Li Bai's Poems: a Pot of Wine Among the Flowers
by Dai Junya
About This Novel
He is a knight who "kills one person in ten steps and leaves no trace in a thousand miles", he is a hermit who "peach blossoms disappear in the running water, and there is no other world than this world". He is a drunkard who "cannot board the ship when the emperor calls him, and claims that he is an immortal in wine". He is a Confucian scholar who "appreciates Yan's talk and seeks the emperor's art". After removing all these masks, he is actually the innocent boy who "sees the bright moon directly and has no intention of guessing"! This biography narrates the life of Li Bai, a romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, with affectionate and handsome writing style. It uses Li Bai's ups and downs experience as its sutra and Li Bai's classic poems as its weft, showing a full image of a poet full of strong youthful spirit and free and uninhibited temperament, but who encountered obstacles everywhere in the world and struggled endlessly in his official career. At the same time, it is interspersed with background knowledge such as the history, culture, and customs of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which is affectionate, interesting, and informative.
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