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Chapter 441: The Immortal Poet Li Bai

Li Bai is one of the most famous romantic poets in the Tang Dynasty and is honored as the Immortal Poet by later generations.

His poems, which are filled with beautiful scenery of rivers and mountains and express heroic feelings, still occupy an important position in the history of Chinese literature.

From his powerful and vigorous works, we can feel the unique personal charm of this poet.

"Li Bai is the ninth-generation grandson of Emperor Xingsheng and a member of the same clan as the Li Tang kings."

"In the first year of Shenlong, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was restored to the throne with the help of Princess Taiping and others, and the country was renamed Tang."

"In November of the same year, Wu Zetian died."

"Li Bai was still young at this time, but he showed literary talent at the age of five."

"In the third year of Kaiyuan, the fifteen-year-old Li Bai began to write poems and fu."

“I consciously sent my works to people of social status to get an opportunity to meet them, and I was recognized and rewarded by some celebrities.”

"When he was young, Li Bai traveled to nearby counties and prefectures to study, including Jiangyou, Jiange, Zizhou and other places."

"Li Bai was influenced by Taoist and chivalrous ideas during his travels."

"When he was eighteen, he went to live in seclusion in Mount Dakuang, Daitian, where he learned swordsmanship and made friends with knights."

"During the ten years he studied at Kuangshan, he learned swordsmanship from Master Kong Ling and the art of diplomacy from Master Zhao Rui, and he had a particularly close relationship with Taoist priests."

"Li Bai later used poetry to recall his life back then, and also expressed his infinite nostalgia."

"In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, the 24-year-old Li Bai decided to leave his hometown."

"He started from Jiangyou, passed through Chengdu, Mount Emei and other places, and stayed briefly in Yuzhou after traveling by boat."

"When he climbed Mount Emei, he wrote two poems, "Climbing Mount Emei" and "Song of the Moon on Mount Emei", expressing his joy at entering Sichuan and his confidence in his bright future."

"Two years later, Li Bai left Sichuan and arrived in Yangzhou in the 14th year of Kaiyuan."

"Afterwards, Li Bai fell ill and headed north, stopping in Ruzhou for a while before deciding to settle in Anlu."

"On his way back to Anlu, Li Bai made friends with Meng Haoran and others in Chenzhou."

"The following year, Li Bai married the granddaughter of Xu Yushi, a former Tang Dynasty minister, and lived in Shoushan, Anlu."

"In order to get more opportunities and recognition, Li Bai wrote to celebrities, including "Dai Shoushan's Reply to Meng Shaofu's Transfer Letter" and "Letter to Anzhou Li Changshi".

"Through these efforts, Li Bai eventually gained wide recognition and respect in the literary world."

"In the early spring of the 16th year of Kaiyuan, I made an appointment with Meng Haoran to travel to Jiangxia."

"After traveling for more than a month, Meng Haoran prepared to go to Guangling and said goodbye to Li Bai at the Yellow Crane Tower. Li Bai wrote the widely-recited poem after watching his friend leave."

"My old friend bids farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower, and goes to Yangzhou in the fireworks of March. The lone sail disappears into the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing across the horizon."

"After that, Li Bai settled in Anlu and lived a relatively peaceful life with this place as the center."

"Although he left Anlu for travel several times during this period, he eventually returned to Anlu."

"In the 18th year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai was framed by someone and he wrote a letter to defend himself, but his letter was rejected."

"So he decided to go to Chang'an, the political center, to visit Prime Minister Zhang Shuo, and met Zhang Shuo's son Zhang Yi."

"He stayed at Princess Yuzhen's villa in Zhongnan Mountain and also met with other princes and ministers, but received no response."

"The following year, Li Bai left Mount Zhongnan. When he was leaving the mountain, he wrote works such as "Gift to the Young Man of Xinping", expressing his desire to pursue his ambitions."

Su Shi: Li Bai only served for two years in his life, but he always had money to spend.

Li Bai had money to spend, which was related to many factors including his background, marriage and love.

Li Bai was born in the Western Regions. His ancestors were convicted of smuggling iron salt during the Sui Dynasty.

Li Bai's father Li Ke later took Li Bai back to Sichuan secretly from the Western Regions and continued to engage in business.

