Introduction:
This poem was written in March 759, the second year of Tang Suzong Gan Yuan. In the spring of that year, Li Bai was exiled to Yelang because of the Li Lin case in Wang Yong, and went to a relegated place via Sichuan. When I went to Baidi City, I suddenly received the news of pardon, and I was pleasantly surprised. Then I went to Jiangling by boat. This poem was written when the ship returned to Jiangling, so the title of the poem is "Bai Di goes to Jiangling".
Original poem:
Early release of Baidicheng/Baidixiang Jiangling Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
Early in the morning, I bid farewell to Jiangling city, which is high into the sky, thousands of miles away, and the boat is only one day away.
The cries of apes on both sides of the strait are still unconsciously crowing in their ears, and the canoe has passed the heavy green hills.
Explanation:
In the morning, the morning glow is all over the sky, and I am about to embark on my return journey. Looking up from the river, you can see the colorful clouds in Baidicheng, such as among the clouds, and the scenery is gorgeous! Jiangling, thousands of miles away, arrived in one day.
The cries of apes on both sides of the strait are constantly echoing. When the ape's crow was still ringing in his ears, the brisk boat had crossed the endless mountains.
Extended data:
In the second year of Zhide (757), Li Bai was 57 years old. In the first month, he wrote a group of poems "Dong Youge", expressing his feelings of serving the country. Wang Yong led troops to patrol the east without authorization, which led to the failure of suppression. Li Bai was imprisoned in Xunyang. Saved by Song Ruosi and Cui Huan. After becoming Song Ruosi's aide, he wrote some essays for Song and followed him to Wuchang.
Li Bai was highly valued under Song Ruosi, and recommended to the court again in the name of Song Dynasty, hoping to be appointed by the court again. Eventually, he was convicted of participating in the patrol of Yongwang Cave (now Tongzi, Guizhou). Du Fu is forty-six. In April, he escaped from the thief camp and lived in Fengxiang, where he was granted the right to take over.
In the first year of Gan Yuan (758), Shi Siming rebelled in April. In May, Su Zong was appointed Prime Minister Zhang Gao and appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou. In December, Shi Siming captured Weizhou (now southern Hebei Province). Li Bai is fifty-eight years old.
From Xunyang, Li Bai began a long-term relationship, and his wife and brother were reluctant to send each other away. Late spring and early summer. Pass through Cisayi (now east of Wuchang County), go to Jiangxia, visit Li Yong's former residence, climb the Yellow Crane Tower and overlook Nautilus Island. Autumn to Jiangling, winter into the Three Gorges.
In the second year of Gan Yuan (759), the court announced an amnesty for the drought in Guanzhong, stipulating that all the deceased were pardoned from Xixi and below. After a long wandering, Li Bai was finally free. He immediately descended from the Yangtze River, and this famous song "Send Baidicheng Early" can best reflect his mood at that time.
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