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Young poet and writer Li Rangmei's new masterpiece! Between the two ends of life and poetry, we can truly see Wang Wei. "Red beans grow in the south, and when spring comes, they will sprout a few branches." "Walking to a waterless place, sitting and watching the clouds rise." Wang Wei is a great poet who we have read and recited since childhood, but if we think about it carefully, we still can't seem to say what is good about his poems. And Wang Wei himself seems to be solidified in the image of a young man from an aristocratic family, a beautiful young man, good at playing the pipa, "paintings in poems, poems in paintings", poetry and Buddha... Behind the labels, what is the real Wang Wei like? Li Rangmei, a young writer and poet, uses his rich and solid education, insight and keen perception to unfold the exquisite world of "Wang Wei" in fifteen essays, step by step analyzing Wang Wei's life, times, relatives, Buddhism, music, painting, poetry, etc., Breaking away from the existing labels, truly understanding Wang Wei as a person and his poems, and understanding Wang Wei's helplessness, struggle, and his ultimate freedom in facing difficulties.

This book is one of the Zhi·Qu series. The author selects ten literati, Zhu Yizun, Chen Weisong, Nalan Rongruo, Wang Tan, Jin Liying, Huang Zhongze, Gong Zizhen, Tan Sitong, Wu Baochu, and Xu Chengyao, as a longitudinal section of the literary world in the Qing Dynasty, and combines poetry with their lives to evaluate them. The writing style is fresh and elegant, with a strong sense of picture. It is a very meaningful academic and literary attempt.