to see the real tiger. With the help of Uncle Orion, he finally saw the real tiger. Through a lot of sketching and copying, his tiger painting skills have advanced by leaps and bounds, and the tigers in his works are vivid and confusing. Since then, he has traveled many famous mountains and rivers for most of his life, met many birds and animals, and finally became a generation of painting masters.

Shen Kuo went up the mountain to see peach blossoms. "In April, the flowers in the world are exhausted, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are open." When reading this poem, Shen Kuo's eyebrows condensed into a knot. "Why are the flowers here defeated and the peach blossoms on the mountain open?" In order to solve this mystery, Shen Kuo and some friends made a field trip in the mountains. On the mountain in April, it was warm and cold at first sight, and the cool wind came, making people tremble with cold, and Shen Kuo was in full bloom. It turns out that the temperature on the mountain is much lower than that under the mountain, so the flower season comes later than that under the mountain. With this spirit of searching and empirical method, Shen Kuo wrote Meng Qian's Pen Talk when he grew up.

Xu Xiake has a heart for the world. One day, a strange thing happened by the river. Many people are salvaging the fallen stone lion, but they can't find it. At this time, a child named Xu Xiake said that as long as you go up the river, you can find the stone lion. Sure enough, the stone lion was found, and everyone praised the child for his cleverness. It turned out that he was Xu Xiake who became a great geographer and traveler when he grew up.

Li Sheng became an archer. Li Sheng's father is a great general, and Li Sheng hopes to be like his father when he grows up. However, my father always said that he was too young to practice martial arts. Not content with this, Li Sheng secretly learned archery and eventually became an archer, which impressed his father.

Lu You studies very hard. Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was diligent, sensitive and studious since childhood. In his family, there are books on the desk, books in the cupboard and books on the bed. This is called a book nest. He is diligent in writing, leaving more than 9000 poems in his life and becoming an outstanding great writer in the history of our country.

Liu Xie borrowed a Buddhist temple. Late at night, the voice of reading suddenly came from the Buddhist temple. The young monk was frightened and thought there was a ghost inside, so he immediately reported it to the old monk. So the old monk led the young monk to catch ghosts. Unexpectedly, the "ghost" turned out to be a poor boy named Liu Xie, who was reading with a Buddha lamp. After studying hard, Liu Xie finally became a great writer.

Yan Ruoqu stammered. Yan Ruoqu, a famous textual research scholar, was a stuttering child when he was a child. He is often laughed at and bullied by everyone. Encouraged by her mother and teachers, Yan Ruoqu studied hard and made several efforts to catch up with her normal classmates. Since then, Yan Ruoqu has become a famous scholar with this spirit of being eager to learn and willing to endure hardships.

Read thousands of books. Gu, a thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, had a very unfortunate childhood, and smallpox almost killed him. Although weak and sick, under the guidance and encouragement of his mother, Gu studied hard and wrote Zi with extraordinary perseverance, and eventually became a generation of great scholars.

Ouyang xiu borrowed scriptures. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was gifted since childhood. But because the family is poor, there is no money to buy paper and pens at home. In order to let her son learn to write and practice calligraphy, Zheng, Ouyang Xiu's mother, came up with a clever way to teach Xiao Ouyang Xiu to write with a brush instead of a brush. Ouyang Xiu worked hard, learned a good hand and became a well-known child prodigy. This kind of hard work also influenced his little friend Li, and he took Li on the road to study.

Pu Songling asked Cao Tingdao. Pu Songling, a writer in Qing Dynasty, built a thatched pavilion on the roadside to record the stories told by passers-by. After decades of hard collection and his own creation, he finally completed the epoch-making brilliant masterpiece Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in the history of China ancient literature.

Jia Kui stole it from the school fence. Jia Kui, whose real name is Jing Bo, was born in 30 AD, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a famous scholar and astronomer. He is the ninth grandson of Jia Yi, a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty. Father Jia Hui is also a great scholar. Influenced by his family, Jia Kui was brilliant from an early age. In order to be able to study, Jia Kui eavesdropped on the teacher's story through the bamboo fence when he was a child.