Li Ke was very good at doing business. The Li family's business spread across the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Li family's products were everywhere in Wu, Chu, and Bashu.

Li Bai was well-read in poetry and literature since childhood, and his talent in poetry and prose was revealed very early.

Li Bai's father, who came from a businessman family, admired his talent very much and encouraged his son to use his talent to open up a path to an official career.

But Li Ke was born into a merchant family, and his scholarly family was ranked last.

Therefore, Li Ke encouraged his son to become an official, which was almost equivalent to finding the most difficult path for his son.

The difficulty of this road can be described by Li Bai's poem: The road to Shu is harder than climbing to the sky.

The sons of merchants could not take part in the imperial examinations and could only be recommended.

Recommendation means asking powerful people to recommend you and then embarking on the path of becoming an official.

When he was young, Li Bai, who was talented and had superb swordsmanship, set out with his works.

He visited the governor of Yizhou and the governor of Yuzhou successively, but the results were not satisfactory.

After the recommendation process failed, Li Bai began to travel around and study Taoism.

All expenses during this period were naturally supported by the family's abundant financial resources.

Unfortunately, Li Bai's father died when he was 21 years old.

His brothers took away most of the property left by their father, leaving only a very small portion to Li Bai.

Fortunately, when Li Bai had little money in his pocket, he had already accumulated a certain fame through his poems.

He also got to know many celebrities, including the poet Meng Haoran, who was 12 years older than him.

Li Bai admired Meng Haoran very much, and later he married into the famous Xu family with the help of Meng Haoran.

The reason why Meng Haoran let Li Bai marry into the Xu family was naturally because he knew Li Bai too well.

Li Bai was not a down-to-earth person, he was very romantic.

Such people can only live well in a wealthy family.

If such a person were really asked to worry about the daily necessities of life, he would certainly not be able to write those heroic poems.

The Xu family is a family of prime ministers. Miss Xu’s grandfather, Xu Yushi, was prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

Li Bai chose to marry into the Xu family, more or less because he wanted to open up a career path for himself through the Xu family.

After Miss Xu passed away, Li Bai married into the family again.

The woman he married again was still the granddaughter of former prime minister Zong Chuke, Zong.

Li Bai married into the families of prime ministers several times, which enabled him to make better friends with the powerful and wealthy while also allowing him to live a wealthy life.

Li Bai never worried about money in his several marriages. The wealthy family background of the women provided him with the conditions to travel around the mountains and rivers all day long.

Also providing him with money were a group of his contemporaries who were fanatical fans of Li Bai.

As Li Bai's fame grew, many people wanted to make friends with him.

Many of Li Bai's followers were wealthy and powerful men, among whom Wang Lun was a very wealthy man.

Wang Lun took the trouble to invite Li Bai to play. After Li Bai finished the tour happily, he also wrote a poem "Presented to Wang Lun".

This poem has been passed down through the ages. The line "The water of Taohuatan is a thousand feet deep, yet it is not as deep as the love that Wang Lun gave me" has made Wang Lun's name famous for thousands of years.

A supporter like Wang Lun is just one of Li Bai's many supporters.

In addition to being surrounded and given gold, Li Bai also received rewards from powerful people such as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

When Li Bai was half drunk and half awake, he wrote the poem for Yang Yuhuan: The clouds resemble her clothes, the flowers resemble her face, the spring breeze blows on the threshold, and the dew on her beauty is so beautiful.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very pleased and immediately rewarded Li Bai with one hundred taels of gold and one hundred pieces of brocade.

Even after he was driven out of Chang'an, Li Bai received a reward of 100 taels of silver before leaving thanks to his poems.

Li Bai indeed only served in the Hanlin Academy for two years, but he always had a steady supply of powerful people he could rely on.

This is the main reason why he can travel around all his life without having to worry about having no money to spend.

"He visited Xingzhou in the fall and Fangzhou in the winter."

"In the 32th year of Kaiyuan, -year-old Li Bai returned to Zhongnan Mountain from Fangzhou."

"But he still did not receive the appreciation and praise of celebrities, and he wandered around Chang'an."

"In the same year, Li Bai returned to his hometown of Anlu and began to live in seclusion."

