Abstract
Li Bai's cycle of poems "Twelve Imitatations of the Old Poems" is an imitation of "Nineteen Old Poems". It was preceded by Lu Ji's method of imitating other texts and could be seen as part of the practice of imitating older poems from the Six Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai's imitations are richer both in "images" and "implications" than those in the imitated poems, perhaps because he borrowed some techniques from the Qi and Liang Dynasties to enhance the traditional modes of conveying and inspiring, and Li Bai tried to combine expressionist and representational techniques to demonstrate the High-Tang spirit. His approach to construct images also has its own characteristics, fully displaying his originality, and the most remarkable aspect of his imitation poems lies in his strong self-consciousness. His innovations reflected in the "Imitations" were not seen in the Six Dynasties, and the "Twelve Imitations of the Old Poems" provides clues for us to analyze Li Bai's techniques in his five-character old-style poems.
First Page
197
Last Page
205
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Yinan. 2020. "Li Bai's "Twelve Imitations of the Old Poems" and Its Image Construction." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (5): pp.197-205. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss5/9
