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[The swordsmanship master who was delayed by his literary talent - Li Bai Li Bai Tang Dynasty]

Would Li Bai still be able to write poetry if he didn't drink? But whether he would borrow the tree or not, the controversy about Li Bai began when he was born. He loved drinking, was good at swordsmanship, and liked to go outing. He almost traveled to all the famous mountains and rivers in the Tang Dynasty. He was born with a genius but was unsuccessful in his life.

Although he was a famous son-in-law, he dared to ask the eunuch Gao Lishi to take off his boots when he applied for the throne. So what kind of person was Li Bai in history? In this video, let us walk into the life of the poet Li Bai in chronological order.

Li Bai loved borrowing books when he was young. Later generations all know that Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's swordsmanship, and Zhang Xu's cursive script are collectively known as the three wonders of the Tang Dynasty, but few know that Li Bai's swordsmanship is second only to Pei Min.

The year Wu Zetian died, Li Bai was 5 years old and began to study hard. At the age of 15, he had already written many poems for his teacher. He valued teachers over money and was extremely talented in his teacher.

At the age of 18, Li Bai lived in seclusion in Dakuang Mountain in Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province, to study. After the holidays, he traveled to Jiangyou, Jiange, Zizhou and other places, gaining a lot of experience and knowledge.

At the age of 24, Li Bai left his hometown and embarked on a journey of travel. He traveled to Jiannan in the north, Ducheng and Mount Emei in the south, and then went east to Qingzhong before returning to Mianyang. A year later, he left Sichuan and traveled far away, went east through the Three Gorges, and came to Yichang, Beihu. After that, he climbed Mount Lu from Jiujiang and wrote the poem "Looking at the Waterfall at Mount Lu". He never returned to Sichuan again.

The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven, but what is more difficult than the road to Shu is the fickleness of fate. When Li Bai was 26 years old, he came to Yangzhou for a trip. He fell ill in Yangzhou and looked at the moon in the middle of the night, missing his hometown, and wrote the poem "Quiet Night Thoughts".

Afterwards, Li Bai sailed from Yangzhou along the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, crossed the Qiantang River, arrived in Xingshao, and then went up the Cao'e River to the top of Huafeng Mountain in Tiantai Mountain, where he wrote the poem "Tiantai Xiaowang". Afterwards, Li Bai went to Anlu County in Beihu, where he met Li Yong and Meng Haoran on the way.

A year later, Li Bai married Xu, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Xu Yushi, and settled in Anlu. This was the most prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. After the efforts of the previous emperors, in the early period of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, the social economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the population grew significantly, which was known as the Kaiyuan Prosperity.

When Li Bai was 30 years old, he learned that Meng Haoran was going to Yangzhou. When he went to see him off, he wrote the famous poem "Farewell to Meng Haoran at the Yellow Crane Tower". As a witness of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai also arrived in Nanyang and came to Chang'an in the same year. In the middle of the night, Prime Minister Zhang Shuo hoped to get his recommendation to enter the official career, and he also met with other princes and ministers, but to no avail.

So why didn't Li Bai take the imperial examination? Although there is no record in history books, we can try to find the reason. In the early and middle Tang Dynasty, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination was small, and their status was relatively low.

In addition, Li Bai's family background is rather vague, with different records in historical books, and even no genealogy, which did not meet the requirements for participating in the imperial examination at that time. Therefore, Li Bai chose to enter the officialdom through the recommendation of a high-ranking official.

When Li Bai was in Chang'an, he lived in the villa of Princess Yuzhen, the younger sister of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. In her early years, she practiced Taoism and often summoned scholars and Taoists to feast and have fun, and Li Bai was one of them.

He wrote a poem for the princess, praising her for her immortality. It is rumored that Li Bai and Princess Yuzhen had a love affair, but judging from the outcome, it seems that they did not have a deep friendship at that time.