"In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Li Bai lived in seclusion in Songshan Mountain. He built a stone chamber on the Peach Blossom Rock of Baizhao Mountain in Anlu."

"He farmed and cultivated the land and made a living by reading."

"He made friends with Taoist Yuan Danqiu and others, and traveled between Luoyang, Xianghan and Anlu."

"The following year, Li Bai traveled again to Jiangxia, where he met Song Zhiti and toured Nanyang with Cui Zongzhi."

"Overall, Li Bai always adhered to his own unique path to officialdom."

"On the one hand, by living in seclusion and visiting immortals to learn Taoism, I can establish a reputation and prepare for future official advancement."

"On the other hand, after complaining, he did not forget to write to dignitaries and ask for recommendations."

"In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, the 35-year-old Li Bai wrote "A Letter to Han Jingzhou" asking for an introduction."

"In the same year, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang went hunting in the west, and Li Bai presented the "Great Hunting Fu" in the hope of winning Xuanzong's appreciation."

"Li Bai met He Zhizhang and presented him with "The Difficult Road to Shu" and "Song of the Crow's Nest."

"After reading it, He Zhizhang called Li Bai a banished immortal, but Li Bai still failed to advance his career because of it."

"In the following years, Li Bai traveled to Anlu, Songshan, Rencheng, Baling and other places, and wrote many poems expressing his longing for his friends Wang Changling and Meng Haoran."

"In the first year of Tianbao, the 42-year-old Li Bai finally received his imperial edict."

"At that time, through the recommendation of his friend, Taoist Wu Yun, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered Li Bai to come to Beijing to serve as a Hanlin."

"Li Bai's mission is to write poetry and prose for the emperor's entertainment and to serve him."

"Whenever Xuanzong had a banquet or an outing, he would order Li Bai to accompany him, using his quick poetic talent to compose poems to record the events."

"Although it is not a record of merit, the text will be passed down to future generations to show off this grand occasion."

"Li Bai was so favored by Emperor Xuanzong that his colleagues were very envious, but some also developed a jealous heart because of this."

"In the early spring of the second year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong was enjoying himself in the palace. Li Bai was ordered to compose the poem "Official Pleasures" and was given a palace brocade robe."

"In late spring, the peonies at Xingqing Pond were in full bloom. Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan admired them together. Li Bai was ordered to compose Qingping Diao again."

"During his three years in Chang'an, Li Bai wrote many poems."

"But Xuanzong only regarded him as a court writer, with no real job."

"Li Bai was growing tired of the life of a court writer. He felt depressed and began to indulge in drinking to make himself dizzy."

"Later, he and He Zhizhang and others went on a drinking trip to become immortals. When Emperor Xuanzong called him, he refused to attend the court."

"Li Bai was once ordered to draft an imperial edict for the imperial family while drunk. When he was drafting, his words jumped onto the paper, causing Gao Lishi beside him to personally take off his boots for him."

"In the summer of the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai angered Emperor Xuanzong and his close ministers because of his drunkenness."

"He also left the capital because he saw the corruption of the bureaucracy and went to Luoyang, the eastern capital."

"Here, he met Du Fu, who was in a similar situation. The two struck up a friendship and agreed to go on a journey to seek immortality together."

Du Fu: None of Li Bai's four marriages ended well.

When Li Bai was 27 years old, he married into the family of former prime minister Xu Yushi. His wife was the prime minister's granddaughter, Xu.

Xu was talented, beautiful and gentle in character. Li Bai had a perfect marriage life after marrying Xu.

Xu also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Li Bai, a son named Boqin and a daughter named Pingyang.

However, due to the strong concept of family background in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was never liked by his elder brother-in-law in the Xu family.

In desperation, the ambitious Li Bai had to leave home and look for an opportunity to become an official in order to save face.

After marrying Xu, Li Bai traveled around for a full ten years.

During this period, it was Xu who was responsible for taking care of the two children.

Due to poor health and missing her husband, Xu died of overwork at a young age.

A year after Xu's death, Li Bai sold his land at a low price and moved to Dong Lu with his two children.

With the help of his distant cousin, Li Bai bought a house in Yanzhou, Shandong and settled down.

Shortly after buying the property, Li Bai married the widow Liu with the help of relatives and friends.

Liu was a pragmatic woman and she couldn't understand Li Bai's poems at all.

