Li Bai, the "ancient travel blogger", has never worked in his life and spends all his time traveling. Where does the money he spend come from?

In his life, Li Bai never worried about spending money. He traveled around and often used money to support others.

Li Bai was originally from Sichuan and was born in Suiye, Central Asia. Li Bai's father, Li Ke, was a Hu merchant from the Western Regions. He made a lot of money relying on the developed border trade of the Tang Dynasty and became a famous local tycoon. Li Bai grew up in such a family. He lived a carefree life since childhood and had the best food and clothing, so he had no idea about money.

When he was four years old, Li Bai's family moved to his hometown in Sichuan and settled in Chengdu. Chengdu was a famous metropolis in China as early as the Tang Dynasty, with a large population and a strong cultural atmosphere. Influenced by such an environment, the extremely intelligent Li Bai was proficient in playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting before he was ten years old.

Li Bai has a family of three brothers, and he ranks second. His father Li Ke originally wanted Li Bai to pursue an official career, or to inherit his legacy and start a business like his two elder brothers and younger brothers, but Li Bai was not interested in any of these, and instead expressed a strong interest in the mountains and rivers. For this reason, he took the rich family property assigned to him by his father, cherished the dream of a knight-errant, traveled with a sword, and started a life journey that lasted for decades.

In the Tang Dynasty, a talented handsome guy like Li Bai naturally had many beauties throwing his arms around him, and all of them were from well-off families. When Li Bai was 26 years old, he was introduced by someone in Anlu, Hubei, and married the granddaughter of Xu Yushi, the prime minister of the former dynasty. Like many intrusive sons-in-law, he lived in the Xu family for ten years. Li Bai originally hoped that this would be a political marriage, but his retired father-in-law left the officialdom and his connections were not as good as before, so he did not help much in his career.

Fortunately, Xu gave birth to a son and a daughter to Li Bai, and her life was happy. Unfortunately, his wife died of illness at the age of 38, and Li Bai left the Xu family.

Li Bai’s second wife was Liu from Anhui. In his second marriage, Li Bai was still bohemian and had nothing to do every day. He only knew how to drink and make gifts at home, and ignored the chores at home. Liu, who originally admired Li Bai's talent, was disappointed when he saw Li Bai's behavior and immediately broke up with him. Li Bai didn't show any nostalgia and just left with a huge sum of money.

Later, Li Bai traveled to Yanzhou, Shandong, and met a handsome woman. The two fell in love at first sight, and Li Bai's long-term loneliness ignited sparks again. For this reason, he also bought a house and property locally and prepared to live a down-to-earth life. Unfortunately, his third wife also passed away just five years later.

When Li Bai was 50 years old, he met his last wife Zong Shi in Jinling, who was also the granddaughter of the former prime minister Zong Chuke. At that time, Li Bai had a drink with his friends in Liangyuan. After drinking, he became inspired by poetry and wrote a poem on the wall. Zong, who happened to be visiting later, saw him and immediately fell in love with him. The two hit it off after talking and quickly got married. Li Bai once again married into a wealthy family.

Li Bai came to Chang'an when he was 42 years old. At this time, he was already well-known. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty specially summoned him to the palace and appointed him as a member of the Imperial Academy, which started his short working career.

Li Bai's daily work was to draft some documents, and his main time was to accompany Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei to see flowers, enjoy the scenery, and have fun. In the Tang Dynasty where there were a lot of talents, although Li Bai was talented, he was not willing to be flattered. He only served as a royal literati who wrote pens. In addition, he was jealous and slandered and could not be reused.

In his decades of traveling life, Li Bai made friends with Meng Haoran, Du Fu, He Zhizhang and many other friends. These people came from all over the world, and most of them were high-ranking officials. It was normal for Li Bai to be generous and generous. In the Tang Dynasty, when poetry culture was at its peak, Li Bai relied on his reputation as the "Immortal of Poetry", and some people did not hesitate to pay a high fee to invite Li Bai to leave his calligraphy treasures for him.

Li Bai was the greatest poet in the Tang Dynasty, but his bohemian character and simple emotional intelligence led to his repeated frustrations in officialdom and his downfall in his later years. Unwilling to be mediocre, Li Bai unknowingly participated in Yongwang Li Lin's rebellion. After the failure, he was arrested and imprisoned in Xunyang. Since then, his wife and children have been separated. After he was released from prison, his usual friends have drawn a clear line with him and avoided him.

Li Bai, who lost his source of income, had little savings in the past, and was accustomed to living a lavish life. He soon became impoverished and lived a homeless life. He soon died of depression and illness.

Li Bai’s story tells us that no matter how much money we have or how prosperous we are, we still need to plan our expenses to prepare for emergencies. What do you think?