Li Bai, feeling disheartened, traveled to Binzhou in late autumn and returned to Chang'an after traveling in winter. Li Bai stayed in Chang'an for about a year, but left Chang'an due to the hardship of life.

During this period, his good friend Wang Changling went to Sichuan, and Li Bai wrote a poem "The Difficult Road to Shu" as a gift to Wang Changling. After returning to Anlu, Li Bai made a living by farming and reading every day, and also traveled in his spare time and made some good friends.

At the age of 34, Li Bai went north to Luoyang and met Cui Zongzhi, who became his good friend. He wrote the poem "Jiangjinjiu" while drinking with his friends in Songshan. It was also in this year that Li Bai presented his work "Mingtang Fu" to Emperor Xuanzong, praising the grandeur of Mingtang and celebrating the magnificent atmosphere of the Kaiyuan heyday, hoping to seek an official position with it.

Due to his family reasons, Li Bai could not take the Changju and Zhiju examinations to enter the official career and could only take the path of offering poems. This is why Li Bai offered poems to seek official career.

A year later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang went out hunting, and Li Bai happened to be traveling west. He presented "Da Lie Fu" in the hope of winning Emperor Xuanzong's appreciation. In the same year, Li Bai believed in the Taoism of Princess Yuzhen in Chang'an, who helped him to become an immortal, thus gradually approaching the upper echelons of the ruling class.

Three years later, Li Bai wrote "The Hard Road to Travel" and left Chang'an. When he was 40, his first wife, Mrs. Xu, passed away. Li Bai moved to Lu and lived in seclusion in Culai Mountain with his good friends Han Zhun, Pei Zheng and others, drinking and singing, and was known as the Six Elegants of Zhuxi.

Not long after, Li Bai's fate changed again. With the recommendation of Princess Yuzhen and He Zhizhang, Emperor Xuanzong read Li Bai's poems and was very impressed by him. He summoned the 42-year-old Li Bai to Chang'an.

On the day when Li Bai entered the palace to pay homage, Emperor Xuanzong got off the sedan chair to greet him. Li Bai, relying on his half-life of learning and long-term observation of society, answered Emperor Xuanzong's questions fluently, which was greatly appreciated by Emperor Xuanzong. He immediately ordered Li Bai to serve in the Hanlin Academy, responsible for writing poems and essays to entertain the emperor and to accompany the emperor.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty did not invite Li Bai to a banquet or an outing, and he would always order Li Bai to accompany him. Li Bai thought that he could achieve great things this time, but Emperor Xuanzong did not really like his talent when he summoned him to the capital, but just wanted to use Li Bai's poems to show off his prosperity.

At the age of 43, Li Bai was ordered to write poems such as "Palace Pleasures" and "Qingping Diao". Over time, Li Bai also felt bored with the life of a court writer, and spent all day drinking and having fun, and formed the Eight Immortals of Wine with He Zhizhang and others.

Li Bai wrote hundreds of poems after drinking a bowl of wine, and slept in a tavern in Chang'an. He would not board the boat even if the emperor called him, and he claimed that he was a wine immortal. This famous poem by Du Fu is a vivid portrayal of Li Bai's time in Chang'an. However, Li Bai had not met Du Fu at that time, and the encounter between the poet saint and the poet immortal had to wait until two years later.

One day, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang summoned Li Bai to compose lyrics. Li Bai was drunk, but he wrote more than ten chapters and even asked the eunuch Gao Lishi to take off his boots for him.

Because Li Bai was too arrogant, he attracted the jealousy of villains. They attacked Li Bai in front of Emperor Xuanzong, which made Emperor Xuanzong more and more alienated from Li Bai. At the age of 44, Li Bai knew that he would never be reused, so he left Chang'an.

In Luoyang, Li Bai met 33-year-old Du Fu, and they hit it off and became close friends. They went to Shangqiu, Henan together. After they parted, Li Bai went to Ziji Palace in Jinan, Shandong, and asked a Taoist priest to give him a Taoist certificate. He officially performed the Taoist ceremony and became a Taoist priest.