After spending some time with Li Bai, Liu felt that Li Bai was full of shortcomings.

Not only did he have some land but no source of income, and he also spent his days drinking and having fun with a bunch of bad friends.

In Liu's eyes, Li Bai was a man who did not do his job properly, and she began to complain about Li Bai.

Li Bai couldn't stand Liu's complaints, so he had to repeat his old tricks and went out to travel under the pretext of looking for opportunities.

It was during the time when he was married to Liu that Li Bai began to have a very bad feeling towards women.

Liu is a typical realist, while Li Bai is a pure romanticist. It is impossible for these two people to get along with each other.

After Li Bai was summoned back by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, he used the gold and silver rewarded by the emperor to build a restaurant. His actions made the realistic Liu family very dissatisfied.

After Liu's dissatisfaction accumulated to a certain extent, they finally had a big outburst.

Li Bai decided to go all out and divorced Liu.

It's a pity that after Liu divorced Li Bai, she turned around and married someone else without any intention of staying with him.

After Liu left, Li Bai lived with a divorced woman from Shandong.

The Shandong woman was Li Bai's female neighbor after he moved to Shandong. Her husband had been doing business in the area of ​​present-day North Korea for many years, and his life or death had been unknown for many years.

Later, after her husband became rich, he divorced his wife Wuming.

In this way, she could live with Li Bai after his divorce with a legitimate reason.

After marriage, the woman not only took care of Li Bai, but also took good care of Li Bai and Xu's son and daughter.

It was also because of her care that Li Bai did not die from elixir poisoning after his divorce.

Unfortunately, the woman did not live long. After living with Li Bai for only five years, she died of illness.

After the woman died, Li Bai, who was nearly fifty years old, welcomed the last marriage of his life.

This marriage also left behind a legendary story of buying a wall with a huge amount of gold.

The heroine of Li Bai's fourth marriage was the granddaughter of the former prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, just like his original wife, Xu. She was the granddaughter of Zong Chuke, the prime minister during the reign of Wu Zetian.

Zong Yu was both talented and handsome, and had deep insights into poetry and prose.

Li Bai's acquaintance with her began with poetry.

Li Bai visited the ancient site of Liangyuan and was inspired to write a poem "Liangyuan Yin" on a wall after drinking.

When Zong Yu passed by, he saw a monk trying to paint the white wall black and erase the poem.

She immediately stopped the monk and spent a huge sum of money to buy the wall.

After Zong married Li Bai, she always took good care of Li Bai.

Not only did she support her husband in traveling, but she also shared her husband's interest in Taoism.

When he was with Zong, Li Bai's poems often contained words expressing affection, describing a harmonious relationship between husband and wife.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Li Bai and his wife Zong took refuge in Mount Lushan, but Li Bai still had not given up his ambition to become an official and serve his country.

After Prince Yong Li Lin rebelled, he actually obeyed Prince Yong's call and became his aide.

Later, Li Bai was implicated in the Li Lin case and imprisoned, and Zong ran around to save her husband.

He even used his family connections to arrange things, but in the end Li Bai was still exiled to Yelang.

Fortunately, while Li Bai was in exile, the imperial court announced an amnesty due to a severe drought in Guanzhong.

It is stipulated that the deceased shall be exiled, and those sentenced below exile shall be completely pardoned.

Unfortunately, after being pardoned, Li Bai never saw his beloved wife Zong again.

Therefore, his last marriage was also marked by tragedy.

"In the autumn of the same year, the two of them went to Liangsong as agreed to express their feelings and emotions together, using the past to comment on the present, and they also met the poet Gao Shi."

"In the same year, Li Bai parted ways with his good friend Du Fu again and went to Ziji Palace in Qizhou, where he officially became a Taoist priest."

"Li Bai then went to Anling County, Dezhou, where he met Gai Huan, who was good at making talismans and made his own truly effective talismans."

"Through this journey to seek immortality, Li Bai gained recognition and confirmation of the immortal path he was pursuing."

"In the 14th year of Tianbao, Li Bai and his wife Zong fled south to seek refuge, and initially stayed in Dangtu."

"Later, when he heard that Luoyang had fallen, he returned to Xuancheng and sought refuge in Kezhong."

