李白仗剑壮游行迹（701年 — 762年 · 武周长安元年至唐宝应元年 · ）

长安元年（701年），李白诞于唐安西都护府碎叶城（今楚河流域托克马克附近），幼承丝路胡汉交融之风，五岁随父李客东迁入蜀。

Born in 701 CE at Suyab—one of the Four Garrisons of Anxi in the Chu River valley—Li Bai spent his earliest childhood on the Silk Road frontier before migrating with his family to Sichuan at age five.

范传正《唐左拾遗翰林学士李公新墓碑》：“隋末多难，一房被窜于碎叶，流离散落，隐易姓名。”Fan Chuanzheng, New Tomb Inscription for Li Bai: "Amid the turmoil at the end of Sui, his branch of the clan was exiled to Suyab, living incognito until returning to Shu in the Shenlong era."

随父客居剑南道绵州昌隆县青莲乡（自号“青莲居士”）。少时博学广览、好剑术任侠，隐大匡山读书，后游成都、登峨眉，受道士司马承祯赞为“有仙风道骨，可与神游八极之表”，作《大鹏遇希有鸟赋》。

Settling in Qinglian in Mianzhou (whence his sobriquet "Layman of Blue Lotus"), young Li Bai practiced swordsmanship, studied on Mount Dakuang, climbed Mount Emei, and was praised by Taoist master Sima Chengzhen as having "immortal bones."

李白《上安州裴长史书》：“五岁诵六甲，十岁观百家……十五观奇书，作赋凌相如。”Li Bai, Letter to Administrator Pei of Anzhou: "At five I recited the calendar classics; at ten I read the Hundred Schools; at fifteen I composed rhapsodies rivaling Sima Xiangru."

年二十四的李白怀济世远志“仗剑去国，辞亲远游”，自成都乘舟顺岷江下渝州，穿巫峡、出荆门，初见江汉平原天地壮阔，写下《峨眉山月歌》与《渡荆门送别》。

At twenty-four, Li Bai bade farewell to Sichuan and sailed down the Three Gorges past Jingmen into the vast Jianghan Plain, beginning his lifelong travels across the Tang Empire.

李白《渡荆门送别》：“山随平野尽，江入大荒流。月下飞天镜，云生结海楼。”Li Bai, Farewell at Jingmen: "Mountains vanish into the level plain; the Great River rolls into the boundless wild. Beneath the moon a celestial mirror flies; rising clouds weave ocean pavilions."

顺江东下，登庐山望瀑布、游金陵怀古，转赴繁华甲天下的淮南都会扬州与吴越诸郡，豪爽济困，“不逾一年，散金三十余万”，写就《望庐山瀑布》《静夜思》等千古绝唱。

Sailing down the lower Yangtze past Mount Lu and Jinling to prosperous Yangzhou, Li Bai generously aided destitute scholars—giving away over 300,000 coins within a year—and composed Quiet Night Thought.

李白《上安州裴长史书》：“曩昔东游维扬，不逾一年，散金三十余万，有落魄公子，悉皆济之。”Li Bai: "Formerly traveling east to Yangzhou, in less than a year I scattered more than three hundred thousand in gold, coming to the aid of every stranded gentleman."

西归荆楚，赘于安陆故相许圉师孙女家，隐居白兆山桃花岩所谓“酒隐安陆，蹉跎十年”；其间频游江夏与襄阳，结交孟浩然，于黄鹤楼赋诗送其东下广陵。

Marrying into the family of former Chancellor Xu Yushi in Anlu, Li Bai made Mount Baizhao his home base for a decade, befriending Meng Haoran and seeing him off at the Yellow Crane Tower.

李白《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》：“故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。”Li Bai, Seeing Off Meng Haoran at Yellow Crane Tower: "My old friend bids farewell to the west at Yellow Crane Tower, sailing down to Yangzhou in the misty blossoms of March."