Li Bai wrote the poem "Xia Ke Xing". One year later, Li Bai and Du Fu met for the third time in Shaqiu, and their friendship continued to deepen. Li Bai wrote the poem "Sending a Letter to Du Fu from Shaqiu City". After that, the two never met again. At this time, Li Bai was 46 years old, and 2/3 of his life had passed.

In the following eight years, Li Bai went south to Yangzhou and wrote the poem "Climbing the Phoenix Tower in Jinling" in Nanjing. After that, he took the south of Beijing as the center, climbed Tiantai Mountain, traveled through Yandang Mountain, returned to his home in Yanzhou, Shandong, and then went north from Fengqiu to Anyang, then arrived in the north of Beijing via Handan, Hebei, and finally returned to Shangqiu.

After resting, Li Bai left Shangqiu and traveled to the south of Beijing again in spring and Yangzhou in summer, then continued south to Jiuhua Mountain, renamed Jiuhua Mountain Jiuzi Mountain, and continued south, traveling from Huangshan to Taohuatan. During this period, Li Bai wrote a farewell poem "Presented to Wang Lun" to his good friend Wang Lun.

At this time, Li Bai had already realized that beneath the glorious and gorgeous appearance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were actually various crises lurking. Once someone shattered this illusion, the lice under the brocade robes of the prosperous era would be exposed, and that person was An Lushan.

In 755 AD, An Lushan launched a rebellion in the name of attacking Yang Guozhong, the brother of Yang Guifei, and the rebellion quickly swept across the Central Plains. It is known in history as the An-Shi Rebellion.

Within a few months, the rebels captured Chang'an, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was forced to flee south to his territories. Crown Prince Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu and proclaimed himself emperor, known in history as Emperor Suzong of Tang. The Tang Dynasty began to decline from then on.

Li Bai, 56, was traveling in Xuancheng at the time. When he heard about the chaos in the Central Plains, he hurriedly took his family south to seek refuge and lived in seclusion in Mount Lu. Li Lin, the sixteenth son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, heard about Li Bai's talent and wanted to ask him to join the shogunate.

Li Bai didn't want to get involved in this mess, but Prince Yong sent him several offers of employment, and finally he accepted Li Bai into his service. Li Bai wrote a poem "Song of Prince Yong's Eastern Tour" to express his desire to make contributions to the country.

Yong Wang Li Lin was ambitious and had four military forces under his command. He successfully led the navy on an eastern tour and headed straight for Yangzhou. He was surrounded and suppressed by Emperor Suzong of Tang on the charge of treason, and Li Bai was also unlucky and was thrown into prison.

Li Bai's second wife, Madam Zong, ran around for him, and was released only after Song Ruosi, the Imperial Censor, interceded for him. Song Ruosi wanted to recommend Li Bai to serve as an official in the court, but unexpectedly, Emperor Suzong of Tang hated Prince Yong Li Lin very much, and exiled Li Bai, who had served in Prince Yong's court, to Yelang.

The 58-year-old Li Bai set out from Jiujiang Prison to Langyi, passed through Beihu Huangshi to Hanwu, passed through the Three Gorges, Qingzhong, and later to Yelang. In 759 AD, the court announced a general amnesty due to a severe drought caused by Guanzheng, stipulating that the dead from exile to below were fully pardoned. The 59-year-old Li Bai had been displaced for a long time.

Finally freed, he hurried north to start his last journey in his life. Li Bai then rushed down the Yangtze River, and the famous poem "Early Departure from Baidicheng" best reflects his mood at the time.

In the last three years of Li Bai's life, he traveled around, from Nanhu, Beihu to Xijiang, Sujiang, Hui'an, and finally to Linzhong, where he died of illness after singing at the age of 62.

——"Li Bai turned out to be a travel blogger. He is undoubtedly the most popular internet celebrity in the Tang Dynasty."

——"Where does he get the money?"

