Summary of contents
This is the first novel to describe the life and mental journey of the poet Li Bai in the first person.
The work starts from Li Bai's boyhood until he was pardoned by "Changliu Yelang" and died of illness, recreating the romantic and tragic legendary life of this great poet.
The novel uses Li Bai's unique poetry as a golden thread to string together a series of vivid and touching stories such as "Giving food on the Qibao bed", "Gao Lishi taking off his boots", "Yang Guifei grinding ink", "Drunk grass scares barbarians", "Drinking and sleeping in the busy city". Through extremely wonderful descriptions, it highlights the romantic poet's concern for the sufferings of the people and his political ambition to control the situation and benefit the people. The characters are complete, rich and vivid.