Monk tried to change his research. Mencius was a famous thinker and politician in the Warring States Period. However, Mencius was not a born scholar. When he was young, he was very playful and didn't like reading. Later, in order to educate him, Meng Mu moved three times and cut cloth to enlighten him. Finally, Mencius understood that if he wants to be a talented person, he must work hard.

Song Lian braved the heavy snow to visit the teacher. Song Lian, a famous essayist and scholar in Ming Dynasty, was fond of learning since childhood. He was not only knowledgeable, but also wrote excellent articles, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the "head of the founding civil servants". Song Lian loves reading very much, and those who don't understand always get to the bottom of it. This time, in order to find out a problem, Song Lian walked dozens of miles in the snow to consult Ji Meng, a teacher who had stopped accepting students, but the teacher was not at home. Undaunted, Song Lian visited the teacher again a few days later, but the teacher didn't see him. Because of the cold weather, Song Lian and her companions were freezing, and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten. Song Lian was rescued when he fell into a snow pit during his third solo visit. When Song Lian almost fainted in front of the teacher's house, the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's questions. Later, in order to gain more knowledge, Song Lian visited many teachers and became a famous essayist.

Studying in Tao Hongjing vegetable garden. In ancient times, people had many misunderstandings about nature. People believe that the snail's victory is an absurd legend. It turns the moth into their own son, and they also call their son "the moth". Tao Hongjing expressed doubts about this. He found a nest of grubs in the vegetable field near the village, and squatted in the vegetable field and observed it with rapt attention all day. Tao Hongjing found that they had a man and a woman. After many days of careful observation, Tao Hongjing finally exposed the secret of grubs: grubs have their own offspring, and grubs are taken to the nest to feed their larvae. There is no such thing as a grub seme! From then on, Tao Hongjing felt that it was best to observe everything in person and never listen to other people's opinions.

Li Bai's anecdote

Li Bai, the word Taibai, was born in Mianzhou, Tang Dynasty. His poems have a wide range of themes, rich contents, strong emotions, rich imagination and fresh and fluent language. His style is vigorous, and he can be called the greatest romantic poet in China after Qu Yuan.

Li Bai Li fu Hua

It is said that Li Bai robbed a Book of Songs when he was one year old. His father was very happy and thought that his son might become a famous poet when he grew up. He wanted to give Li Bai a good name so as not to make future generations laugh at his lack of learning. Because he is very careful in naming his son, the more careful he is, the more he can't think of it. I didn't think of a suitable name until my son was seven years old. That spring, Li Bai's father said to his wife and children, "I want to write a quatrain of spring, with only two sentences." You mother and son add a sentence to me, and you will make do. " One is Spring Breeze Warns Hundred Flowers, and the other is Spring Warns bloom. "My mother thought for a long time and said," The apricot tree is on fire and the red cloud has fallen. 」

When Li Bai and other mothers saw it, they didn't think about it. They pointed to the plum trees in full bloom in the courtyard and blurted out: "Plums are in full bloom, and a tree is white." Hearing this, the father clapped his hands and applauded. Sure enough, his son was a poet. The more he reads, the more he likes it. As he was reading, it suddenly occurred to him that the first word of the poem was not his surname. This last white word is really well used, saying that a plum blossom is as holy as snow. So he named his son Li Bai.

Fairy from heaven

When Li Bai first arrived in Chang 'an, he met his secretary's boss. Li Bai took out an article "Difficult Road to Shu" and presented it. He Zhangzhi nodded while watching. He has sighed several times. Finally, he pointed his thumb at Li Bai and said, "Sir, you are really a fairy in the sky!" " Take off the scarab immediately, ask the store to prepare wine, pour a glass with Li Bai, and get drunk. The "Ode to the Tang Dynasty" by the King of the Five Dynasties is more specific: "Non-human people are not too white Venus." ? He is a veteran of the literary world, and Shu Dao Nan was so admired by him that soon, this poem, together with the name of "fallen immortal", spread all over the world.