——"Don't we have Wang Lun? Besides, with his reputation, he won't be short of money."

——"Li Bai doesn't know swordsmanship, and the sword was just a decoration at that time."

——"Learning from a swordsmanship master, why not?"

——"That should be the case, otherwise how could he be in the assassin option?"

——"Li Bai's first skill is "Drinking Wine", his second skill is "Master's Stroke", his ultimate skill is "Blue Lotus Sword Song", and his passive skill is "Knight's Journey". "

[The instigator of the Anshi Rebellion - An Lushan History Tang Dynasty]

In the 14th year of Tianbao, 15 elite Tang troops, under the pretext of worrying about the country and fighting against Yang Guozhong, raised an army in Fan Yang. For a time, the air was filled with smoke and dust for thousands of miles, and the sound of drums shook the earth.

The people of the Tang Dynasty, who had enjoyed peace for a long time, were terrified. Counties and prefectures along the way collapsed. The rebels went straight to Chang'an. The once prosperous Tang Dynasty went from victory to decline.

This is the famous An Lushan Rebellion in history. In this video, let us take a chronological look at the story of An Lushan, the initiator of this civil war.

An Lushan originally had no surname, and his life can be roughly divided into four stages: before the age of 30, from 30 to 50 years old, launching the Anshi Rebellion at the age of 51, and being killed at the age of 55.

His mother was a Turkic witch who made a living by fortune-telling. An Lushan lost his father when he was very young, and his mother remarried a Turkic general. The name An Lushan was also taken from the pronunciation of the word "fighting" in the Turkic language.

When he was in his teens, An Lushan lived with his stepfather and followed his sworn brother to marry someone with the surname "An". When he grew up, An Lushan could speak the languages ​​of six countries and became a broker who negotiated prices for buyers and sellers.

When he was 30 years old, An Lushan was caught for stealing sheep. Facing severe torture, An Lushan shouted in desperation: "General, don't you want to destroy the two vassal clans?" It was because of this bold statement that An Lushan not only saved his life, but was also promoted to a general.

Soon after, An Lushan was adopted as the son of the governor of Youzhou because of his bravery and fighting skills. Many years of military career made An Lushan well versed in dealing with people.

Because his adoptive father hated his obesity, An Lushan never dared to eat another bite of food.

After only eight years, An Lushan was granted a high position by the court at the age of 8. This made it easier for An Lushan to bribe officials with generous gifts and make them speak well of him in the court, so Emperor Xuanzong of Tang trusted him very much.

When he was 40, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang set up a military governorship in Pinglu. An Lushan successfully won the position with his extraordinary ability and was able to participate in the court affairs. Emperor Xuanzong also became more fond of An Lushan through a series of flattery.

A few years later, An Lushan took over as the governor of Fanyang. Through bribery, he made several trusted officials around Emperor Xuanzong speak well of him. The heavyweight Li Linfu, who was always trying to please Emperor Xuanzong, also spoke for An Lushan.

It was not enough to just say nice things, An Lushan also asked to be adopted as Yang Guifei's son because Emperor Xuanzong of Tang favored her.

Every time before entering the palace to pay homage to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, he had to visit Yang Guifei first. Emperor Xuanzong was so fooled by An Lushan that he even ordered the Yang brothers and sisters to become brothers and sisters with An Lushan.

At the age of 45, An Lushan rose rapidly to the position of Imperial Censor. Relying on the favor of Emperor Xuanzong, An Lushan hardly bowed when he entered the palace to pay homage to Emperor Xuanzong.

But Li Linfu was able to figure out An Lushan's thoughts every time and would speak them out first when the two were talking. This made An Lushan think that Li Linfu was omniscient like a god and he was really afraid of him.

——"To be honest, although Li Linfu is not that great, as long as he is around, An Lushan really doesn't dare to rebel."

——"Indeed, Li Linfu is somewhat stronger than Yang Guozhong. An Lushan is still very afraid of him."