Li Bai's poems

Author: Tang Li Bai
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: ▼Complete Content ▼Sandalwood Aroma ▼Compact and Portable ▼Original Illustrations ▼Easy to Carry—There are several stories about Li Bai: When Prime Minister He Zhizhang first met Li Bai, he read his "The Hard Road to Shu" and was greatly amazed, calling Li Bai a "banished immortal," meaning a divine being who had been sent down from heaven to the mortal world. —Du Fu met Li Bai on his journey to Chang'an and was deeply moved by him, so much so that he changed his original plan and decided to follow Li Bai on his travels. After parting ways with Li Bai again, Du Fu never forgot him throughout his life, writing many poems in his memory, praising him as "Poetry is invincible when written by Bai, his thoughts are extraordinary and unbound," and "When his brush falls, it startles the wind and rain; when his poems are completed, they move ghosts and gods." A single person's poetry can be as fierce as the storm between heaven and earth, capable of moving both gods and ghosts, showing the power and charm of Li Bai's poetry. —Wei Wan, a mountain man from Wangwu, deeply admired Li Bai and thus traveled from Songshan to Wudi, following him for a thousand miles...