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CHINESE HISTORY: I BO’S POEMS

Introduction

For years literature as has been evolving, now new and modern styles are being used to

favor literature and particularly poems as a whole. This makes more and more individuals to

have passion towards reading poetry. In China, several poets have written poems that describe

the history of the country, some of the poets such as Li Bo have played a vital role in ensuring

that the traditional poetic styles are improved to new standards. This piece of work will focus on

Li Bo also known as Li Bai, a Chinese poet who has won several awards for his outstanding

work. The center of interest will be his personality as a human being and his writing styles. The

author has written a thousand poems that have been translated into several languages across the

world; his poems are interesting and full of ideas and lessons to learn from.

Li Bo is an outgoing man who likes staying and hanging around with fellow friends.

From his poem” "Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day," the impression that one get is

that of an irresponsible drunkard. He seems to be a man who likes wasting his time by hanging

around and moving aimlessly. He is expected to be a role model, there are certain things he

shouldn’t be doing, and some of these include drinking wine. He seems to be a man with no

goals in life; he lives meeting new friends some of which he don’t know, he appears to force

friendships with individuals not interested in him. Friendship should be a two away traffic; it

shouldn’t be unidirectional, this is not the case with Li Bo, he seems to be concern of friendship

and forget about his family. He doesn’t have regards to his family; he likes pleasures with friends

and other people but not with his family. The poet is immoral; in his entire life, he married four

women. This is abnormal; it cannot be assumed that the wives had issues, he must have been

problematic, this is what make humble abandoned by his wives. Without a wife, he must have

been desperate with no one to share his inner feelings.

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After reading and understanding his work, one would realize that he is totally a different

man, a man who likes the environment and its surroundings. He loves traveling and discovering

and appreciating the nature, in short, his is an environmentalist. In his poem “Climbing Mount

Emei,” he describes human understanding using a mountain, the human mind can never be

compared to the mountain, and there is much power that dwells on the mountains. The poet finds

pleasures on just traveling and seeing the beautiful mountains not only in his country but across

the world. He is among a few individuals who appreciate what the nature offer, this is a unique

character.

Li Bo is a peace-loving person, he likes being with friends discussing and sharing ideas.

He doesn’t cause problems whenever he is a drunk with his fellow friends. Unlike some people

when drunk, Li Bo likes maintaining peace with colleagues. One could mistake his pleasures in

drinking wine with an immoral man, but this kind of impression is dismissed when one goes

through his artwork. He enjoys the company of his friends and even those not his friends; he

travels the world making new friends, some of which he couldn’t even recall. Because of his big

heart and his love for peace, the poet had friends across the world. From one of his poem, “A

Poem of Changgan,” the first line of the last stanza, he says “I will meet you-- nowhere is far---

“this shows his that he likes traveling and meeting new people.

The poet is a skilled with full of imaginations (Burt, 2009 p.g 121).This rare ability has

seen him write several captivating poems. Although he is an ancient poet, his writing skills are

used by the modern poets across the world. This is witnessed in one of his poems, “Wandering

about Mount Tai,” he can adapt to the multiplicity of personas and stances to achieve his goal,

and he applied the skill when he considered the existing relationship of a person to the supra-

human in the poem. This ability is rare among many poets. He also has the passion for writing,

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something that has enabled him to receive several awards not only in his country but across the

globe. He is also good at describing people, objects, and even places; this is illustrated in his

work, “Five Sacred Peaks,” where he describes his travel on the easternmost part of China. He

wanted to display a mythic fusion of the several traditional paradises. From the piece of work,

the use of emotional fusion is also evident; he can manage emotional fusion of the many

responses of an individual persona to demonstrations of embarrassment and frustration.

Li Bo is a patriot. He has played a role in ensuring that China has a country is known

across the world. Through his art of work, he made China as a country known by many. His

patriotism motivated him as a poet; he wanted to represent his country and win more awards for

the country in the various arts competition. He describes the nature, the plains and the mountains

in China in a way that any reader could like to see. This for sure contributed to increased number

of foreign tourists from all over visit the country. He has used most of the symbols present in the

country’s ancient shamanistic tradition in his work. It is his efforts and other poets that have

made China’s culture strong for many years (Tanner, 2008 p.g 161). Most countries no longer

have their culture in place and practiced by the people because most of the culture was not

documented. I Bo did contribute to the robust culture of the people of China, and till today some

of the cultures are still practiced by the people.

One can easily identify or understand Li Bo as a person. This is because Li Bo does what

an ordinary man could do. The man has a home and a family just like the majority of us. He is a

human, and that is why he likes being with friends and taking meals and drinks such as wine. I

Bo was also known as Li Bai, and Li Po in Wades-Giles is one of the well-known Tang poets.

Southwestern China, Sichuan is where this celebrated poet grew up. His work is charming, and

that is why many readers enjoy it, he also uses unique personas in his poems making it more

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enjoyable to many. He was a man who advocates for freedom and a real adventurer traveling

from one place to the other to discover the beauty natures. He was not that educated, and this

somehow led him down when he was in one of the major city of the Tang dynasty.

Conclusion

Li Bo is an industrious Tang poet, he is known for his great artwork. The current

Republic of China still celebrates this great poet although he passed away several years ago. The

impression that one’s has towards Li Bo is entirely different from one could see him after

reading his poems. For instance, a feeling one gets from Li Bo is an immoral man; he goes out

with friends and drinks wines. I Bo in the real sense is a good person who likes being with

friends, he likes traveling to different places to see the different sceneries.

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Reference

Burt, D. S. (2009). The literary 100: A ranking of the most influential novelists, playwrights, and

poets of all time. New York: Facts on File, 97-129.

Tanner, H. M. (2008). China: A history of one of the world's oldest civilizations. Indianapolis,

Ind: Hackett, 156-219.

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