"When he later arrived in Liyang, he met Zhang Xu."

"On the day of the summer solstice, he heard that Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi had won a great victory in Hebei, so he returned to Nanjing."

"In the autumn of the same year, Xuanzong fled to Sichuan for refuge."

"In the first year of Zhide, Li Bai was fifty-six years old and lived in seclusion in Mount Lu."

"In the first month, An Lushan proclaimed himself the Emperor of Great Yan in Luoyang."

"In May, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming and recovered more than ten counties in Hebei."

"In June, An Lushan led his troops to break through Tongguan and captured Geshu Han alive."

"In July, Emperor Suzong ascended the throne in Lingwu."

"In September, Li Lin, the governor of Shannan East Road, Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Jiangnan West Road, and the Grand Commander of Jiangling, Prince Yong, arrived in Jiangling to prepare for the uprising."

"In December, Emperor Suzong led his army eastward and when he passed through Mount Lu, he invited him to join his shogunate."

"In the second year of Zhide, Li Bai wrote a poem called "Song of Prince Yong's Eastern Tour" in Prince Yong's military camp."

"Later, Prince Yong led his troops on an eastern tour without authorization, which led to failure and he was eventually conquered."

"Li Bai was imprisoned in Xunyang Prison until he was rescued by Song Ruosi and Cui Huan and was finally freed."

"After becoming Song Ruosi's staff member, he wrote some documents for Song Ruosi and followed him to Wuchang."

"Later, Li Bai was convicted for participating in Prince Yong's eastern tour and was exiled to Yelang."

"In April of the first year of the Qianyuan reign, Shi Siming launched a rebellion."

"In May, Emperor Suzong abolished Zhang Hao's position as prime minister and transferred him to be the chief secretary of the Grand Commander of Jingzhou."

"Later, Shi Siming captured Weizhou, and Li Bai left Xunyang and began his long exile in Yelang."

"In the second year of the Qianyuan reign, Li Bai regained his freedom. He immediately sailed down the Yangtze River and wrote "Early Departure from Baidi City."

"When he arrived in Jiangxia, Li Bai stayed there for a while because his old friend Wei Liangzai was serving as the governor there."

"In the third year of Qianyuan, Li Bai accepted the invitation of his friend and once again went boating with the exiled Jia Zhi to admire the moon on Dongting Lake. He expressed his nostalgic feelings and wrote poems to express his feelings."

"For almost two years, he traveled back and forth between the two places, still relying on others for his livelihood."

"In the second year of Shangyuan, Li Bai, who was already in his early sixties, returned to Jinling due to illness."

"In Jinling, his life was very difficult, so he had no choice but to seek refuge with his cousin Li Yangbing, who was the county magistrate in Dangtu."

"In the first year of Baoying, Li Bai died at the age of 62 in the residence of Li Yangbing, the magistrate of Dangtu County, Anhui Province."

Xin Qiji: There is nothing poetic about Li Bai's death, and the real cause of his death will be unacceptable to many people.

Li Bai and Gao Shi are all poets, but they are completely different in nature. The biggest manifestation of this difference is in their attitude towards entering officialdom.

Gao Shi wanted to become an official, and his goal was to find a way to serve his country by doing so.

Therefore, as long as it involves being an official, he is willing to be any position.

Li Bai wanted to enter the officialdom, and his goal was to become a prime minister to assist the monarch.

Therefore, except for high-ranking officials such as the prime minister, other officials were not interested.

The first time Gao Shi served as an official, he was recommended to be a minor official in Fengqiu, which was actually not an official position at all.

Gao Shi’s abilities are definitely not enough to hold just such a small position.

But after Gao Shi was awarded the title, he said nothing and continued to work very diligently at his post.

From this point of view, Gao Shi is very pragmatic.

Only pragmatic people can rise to high positions step by step.

This is also the reason why Gao Shi eventually became the highest-ranking poet in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Bai and Gao Shi are opposite people. If anyone gives him a small official position, he will feel that it is an insult to him.

The first time he served as an official, he was recommended by He Zhizhang and became a Hanlin scholar.

But what Li Bai was thinking about was the prime minister after all, he was different from Gao Shi.

He never thought of climbing to a high position step by step; he wanted to achieve it all at once.

