说起中国古典诗歌，就不能不说到唐诗；说起唐诗，就不能不说到李白。

李白是唐代伟大的诗人，生于武则天的长安元年(公元701)；卒于唐代宗的宝应元年(762)。李白具有极高的诗歌创作天赋。他的诗歌，激情饱满，境界开阔，想象奇异，语言清新流畅，形象丰富生动，不仅记录了他丰富多彩的生活经历和微妙复杂的内心世界，而且也体现出当时的“盛唐气象”和他所遭遇的社会变化。

The Collection of Critical Biographies of Chinese Thinkers, under the general editorship of the late honorary president of Nanjing University, Professor Kuang Yarning, is the largest-scale project of research materials on Chinese thinkers undertaken since the beginning of the twentieth century. Standing on the shoulders of this great man and other 200 well-known Chinese professors, this collection of concise Chinese-English version is not only based on a profound academic foundation, but also exhibits a brand new feature which is the virtue of explaining the profound in a simple way, hence leading readers to mastery of the contents; it also incorporates a refined principle of selection, a simple mode of evaluation and commentary, and a moving narration of the stories and their wisdom.

引言：一百四十年，国容何赫然

一 孕育：蜀国多仙山

二 成长：十五观奇书

三 远游：大鹏一日同风起

四 长安：拔剑四顾心茫然

五 翰林：我辈岂是蓬蒿人

六 知己：幽梦谁与适

七 彷徨：一生傲岸苦不谐

八 动乱：战鼓惊山欲倾倒

九 入幕：为君谈笑静胡沙

十 晚境：天夺壮士心

结语：蓬莱文章建安骨

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