Li Bai: There should not be only one standard of success in life.

In the eyes of the world, Li Bai should not be a layman.

He is both civil and military, talented, passionate and romantic.

This great Tang Dynasty poet always makes us ordinary people feel ashamed.

People like us who keep their mouths shut all day have only envy for him.

But did you ever know that Li Bai had lofty political ideals in his life?

He was not born a prodigal son,

At the beginning, I was also prepared to enter the official career as deep as the sea, but later I was forgotten in the rivers and lakes.

But later he resolutely chose to stay away from the imperial court and return to Shan Ye.

What made him choose another life path,

What did he go through to make such a life choice?

Shao Yinian Qu Zhi

In the first year of Chang 'an (AD 70 1 year),

Li Bai was born in Qinglian Township, Mianzhou in the Tang Dynasty, that is, "Qinglian lay".

His father, Li Ke, is a famous local businessman.

In November of the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian died.

Li Bai is five years old and has just started to learn.

Due to lax discipline,

As a child, Li Bai reads whatever books he grabs.

As he grew older, he became more and more fond of reading those strange books.

Because of miscellaneous books, he took great interest in those strange things.

He has always claimed that he must find immortals and learn how to live forever.

His family doesn't care much about his childlike innocence.

Besides, Li Bai was obsessed with fencing when he was a teenager.

I often fantasize about a happy life with a glass of wine and a sword.

It is common to practice sword until you forget to eat and sleep.

His swordsmanship is all self-taught at this time.

Later, when Li Bai was eighteen, that is, in the sixth year of Kaiyuan (AD 7 18),

Li Bai studied vertical and horizontal techniques from Rui.

Zhao Kun is famous for his erudition and strategy.

Li Bai's Confucian demeanor and chivalrous personality are deeply influenced by teachers.

At this time, Li Bai still yearns for the life of a wild man.

The difference is that he began to aim high,

He hoped to use strategy and tactics to serve the court and benefit the people.

Besides, Zhao Kun is good at fencing.

Li Bai received orthodox fencing study under his door.

His swordsmanship has advanced by leaps and bounds and is quite mature.

At that time, Li Bai had shown his arrogant and uninhibited personality.

His poems are magnificent and brilliant.

Local celebrities often come to visit,

From time to time, some people say that "Zhao Yan is skilled in math and Li Bai writes articles".

Outsiders call them "two outstanding figures in Sichuan".

Step 2 wander the rivers and lakes

In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai was twenty-four years old.

He has grown into a handsome boy.

The world is so big that Li Bai also wants to see it.

So he left his hometown and embarked on a long journey.

He first visited Sima Xiangru Qintai in Chengdu,

Then I left the Three Gorges, went to Jiangling, swam to Dongting and went to Guangling.

He has been to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou and Taizhou.

This year is the 14th year of Kaiyuan (726).

Li Bai is 26 years old.

He spent two years traveling around Jiangnan and other places.

Not only for eating, drinking and having fun, but also for local customs.

Not only visit the ruins, but also remember the ancients.

Go to these places to feel the spiritual legacy left by those sages,

Inspiration and materials for writing poetry poured in,

Everywhere he goes, he leaves his works behind.

These poems are not only travel notes, but also life insights.

These two years have never been in vain for him.

Li Bai's education at home basically belongs to stocking.

Because according to common sense, at the age of 25, you should get married and start a family.

But as handsome as Li Bai, he resolutely chose to be a "leftover man".

Then he went home, went home,

His father Li Ke became a famous local businessman within two years.

Our Li Bai became an out-and-out rich second generation.

His father wants him to be like his eldest son and youngest son.

Concentrate on running the family business.

Li Bai doesn't want to. He said he would go to scientific research.

His father told him that some of his ancestors were convicted at the end of Sui Dynasty.

Their families remain anonymous.

Identity and household registration are not allowed to take the exam.

The road to scientific research is absolutely impassable.

Li Bai was only depressed for a while, and once again insisted that the recommended exam was unsuccessful.

With my talent, it is certainly not a problem to get an official position in the court.

Li Ke had no choice but to give him 300,000 gold in the family property.

The fortune has been divided, so let it be.

Third, spend all your money.

Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again. -"will enter the wine"

Since I'm looking for someone to recommend me,

Then you have to go to the most eye-catching place,

Let's try our luck in Yangzhou.

Later, Li Bai went north by boat and arrived in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou was the most prosperous city at that time, and of course it was also the place that burned the most money.