Li Chuo in Tang Dynasty recorded in The History of the Past that there was a poet named Lu Chang in Zhenyuan period. On one occasion, in order to repay Wei Gao, an envoy who is diligent and thrifty, he presented Shu to the Prime Minister. The first sentence reads: "Shu, the ground is easy to walk." Wei Gao was overjoyed and gave Luo 800 horses. But in fact, this sentence means "it's easy to keep your feet on the ground", which is far from Taibai's original saying "it's hard to climb the sky on the road of Wan Li"! What's more, in fact, Shu Dao is not easy to walk. Because it is simple, Shu's whole poem has not been handed down, but this sentence has only been handed down by new records.

Flowers bloom in dreams-begin to show their literary talents

According to Tianbao's last words, when Li Bai was young, he dreamed that there were flowers on the tip of his pen, and later he was brilliant and famous all over the world. It is also recorded that Li Bai is addicted to alcohol, but there is nothing wrong with the article written by Shen Han; Talking with people is mostly due to what Li Bai said, so people call it drunken saint. In addition to the famous legend of Gao Lishi taking off his boots and Yang Momo, Tianbao's suicide note also records that Li Bai once gave an imperial edict to Ming Chengzu in the convenience hall. When it was cold in October, Ming Chengzu ordered dozens of concubines to stand by and everyone wrote with his own pen. Li Bai took another pen to write, which showed that he was very popular with the emperor.

Fishing at sea

It is said that Li Bai visited the then prime minister during the Kaiyuan period and signed the name of Li Bai, a fisherman at sea. The Prime Minister asked him: [Sir, when you were at the seaside, what was the hook line for fishing giant aojiang? Li Bai replied: [Take advantage of the wind and rain to escape his feelings, and Gan Kun pursues his ambition, taking the rainbow as the silk and the bright moon as the hook. The Prime Minister asked again: [What is the bait? Li Bai replied: [Take the unfaithful husband in the world as bait. ] Sure enough, the momentum is extraordinary.

Li Bai and Du Fu

Li Bai and Du Fu have different poetic styles and temperament, but they are close friends. There are fourteen poems that Du Fu gave to Li Bai, which shows their deep friendship. Li Bai's talent is high, and his poems are like the Yangtze River. Du Fu, however, belongs to the Kuyin school, so he should always think twice before deciding. So it is said that Li Bai once wrote a poem mocking Du Fu's hard work. This poem is as follows:

Chenxiang Temple's drunken Fu Qing Ping Diao

In the early days of Tianbao, Li Bai, who lived in Nanling, suddenly received the imperial throne. It turns out that even today's emperor knows his poem name because of the recommendation of the princess and He! Li Bai was overjoyed and felt that it was time for him to make great achievements. He shouted, "Walk out of the sky with a smile. Are we Artemisia people?" , hastily settled a pair of children, packed up and went to Beijing.

Xuanzong summoned him in the golden palace. Li Bai's "on current affairs, the grass answers the mystery book, the argument is endless, and the pen keeps on." Xuanzong was greatly impressed, and ordered someone to take food for him on the Qibao bed and scoop it for him himself. He said to him, "Qing is a cloth, and I know its name, but it is immoral. How did she get this! His pet suffered a thickness that is rare in the world. Since then, Li Bai has been waiting for letters in the Hanlin Academy, decorating the court with his wonderful pen and flowers, occasionally speaking for the grass king, but more often he is entertaining with poems in the palace.

Li Bai grew tired of the life of this literary attendant, so he often indulged in drinking places. Later, He, Ruyang Wang, Li, Cui Zongzhi, Zhang Xu and Jiao Sui were simply taken as the "Eight Immortals" trip, and they often looked askance at eunuchs when they were drunk and lying down in restaurants in the city. Du Fu once wrote "Eight Immortals of Drinking", describing eight people's different drunken states. His description of Li Bai is:

On this day, Li Bai was drunk in the market again and suddenly felt a cold water. When he opened his eyes, Li Guinian, a court musician, was standing in front of him with a golden flower stationery. It turned out that it was the time when the peony was in full bloom. Before Xingqing Dong Chi Chenxiang Temple, the red, purple, light red and Bai Mudan transplanted by Xuanzong also opened for the second time. Xuanzong and Yang Fei went to enjoy the flowers. As usual, Li Guinian led the disciples of the Liyuan to sing and entertain them. But Xuanzong said, "Why not use old music words for concubines to enjoy famous flowers?" So he ordered Li Guinian to summon Li Bai with gold paper and invited him into the three chapters of Qingpingdiao. Li Bai readily accepted the letters, although he was still a little drunk, but he still started writing:

All three poems praise Peony and Yang Fei, but I didn't expect to offend Yang Guifei because of these three poems. It is said that Xuanzong tried several times to give Li Bai an official position, and once promised to be a calligrapher in China for him, but they all gave up because of Yang Guifei's obstruction.

It turned out that Li Bai used "poor swallows leaning on new makeup" to set off and praise Yang Guifei's beauty, while Gao Lishi, who was ashamed to take off his boots for Li Bai under the command, deliberately distorted in front of Yang Guifei and said, "Pointing at concubines with swallows is so despicable!" Because Zhao is a woman who was born in humble origins, was extravagant and dissipated after rising to power, and finally committed suicide. Although she was the queen of Emperor Han Cheng, she did have a bad reputation. Therefore, when Yang Guifei learned that Li Bai compared herself to such a woman, she was very angry and blocked Li Bai's opportunity to be an official in many ways. However, for this story, later generations are more skeptical.

In the third year of Tianbao (744), Li Bai was released and ended his career as a literary attendant. But the three chapters of Qing Ping Diao and the legendary stories surrounding these three poems have been passed down to this day.

Hit the yellow crane tower

The Yellow Crane Tower was sung by literati in past dynasties, the most famous of which was the poem Yellow Crane Tower written by Cui Hao in Tang Dynasty. Because of this poem, the poet Li Bai also had to sigh "I can't see the scenery in front of me". Therefore, in the Complete Works of Li Taibai, we can't find the poem "Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower". Li Bai wrote the poem Crushing the Yellow Crane Tower, which caused a storm.

On July 59, the second year of Su Zonggan Yuan, Li Bai was pardoned on the way to Yelang. When he arrived in Jiangxia, he met his old friend Wei Bing, who was then the county magistrate of Nanling County. They had a glass of wine and recalled the past. The poet was full of worries, so he improvised a famous political poem "Jiangxia gives Wei Nanling Ice". The poem "I hit the Yellow Crane Tower for you, and you hit Nautilus Island for me" is incredible. Li Bai was regarded as crazy for this, and some even wrote poems to laugh at him. To this end, Li Bai also wrote a poem "Answer Ding to Hit the Yellow Crane Tower with Poems after Drunkenness": In this poem, Li Bai used a humorous style to "accompany Ding": You blame me for disturbing your "Yixing" and writing poems to ask for sin, but the Yellow Crane Tower has been smashed by me, and the fairy of the Yellow Crane has nowhere to live. Fortunately, the Yellow Crane can appeal to the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor released the Yellow Crane and the Yellow Crane Tower was rebuilt. As for me, I won't go with you until the wine wakes up.

Although some people don't believe that this poem was written by Li Bai, the story of Li Bai's "smashing the Yellow Crane Tower" has spread like wildfire. A monk in the Song Dynasty once joked about this: "One punch crushed the Yellow Crane Tower and one foot overturned Nautilus Island. There is a scene in front of you, on which Cui Xian wrote a poem. Another monk felt that this poem was not enough to write a white mantra, so he changed the last two sentences to: "When you have passion, you will lose your passion, and where you don't have it, you will have a romantic mood." "In Jie Jin's poem" Hanging Taibai "in the Ming Dynasty, there is also the sentence" I once smashed the Yellow Crane Tower and I once dumped Nautilus Island ",which shows the great influence of this poem. But these people only regard this as a romantic story of Li Bai, but seldom think of the anger in the poet's chest. What a misfortune for Li Bai!

Climb the Phoenix Terrace from Nanjing.