So, when he later found out that his task was merely to write poems and songs praising the emperor and his concubine, he immediately thought of leaving.

Later, Li Bai wrote a poem to express his desire to leave, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang actually gave him a reward and let him go.

Usually, those who keep saying they want to resign don’t really want to resign, but just want better treatment.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang certainly understood this point, but although Li Bai was extremely outstanding in poetry and prose, he knew almost nothing about politics. How could Emperor Xuanzong of Tang really entrust him with such an important task?

Li Bai's political immaturity can be seen from the fact that he later defected to Yongwang Li Lin.

When Gao Shi sent someone to ask Li Bai, who was already in prison, why he wanted to join Prince Yong, Li Bai opened his mouth and asked why he couldn't join Prince Yong?
Until this point, he didn't even know that Prince Yong was plotting a rebellion.

After learning the truth, he regretted it but was still helpless.

He just wanted to find a way to enter the officialdom and realize his ambitions.

However, those who truly understand Li Bai will definitely know.

The Li Bai who does not understand that Prince Yong is plotting a rebellion is the real Li Bai.

Because the real Li Bai in history was very naive politically.

When Li Bai took refuge with Prince Yong and wrote poems in praise of him, Emperor Suzong of Tang had already ascended the throne.

If Prince Yong establishes a new dynasty again, he will be regarded as a rebel against the country and will be suppressed.

Li Bai's wife, Zong, understood this basic political logic at a glance, but Li Bai did not see through it at all.

He believed that Prince Yong's surname was Li, and helping Prince Yong was helping the Tang Dynasty to revive its government.

Li Bai himself had no political talent, so he could not see at all that Prince Yong had no leadership skills.

All he was thinking about was assisting the king, and his feet were not even on the ground.

After Prince Yong was killed, Li Bai was pardoned, but it was impossible for him to travel back and forth to Jiangling, a thousand miles away, in one day.

In reality, Li Bai had to travel by boat and it took him a whole year to finally reach Jiangling.

When Li Bai arrived in Jiangling, he was already sixty years old.

Political frustration and physical exhaustion made Li Bai extremely haggard.

At this time, Li Bai was holding his breath. He was unwilling to accept the fact that he had not achieved anything politically in his life.

Perhaps inspired by Gao Shi, he also wanted to follow the same path as Gao Shi, joining the army to serve his country and entering officialdom.

Unfortunately, when Li Bai, whose hair had already turned gray, arrived at the conscription site, the officer in charge of conscription refused to accept him.

Only then did Li Bai realize that he would never have the chance to become an official again in this lifetime.

When people are in despair, they will inevitably feel depressed, and depression is the most likely to cause physical illness.

Shortly after being rejected for conscription, Li Bai's already poor health became even worse.

Suffering from poverty and illness, Li Bai had no choice but to seek refuge with his great-uncle Li Yangbing, who was the county magistrate in Dangtu, Anhui at the time.

Li Yangbing was a scholar. Although he was Li Bai's uncle in terms of seniority, he was actually much younger than Li Bai.

After Li Bai came to him, he always took good care of Li Bai.

Because he was extremely depressed, Li Bai was well taken care of by Li Yangbing.

But his illness not only did not improve, but became more serious.

In the last moments of his life, Li Bai finally got down to business.

He gave all his poems to Li Yangbing and asked him to publish a collection of poems for him.

After Li Bai's death, he was buried on Qingshan Mountain in Dangtu.

The lines of this mountain are his favorite, and this mountain is also the place where he re-understands life.

Being buried here is a good choice.

Li Bai's poems are so beautiful, but the ending is too tragic.

Because people could not accept Li Bai's ending, they fabricated an ending for his death, saying that he died while trying to catch the moon.

In this version of the ending, Li Bai died because he jumped into the water to try to catch the moon while drunk.

In the eyes of the world, only such an ending is worthy of Li Bai and his poems.

Li Bai's death was not at all ethereal and romantic; his death could even be a black spot in his life.

A seemingly unrestrained and uninhibited intellectual died of depression due to his political frustration.

But it was precisely this ending that brought Li Bai from heaven to earth, making him amiable, lovable and worth learning.

Li Bai died, and his dream of Chang'an finally came to an end.

All dreams in this world will eventually end. (End of this chapter)

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