Haoju, song and dance, beauty, BMW,

This is a paradise for the rich,

People who have no money are hell.

In less than a year, Li Bai scattered 300 thousand gold and became ill.

Do you think Li Bai is a black sheep of luxury, freedom and debauchery?

That really wronged him.

Li Daxia's $300,000 was not spent in the caves where gold was sold.

"There are down and out childe, whatever you want. This is white light wealth and good charity. "

All his money is spent on charity, public interest and justice.

Living in Yangzhou is not easy.

Those immature young scholars came to Yangzhou all the way,

Some are preparing for the exam, some are waiting for the opportunity,

The prosperity and extravagance of Yangzhou made them dazzled.

Only then did I find that my little money was not enough to live in Yangzhou for a month.

I had to be poor and gritted my teeth until the salted fish turned over.

There are countless such scholars,

Our Li Daxia soon used up his 300,000 gold coins.

He was seriously ill that autumn, and his life was difficult to maintain.

Those scholars appreciated his help and came to see him one after another.

He is bold by nature, and even when he is ill, he keeps laughing.

Li Bai advised them to prepare for the exam well and not to waste time.

He relied on the help of his friends to live that miserable life.

As soon as Li Bai recovered from his illness, he got busy again.

He heard that Meng Haoran, a great poet whom he admired for a long time, lived in seclusion in Xiangyang.

I went to visit without saying anything.

Meng Haoran is 37 years old and has been famous for a long time.

But I attach great importance to this young man who comes to visit.

The two met and hit it off at first sight.

Meng Haoran admires this young man very much.

Like a big brother, I am also worried about this little brother's career and marriage.

At present, it doesn't help my career, but I should still be able to contribute to the marriage problem.

So, the next year, under his matchmaking, Li Bai was adopted by his son-in-law and former prime minister Xu.

Xu Shi, the daughter of the Prime Minister, appreciates Li Bai's talent.

Two people get along well, such as Qi Mei.

Brother Meng feels that he has accomplished a beautiful thing, and he is also very pleased.

Fourth, the road to job hunting

In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai was twenty-seven years old.

This year, the imperial court issued imperial edicts:

"Those who are both civil and military can recommend themselves to the DPRK."

It is impossible for Li Bai not to be moved by this imperial edict.

He visited the governor of this state many times, hoping to get a recommendation.

However, talented people are always easily envied.

Some people accuse Li Bai of a long history and inferior virtue.

After all, he is young and energetic, and Li Bai can't stand this slander at this time.

I immediately wrote to clarify myself, but to no avail.

In the end, I failed to get the recommendation.

This year, Wang Changling, who was only 29 years old, was already a scholar.

As a teenager, Numa Xianyi once saw all the Chang 'an flowers.

His future is bright.

Li Bai is still slowly looking for the door to his career in the dark.

In the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan, Bo Li was thirty years old.

The ancients stood at the age of 30, and although they were open-minded,

But occasionally I get anxious. Maybe it never rains but it pours.

His wife died of illness this year,

Li Bai was heartbroken.

I'm alone again. I still have to do something.

Then try again.

So this year he set off for Chang 'an,

Visited the Prime Minister and his son.

From then on, I want to make friends with Princess Yu Zhen of Otome, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

I hope to get their recommendation,

But none of them succeeded.

This year, Du Fu was nineteen years old.

At this time, I am playing in Shanxi.

He won't know that he will meet that person in the future,

Together, they were called "Du Li" by later generations.

This failure dealt a great blow to Li Bai.

He was depressed in Chang 'an for several months.

Down and out, he met a group of street people in Chang 'an.

Doing nothing every day, drinking all day for fun.

Soon after, Li Bai returned to Anlu to live in seclusion, making a living by farming and reading.

In the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai could not stay in Anlu.

So he went out again and set off to the west.

At this time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty came out to hunt, and Li Bai learned the news.

I hurriedly presented "Da Hunting Fu", hoping to win the appreciation of Xuanzong.

However, there was a problem in the middle, which led to Xuanzong's failure to read the big hunting fu.

Li Bai still hasn't given up. He decided to go to Chang 'an again.

He wasted several years in Chang 'an.

After that, I met Zhang Weiwei Qing.

Finally, I sent a poem to Princess Yu Zhen through Zhang Qing.

The last two poems, "When will the Queen Mother meet in the green room?" ,

Poetry is to congratulate Princess Yu Zhen on her enlightenment.

Princess Yu Zhen appreciated his literary talent very much and promised to recommend Li Bai.

