The Isomorphism Between the Features of the Flourishing Tang Dynasty and Li Bai’s Landscape Poems

This paper focuses on the connection between the Flourishing Tang Features and Li Bai’s landscape poems, exploring their interactive relationship from three main dimensions. Firstly, the Flourishing Tang Dynasty, characterized by political stability, economic prosperity, and cultural openness, nourished Li Bai’s landscape poems. Geographically, the expanded territory and smooth transportation broadened his creative vision, enabling his works to break away from the narrow local landscape and present a cosmic perspective covering landscapes like the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Tianshan Mountains; spiritually, the era’s emphasis on active engagement in society shaped the core of his poems, transforming landscape writing from a tool for seclusion to a medium for expressing lofty aspirations. Secondly, Li Bai’s landscape poems projected the Flourishing Tang Features: Grand landscape images echoed the dynasty’s vast territory and national confidence; free artistic conceptions reflected the dynasty’s cultural inclusiveness and ideological emancipation; the integration of landscapes with ideals manifested the scholars’ commitment to serving the country. Finally, the two achieved spiritual interaction: In spatial terms, the dynasty’s vast territory aligned with Li Bai’s broad spatial vision; in values, the era’s balance between engagement and freedom matched his combination of wandering and ambition; in spirit, the dynasty’s confidence resonated with his heroic and free emotions. In summary, the Flourishing Tang Features provided a creative foundation for Li Bai, while his landscape poems materialized and spread the Tang spirit, jointly forming a unique cultural legacy of the Tang Dynasty.