First, all early years are geniuses.
Wang Shizhen said that in the two thousand years after the Han and Wei Dynasties, only Cao Zhi, Li Bai and Su Shi could become "immortals".
Second, the personality contrast between Li Bai and Su Shi.
Li Bai is uninhibited, addicted to alcohol and uncontested. He will not deliberately please and will not serve the dignitaries in his life. At the same time, he has chivalrous personality, extraordinary temperament unique to romantic poets, very rich imagination and divorced from reality, and is a degenerate. "Oh, how can I bow and scrape to those high-ranking people? They will never tolerate others showing them a sincere face." "Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he likes, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty!" But let me, on my green slope, raise a white deer. You need to ride a horse to visit the famous mountains.
Thirdly, the influence of Li Bai and Su Shi on later generations.
Besides, Li Bai's literary achievements conquered the ruling and opposition parties at that time in the Tang Dynasty and won a high reputation and status, which had a great influence on the later literary world, mainly manifested in Li Bai's personal charm and literary achievements. His extraordinary self-confidence of "I was born to be useful" greatly influenced countless scholars in later generations, and his independent personality of "Oh, how can I grovel to high officials?" deeply infected later generations of scholars. In the ancient feudal society of China, where people's personality consciousness was suppressed by orthodox thoughts, Li Bai's unrestrained and naive personality style undoubtedly had great charm. In terms of artistic achievements of poetry, his poems full of wind and thunder fascinated countless poets in later generations. His unpredictable imagination, magnificent and beautiful images, fresh and lively language and bold and elegant style have great appeal to later poets, and great poets such as Su Shi and Lu You are influenced by it. He is a genius in the history of China's poetry. His influence on China's poetry is various and far-reaching, and his position in the history of China's poetry is immortal.
Besides, Su Shi is a representative of China traditional culture. He learned from many schools of thought, thus forming a detached and broad-minded realm in his attitude towards life and achieving the unity of "being independent" and "helping the world" in his lifestyle. He played a positive role in promoting the inheritance and development of China culture, and had a far-reaching impact on the personality pursuit and moral achievements of later literati. Wang Guowei, a master of modern Chinese studies, spoke highly of Su Shi: "Poets under three generations have never been unyielding, far-sighted, beautiful and eager for their sons. These four sons, without literary genius, have a self-sufficient personality through the ages. So there is no noble and great personality, and there are almost no noble and great articles. "