From then on, he approached the upper class of the ruling class step by step.

In the 29th year of Kaiyuan, that is, 74 1 year,

When Li Bai first went to the Purple Pole Palace, he visited He there.

At this time, He was over 70 years old and had a high position in North Korea.

Li Bai dedicated the poem in the sleeve to He.

After reading this book, He Zhangzhi marveled at the young man's poetry and style.

Even praised Li Bai for "not ordinary people, but white stars?"

Although Li Bai himself is proud and confident,

But he was glad to hear He Zhangzhi praise himself so much.

Although it has long been famous, it has been frustrated repeatedly in recent years.

His words restored our confidence in Li Daxia.

He promised to dedicate this poem to Tang Xuanzong,

He would recommend Li Bai directly to the emperor.

Wu finally became an official.

The first year of Tianbao (AD 742)

Thanks to the mutual greetings from Princess Yu Zhen and His Royal Highness Zhang Zhi,

Xuanzong also read Li Bai's poems and poems and appreciated them very much.

He called Li Bai into the palace.

Li Bai was very excited and uneasy.

He never doubted his talent,

He is just worried that he will screw up this opportunity for other reasons.

He's been silent long enough,

He urgently needs an opportunity and stage to show his talents.

On the day when Li Bai entered the palace to appear before the court, Xuanzong came down from the temple to meet him.

"Take the food to the front with a Qibao bed and spoon it yourself."

At first, Li Bai was flattered by such treatment.

It was later discovered that Xuanzong really appreciated his literary talent.

He'll take it away.

In the field of poetry and fencing, he doesn't believe that anyone is better than himself.

When Xuanzong asked about some affairs,

Li Bai used his half-life study and long-term observation of society to answer questions.

Xuanzong was greatly appreciated and immediately made Li Bai worship the Hanlin.

The duty is to write poems for the emperor and entertain him.

It is the work content of modern secretaries and documents.

Li Bai was originally unwilling, and he hoped to participate in state affairs.

Writing poems to the emperor all day seems to him to be overqualified.

He is extremely eager to participate in government affairs, express his opinions and become a generation of famous ministers.

But Xuanzong liked his poems so much and valued him so much.

He doesn't know how to talk. Let's talk about it later.

From then on, Xuanzong ordered Li Bai to accompany him as long as there was a banquet for an outing.

Taking advantage of his agile poetic talent, he writes poems and notes.

So Li Bai often accompanied Xuanzong.

Being so prized by Xuanzong, colleagues are envious.

However, some people are jealous of it.

Lu fell out of favour and resigned.

In the second year of Tianbao (743), Li Bai was 43.

This year Li Bai was transferred to the Hanlin Academy.

But his job has not changed.

Still writing poetry, the content is still those affairs.

Li Bai is bored. He doesn't want to be a royal scholar all his life.

He was depressed, and then he began to drink and paralyze himself.

What kind of people does he often play with and drink with?

Xuanzong told him not to go to court.

On one occasion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and his concubines watched four rare peony plants transplanted to Chenxiang Temple by moonlight.

Li Bai was called by Tang Xuanzong when he was drunk.

Li Bai's ancient poems are extraordinary and Xuanzong appreciates them.

However, Xuanzong never knew how Li Bai's poems were written.

Li Bai understands that Xuanzong also intends to compare with him.

So he sued the emperor,

Let uncle Yang grind ink for him with wine.

Ordered eunuch Gao Lishi to take off his boots,

This is an excuse to think and write a good poem like spring.

In fact, how is this possible?

Just to vent,

He has long been disgusted with what these two factions have done in the imperial court and among the people.

Later, the two factions spread rumors and slanders in front of Xuanzong.

Xuanzong's tolerance for his indulgent style has reached its limit.

So I began to alienate him.

It's just, in that case, there's nothing to miss here.

I spent years trying to get into my career,

I didn't expect this to be an official for less than two years.

He began to doubt whether his original idea was wrong.

He began to wonder what the meaning of life was.

He is determined to think about these problems on the road.

Qi Daxian asked.

In the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai arrived in Luoyang this summer.

Here, he met Du Fu.

The two most talented poets in the Tang Dynasty met here and now.

This is a historic moment.

When they met, Li Bai was 44 and Du Fu was 33.

At this time, Li Bai's talent has long been famous all over the world.

Although Du Fu was in his prime, he was trapped in Luoyang because of his official duties.

Du Fu is "a noble man, but also an alcoholic" and "an old friend".