因道士吴筠及玉真公主举荐，唐玄宗降诏征召入京。李白高歌“仰天大笑出门去，我辈岂是蓬蒿人”西入长安，贺知章读《蜀道难》惊呼“谪仙人”，玄宗降辇步迎、供奉翰林，赋《清平调》三章。

Summoned to Chang’an by Emperor Xuanzong, Li Bai was hailed by He Zhizhang as a "Banished Immortal" upon reading The Hard Roads of Shu, and served in the Imperial Hanlin Academy.

李白《南陵别儿童入京》：“仰天大笑出门去，我辈岂是蓬蒿人！”Li Bai, Parting from My Children at Nanling for the Capital: "Throwing back my head with a great laugh I stride out the gate—how could men like us remain forever amid the mugwort?"

因傲岸不羁遭权贵谗毁，玄宗“赐金放还”。李白东出长安至东都洛阳，与年三十三的杜甫初遇定交，复邀高适同游梁宋（开封、商丘），登吹台、猎孟诸，淋漓尽致展现盛唐双子星风采。

Granted gold to leave court in 744 CE, Li Bai traveled east to Luoyang where he met the younger Du Fu—a meeting hailed as the twin peaks of Tang poetry—and roamed the Liang-Song plains with Gao Shi.

杜甫《寄李十二白二十韵》：“乞归优诏许，遇我宿心亲。醉舞梁园夜，行歌泗水春。”Du Fu, Twenty Rhymes Sent to Li Bai: "Your plea to retire was granted by gracious edict; meeting me, our kindred hearts grew close—dancing drunk in Liang Garden by night, singing along the Si River in spring."

寄家山东兖州任城，与杜甫携手同游齐鲁，访范十隐居、登泰山徂徕，于紫极宫受道箓；临别东鲁南游越中时赋《梦游天姥吟留别》，喊出“安能摧眉折腰事权贵，使我不得开心颜”之千古强音。

Making his family home in Rencheng (Shandong) and roaming Qilu with Du Fu, Li Bai composed Dreaming of Mount Tianmu: A Farewell Song before heading south.

李白《梦游天姥吟留别》：“安能摧眉折腰事权贵，使我不得开心颜！”Li Bai, Dreaming of Mount Tianmu: "How can I bow my brow and bend my waist to serve the powerful, denying myself a joyful heart and open brow?"

安史之乱起，李白怀平胡复国之志入永王李璘幕府，兵败后系浔阳狱，坐长流夜郎（黔中）；乾元二年春溯江行至巫山白帝城，忽逢关内大旱朝廷大赦天下，惊喜放舟东下江陵，写下《早发白帝城》。

Implicated in Prince Lin of Yong’s campaign during the An Lushan Rebellion, Li Bai was banished toward distant Yelang; reaching Baidicheng in spring 759 CE, he received an imperial amnesty and raced downstream to Jiangling.

李白《早发白帝城》：“朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还。两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。”Li Bai, Departing Baidicheng at Dawn: "At dawn I leave Baidicheng amid rainbow clouds; a thousand li to Jiangling I return in a single day. While gibbons on both banks cry without cease, my light skiff has already shot past ten thousand mountains."

晚年漂泊金陵、宣城、秋浦之间，闻太尉李光弼统军讨史朝义，六十一岁仍请缨从军，行至金陵因病折返，依族叔当涂令李阳冰；宝应元年十一月赋《临路歌》绝笔，病逝于当涂，终葬谢朓曾游之青山。

After attempting at sixty-one to join Li Guangbi’s army against the rebels, an ailing Li Bai stayed with his kinsman Li Yangbing in Dangtu, composing his final Song Before the Road and passing away in late 762 CE.

李白《临路歌》：“大鹏飞兮振八裔，中天摧兮力不济。馀风激兮万世，游扶桑兮挂石袂。”Li Bai, Song Before the Road: "The Great Peng soared and shook the eight horizons; broken in mid-heaven, its strength gave out—yet its lingering wind stirs ten thousand generations."