Li Bai’s Incendiary Verses: Some Instances of Political Criticism Тhrough Poetry
Автори:
Konstantinos
Polymeros
University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece
Страници:
149-
163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/URGB9621
Резюме:
This paper attempts to illustrate Li Bai’s criticism of the Tang’s state religion (Taoism) and society. The analysis focuses on the poem “It’s Hard to Walk on the Road II”, most probably written around Li Bai’s leaving of the capital. In it, the poet employs a series of allusions and metaphors in order to conceal his criticism. Through his verses, he points at great ancient texts, such as Laozi’s Dao De Jing or Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian. Li Bai seems to draw a parallel between himself and a number of great intellectuals of the past, whom the throne treated ungratefully.
Ключови думи:
Li Bai, Tang dynasty, political criticism, Taoism.
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