Although Li Bai stopped writing because he was convinced of Cui Hao's works and didn't write a poem about climbing the Yellow Crane Tower, he always felt something was missing. Looking at Nautilus Island in the middle of the river, he thought: Why don't I learn from Cui Hao and write a poem in this style? Thus, seven laws named Nautilus Island were born:

But such a poem is obviously not as good as the Yellow Crane Tower. Until Jinling boarded the Phoenix Terrace, facing the surging waters of the Yangtze River, inspired by the rise and fall of the Six Dynasties and the decline of the national fortune, he wrote "Climbing the Phoenix Terrace in Nanjing" with a meteorological rhythm comparable to that of the Yellow Crane Tower:

This poem and the Yellow Crane Tower are both representative works of the Seven Laws in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. However, since Cui Zuoqian and Li Bai intend to write later, later generations have talked about it, and Cui Hao and the Yellow Crane Tower are becoming more and more famous.

In fact, the style of the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao is to imitate Shen Quanqi's Longchi articles. Moreover, Cui Haoxian also imitated and made a song "Wild Goose Gate of Hu People". However, Longchi Pian and Yanmen Renhu Pavilion are not well known to the world, but the Yellow Crane Tower has been promoted by later generations as the Seven Laws of the Tang Dynasty, which has something to do with the legend of Li Bai that "there is no scenery in front of him, and poems are inscribed on it".

Li Bai is a good bird feeder.

According to historical records, Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, was also a master of bird training.

When Li Bai was about 20 years old, he once lived in seclusion in Qingcheng Mountain near Chengdu, Sichuan. In addition to studying and practicing sword in the mountains, he also carefully domesticated a large group of birds. In his later article "History of Shang 'an Peichang", he said: "There are ten thousand kinds of rare birds, all of which are eaten in the palm of your hand. It can be seen that the number of birds he keeps is amazing, and he can make birds listen to his orders and eat them in his palm. It can be seen that his skill in domesticating birds is quite superb. The local secretariat was very moved when it learned about this. He visited Li Bai in the mountains and recommended him to Chao Xuan in the name of "being pregnant with Taoism". However, Li Bai didn't want to be the royal "mage" of Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and disdained to use it as a stepping stone. Finally, he didn't call.

Li Baixi raised birds all his life. Even when he was politically frustrated and wandering around, he enjoyed it. Hu, a hermit in Huangshan Mountain, has a pair of pheasants, which were hatched by domestic chickens and raised since childhood. They are very docile. Li Bai once raised this bird when he was in Qingcheng Mountain, but it was wild and could not be domesticated. Therefore, he can't hide his love for Gong Hu silver pheasant, which shows that a gentleman wants to win the favor of others. Gong Hu readily agreed to give a pair of silver pheasants, but asked the immortal to write a poem himself. Li Bai was ecstatic and immediately wrote a poem, prefaced by Wang Yan, "Give Huangshan a silver pheasant", and revealed his enthusiasm in the preface: "This bird is very difficult to domesticate. Life is cool and good, but it cannot be realized. Gong Hu dropped out of school and gave it to me. He just asked for a poem. I'm glad to hear it. Suitable for the past, because the pen calls three times and no words are added to it. " In the poem, he compares the silver pheasant with the white wall, and expresses the joy of getting rare birds with the beauty of white brocade.

Li Bai's keen interest in domesticating birds reflects his positive outlook on life, which loves life and advocates nature.

Two anecdotes about Li Bai

At the end of Tianbao in Tang Dynasty, Li Bai wandered to Nanling and Xuancheng, where he was warmly received by Wang Lun, a hermit. Li Bai also left his poems and wrote two five-character classical poems "Crossing the Wangs" (see Volume 23 of Complete Works). The poem vividly describes the elegant and beautiful natural scenery of the host's villa and the songs and dances when the host and guest are drunk and hot.

Wang Lun stayed for a few days. When he left, he gave him a big gift and sang a song to see him off. Li Bai wrote a poem to Wang Lun: Li Bai was about to leave by boat when he suddenly heard a song on the shore. Even if the Peach Blossom Pond is deep, it is not as deep as Wang Lun's sending away my love. This lyrical and well-known "To Wang Lun" was widely read by later generations. Just four sentences fully expressed the deep affection between the poet and Wang Lun, and became a farewell song for friends.