He didn't blindly worship and praise Li Bai.

Two people chat, push a cup for a change.

Not aware of the passage of time.

They all think that no one knows himself better than the man standing in front of them.

Confirmed my eyes, I met a kindred spirit.

The last two are reluctant to part,

Before breaking up, they made an appointment to go to the Taoist temple together next time.

Li Bai hopes to gain wisdom from Taoism,

Know the ultimate meaning of life.

This autumn, they met as promised.

They also met Gao Shi, a poet who was not famous at this time.

These three men are determined to seek eternal life together,

Looking for immortals, collecting fairy grass and refining elixir have become the main tasks of the three people during this period of time.

Although all three men have suffered setbacks in their official careers,

But the three of them had a good time, commenting on literary criticism and poetry.

There is nothing in the poem to complain about a person's bad career.

On the contrary, every time we talk about the general trend of the world, we are worried about the hidden dangers of the country.

This situation has been going on for half a year.

Du Fu and Gao Shi both bid farewell to Li Bai for secular reasons.

The three of them had to be separated, and Li Bai was no longer obsessed with finding immortal Buddhism.

He went to the Amethyst Palace in Jeju (now Jinan, Shandong).

Ask Taoist Gao to teach Taoism,

He officially performed the Taoist ceremony and became a Taoist priest.

This time, Li Bai got the perfect result he wanted.

He fulfilled an oath that no one believed when he was a child.

This year, Li Bai lived in Nanling Li's uncle's house.

A man brought him a letter that read:

"Gao Lei swimming? There are miles of peach blossoms here.

How about your drink, sir? There are ten thousand hotels here. "

Li Bai has been a good wine all his life. I heard that there are such beautiful scenery.

Glad to be invited,

However, Li Bai did not see the magnificent scenery mentioned in the letter, and he was very confused.

Wang Lun was very enthusiastic about him,

Move out the wine brewed in the peach blossom pool and drink it with Li Bai.

And told Li Bai with a smile:

"Peach blossom, ten miles away pool name also, no peach blossom.

Wanjia, the owner of the hotel is surnamed Wan, not Wanjia Hotel. "

Li Bai laughed, but he didn't expect to be cheated.

Instead, I was moved by Wang Lun's kindness.

When Li Bai said goodbye, Wang Lun bid farewell to Li Bai on the Gu 'an Pavilion.

Clap your hands and step on your feet, and sing the folk song "Step on the Song" to send you away.

Li Bai is very grateful to Wang Lun for his kindness.

Write a poem to remember this friendship between gentlemen,

It is the Gift for Wang Lun, which we are all familiar with today.

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Ba, another kind of success

Since then, Li Bai has never stepped into the official career.

He no longer regards being an official as the first goal in life.

Xuanzong is virtuous, but it is always wrong to trust eunuchs.

Li Bai began to wander the rivers and lakes again,

He has traveled almost all over China,

Wherever he goes, he will visit the local literati first.

So he has friends in every city,

Many places of interest have also left his footprints.

It's a long road, with wine as company,

He regards poetry and fencing as his lifelong pursuit.

A pen, a pot of wine, a sword,

Since then, I have been wandering around the rivers and lakes, no longer worrying.

Aren't you addicted to Jianghu?

He no longer demands himself by secular standards,

Career success is not what he wants, nor is wealth what he wants.

He just wants the meaning of high life.

Although he has been down and out ever since,

He doesn't want to flatter the court any more.

Until the second year of Shang Dynasty (76 1),

Li Bai, who was in his early sixties, returned to Jinling due to illness.

At this point, his life is quite embarrassing.

I had to go to Li, the uncle of the county magistrate.

In the third year of Shangyuan (762), Li Bai was seriously ill.

Give the manuscript to Li before he dies,

Fu died of "The Last Song".

Jiu Ming bian Xin Xin

From being an official at a young age to choosing another life,

Li Bai always knows exactly what he wants.

With his pride and talent, he is doomed not to yield to secular standards.

For him, he wants to be an official just because he wants to be an official.

Not because an official can be successful and famous;

Finally, because he found that being an official could not realize his own value, he lived in seclusion.

His choice has always been about his heart.

Has nothing to do with anything else.

This is the elegant demeanour of fallen immortals.

A laity like me,

If you want to live a transparent and chic life,

We should think more,

After all, some people just live,

Only a few people are alive.

I wish you, who are reading this article, an early understanding of your initial intentions.

Transparent at an early date.

If you like it, give me a compliment.