From a Recluse to an Official: Li Bai and His Poems of Mt. Lu
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臺大中文學報, 33, 185-224
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
33
Pages
185-224
Date Issued
2010-12
Date
2010-12
Author(s)
Hsiao, L.H.
Abstract
In his life, Li Bai has been to Mt. Lu five times and composed 14 poems about it, which he once swore to revisit because of his reluctance to leave. The decision Li Bai made here—to stop being a recluse and to be an official in King Yong’s government—marked a turning point in his life.
This article scrutinizes Li Bai’s appreciation to Mt. Lu’s natural beauty, his transcendence over literary traditions of landscape poems, and his relation with Mt. Lu’s religious culture. The first part “The celestial world in Li Bai’s Mt. Lu poems” reveals that the 14 poems were written mainly with Li Bai’s religious involvement. The second part “Li Bai’s decision to be an official” exposes Li Bai’s ideal life is to become a recluse after having many great achievements. His decisions as to whether to enter or to leave Mt. Lu depended on whether his official career was smooth or not.
Although Li Bai acclaims Mt. Lu’s natural beauty, Mt. Lu’s greatest charm to him lies in its similarity to Li Bai’s imaginary paradise. The sanctified Mt. Lu is in fact his refuge from the frustrations in his political career.
Subjects
李白詩、廬山、道教聖山、永王事件、仕隱雙全，Li Bai’s poems, Mt. Lu, Taoism Saint mountain, Event of king-Yong, Official and recluse are complete in both
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