But did you know that Li Bai was tricked into going to Taohuatan by Wang Lun?

What kind of person is Wang Lun? According to the Records of Jingxian County compiled during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, Wang Lun was a hermit living in seclusion beside the Peach Blossom Lake, and an intellectual who did not strive for progress.

Wang Lun learned that Li Baidong had gone to Xuancheng and wrote a book to "cheat" him to visit. This anecdote is not only known to the local people, but also recorded in Yuan Mei's Suiyuan Poetry (Volume 6, Addendum 11):

Wang Lun, a famous scholar in Jingchuan in Tang Dynasty, heard that Li Bai was coming and wrote a book to welcome him. A paradox says, "sir, is it easy to swim?" There are miles of peach blossoms here. How about your drink, sir? There are thousands of hotels here. " When Li Xinran arrived, he told Yun, "Peach blossoms are also called pools. There are no peach blossoms. Wanjia, the owner's surname is Ye Wan, there is no Wanjia Hotel. " Li Daxiao. Stay a few days, give eight famous horses and ten official brocade, and give them yourself. Leon wrote a poem entitled Peach Blossom Pond Poetry.

The poem Taohuatan refers to the poem To Wang Lun.

However, in Li Bai's uninhibited personality, there is sometimes a little jealousy.

In the second year of Tang Dynasty (AD 759), Yelang was exiled and Li Bai was pardoned. During his stay in Jiangxia (now Wuchang, Wuhan), he climbed the Yellow Crane Tower on the Snake Mountain. Facing the surging river, he is full of poetry and wants to write poems on it. He suddenly saw Cui Hao's poem The Yellow Crane Tower:

The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years.

Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass. But I looked at my hometown, and the twilight was getting thicker, and the mist of sadness was filled on the river waves.

Li Bai, who wanted to write a poem, was afraid to write it, so he sighed, "There is a scene in front of him, and Cui Hao wrote a poem on it." Leave without doing anything. However, Taibai was convinced and dissatisfied with Cui Hao's poems, and went to Nanjing to write "Climbing the Phoenix Tower in Nanjing" in order to compete with the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao:

There used to be a phoenix on the phoenix platform, and the phoenix went to Taiwan, only Jiangdong returned. Martial arts flowers were laid on deserted paths, and the number of relatives and friends in the Jin Dynasty has become a famine.

The mountains are shrouded in clouds, such as blue sky, and the river is divided into two. There is always a traitor in power, like covering the sky, and Chang' an is depressed when he can't see it.

The former site of Phoenix Terrace is now Fengtai Mountain in Nanjing. This incident was recorded in the previous episode of Tiaoxi Fishing: "Li Taibai is famous, and he also said that' there is no scenery in front of him, and Cui Haoshi is on it'. If you want to win or lose, write the poem "Jinling Dengfengtai". The remarkable Chronicle of Tang Poetry also says in Volume 21: "Taibai has been handed down from generation to generation:' There is no road in front of the scenery, and Cui Hao wrote poems on it', so he wrote the poem" Phoenix Terrace "to compare the outcome. "

However, after Li Bai and Cui Hao competed with each other, Cui Hao's poems became more and more famous and admired. Yan Yu, a poet in Song Dynasty, said in Cang Hua that Cui Hao's Yellow Crane Tower should be the first of the seven laws in Tang Dynasty.

Later generations talked about it. Fang Hui in Song and Yuan Dynasties is similar to Cui Shi in Ying Lu Kui Sui by Liu Yun. "It is not easy to measure momentum." But Ji Yun, a Qing Dynasty native, disagreed with Fang Hui's statement and said frankly: "The spirit is far less than Cui Shi's, and the clouds are not easy to change, which is also wrong." Wu Changqi's Interpretation of Tang Poetry Comment on Li Bai's On Nanjing's Landing on the Phoenix Terrace: "The first sentence is not right, why is it better than the Yellow Crane ..."

It seems that Li Bai doesn't have to compete with Cui Hao. As the saying goes, feet are short, inches are long, and people are good. Why does he strive for the first place everywhere?