Li Bai in his wilderness years - by Phil H - Tang Poetry

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Li’s career was going nowhere. Like many Tang poets, to distract himself (and maybe avoid appearing too desperate, hanging around the capital), he took himself off to interesting and beautiful places. Mt Jingting is in Anhui, which was pretty out-of-the-way in those days. Li was not too proud to complain about how everyone seemed to have deserted him. But the second couplet also reminds us how landscape was the great consolation of Tang poets. Even when everything else was going wrong, they always had this beautiful land to gaze on; even when all others turned away, the land would look levelly back. Translations of Chinese poetry from the Tang Dynasty Translations of Chinese poetry from the Tang Dynasty By Phil H · Launched 2 years ago Why are you recommending Tang Poetry ? (optional) Recommendations are shown to readers after they subscribe to your publication. Learn more I have know this for a long time. https://stirlingnewberry.substack.com/p/mountain undefined subscriptions will

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Sitting Alone with Mt Jingting Li Bai The birds have all upped and away, Even that one cloud has taken a holiday. Holding my gaze still Is just this one hill. 李白独坐敬亭山众鸟高飞尽，孤云独去闲。相看两不厌，只有敬亭山。 Li’s career was going nowhere. Like many Tang poets, to distract himself (and maybe avoid appearing too desperate, hanging around the capital), he took himself off to interesting and beautiful places. Mt Jingting is in Anhui, which was pretty out-of-the-way in those days. Li was not too proud to complain about how everyone…

Li Bai in his wilderness years - by Phil H - Tang Poetry

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