solitary drinking

  • Li Bai vs. Tao Yuanming on Solitary Drinking

    This essay contrasts Li Bai and Tao Yuanming’s solitary‑drinking poetry. Li Bai uses cosmic imagination to transcend loneliness; Tao seeks inner peace in quiet nature. It also analyzes Li Bai’s complex, contradictory attitudes toward Tao’s reclusive life.

  • Drinking Alone Under the Moon (1 of 4)

    Amidst the flowers, a single pot of wine;I drink alone, with no companion near.I raise my cup to invite the bright moon,And with my shadow, we become a party of three.Yet the moon does not understand the joy of drinking,And my shadow merely tags along, a silent follower.For now, I’ll make the moon and…