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Tang Du Fu's Song of Drinking Eight Immortals
Original Works (Excerpt)
Li Bai wrote hundreds of poems about fighting wine. Chang 'an went to a restaurant to sleep, but the son of heaven didn't get on the boat, claiming to be Brewmaster.
Vernacular translation
Li Bai can write hundreds of poems in a wine fight. He goes to Chang 'an Street Restaurant to drink and often sleeps in restaurants. The son of heaven gave a banquet in the lake and asked him to preface the poem. He refused to get on the boat because he was drunk, claiming to be Brewmaster.
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Creation background
According to "Biography of Li and Xuanzong in the New and Old Tang Dynasty", Li went on strike in April of the fifth year of Tang Tianbao (746), so this poem must have been written after April of the fifth year of Tang Tianbao, that is, when Du Fu arrived in Chang 'an.
It is recorded in history that Li Bai, He, Li, Cui Zongzhi, Zhang Xu and Jiao Sui are all good drinkers and are called "Eight Immortals in Wine". They all live in Chang 'an, and they are very similar in drinking, generous and open-minded. This poem written by Du Fu is the portrait of these eight people.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Eight Immortals Songs in Drinking