An Extraordinary Poem by the Young Li Bai: Presented to Li Yong 上李邕

Before Li Bai became the drunken poet, he was a young scholar holding a huge ambition! Liken himself to the mythical giant bird, he was inspired to achieve great things. This video translate and analyses a poem Li Bai composed in the early 720s CE responding to a senior official who rejected his request of recommendation.
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[@theorivas1]

This presentation is magnificent. I feel so lucky to learn from such a knowledgeable teacher.

[@dr.gaosclassroom]

Thank you for your kind compliment!! 😀😀😀

[@dr.gaosclassroom]

Here is another video about Li Bai and his poem. Li Bai is the greatest Chinese poet! This is the first video about Li Bai's poetry for the following few months. I am also going to present poems inspired by Li Bai. Please join me this Friday in the premier for this video. Looking forward to seeing you all!!

[@PeebeesPet]

Rhetorically, It's quite funny that Li Bai cites Confucius. For anyone that sincerely believes in Confucius, having him used against them must be quite embarrassing. If Li Bai was a bit more Daoist though, he could've used the Zhuang Zi story about the phoenix that refuses to eat the rotten rat. Alas though, Li Bai still sought power and still believed in the ceremonial turtle 神龜.

[@PeebeesPet]

惠子相梁，莊子往見之。或謂惠子曰：「莊子來，欲代子相。」於是惠子恐，搜於國中三日三夜。莊子往見之，曰：「南方有鳥，其名為鵷鶵，子知之乎？夫鵷鶵發於南海而飛於北海，非梧桐不止，非練實不食，非醴泉不飲。於是鴟得腐鼠，鵷鶵過之，仰而視之曰：『嚇！』今子欲以子之梁國而嚇我邪？」 莊子釣於濮水，楚王使大夫二人往先焉，曰：「願以境內累矣！」莊子持竿不顧，曰：「吾聞楚有神龜，死已三千歲矣，王巾笥而藏之廟堂之上。此龜者，寧其死為留骨而貴乎，寧其生而曳尾於塗中乎？」二大夫曰：「寧生而曳尾塗中。」莊子曰：「往矣！吾將曳尾於塗中。」

[@dr.gaosclassroom]

Thank you for your thought-provoking comments!! I think when Li Bai was young, he might need to show respect to Confucius to impress the Confucian scholar officials. I think his love for Daoism was his true passion.

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@@PeebeesPet Thanks for these references!

[@sensational420]

Missing the mountains

[@dr.gaosclassroom]

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