| Abstract |
After Bai Ju-yi resigned the mayor of Luoyang at age 62, Bai wrote a lot of poems that was regarded as untimely style, and reviewers criticized Bai since mid-Tang Dynasty till the present. But when we read the late style poetry of Bai, we may consider that Bai wrote these works was consciousness to arrange the shape in his literary creations. Bai abandoned the elegant forms and elaborate language of poetic expression, otherwise, he made his poetical style uncomplicated and inner-directed. Bai used the power to make the rights of options to choice the manner of old age, and admired the decline of his physical body to enjoy his longevity. During the duration of Bai’s late life, Bai was fearless of his decrepitude and waited for his death constantly. The rights of options, the untimely poetic skills with self-confidence, and the appreciation of longevity, these three sections construct the late style of Bai.
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