Drinking Alone By Moonlight Li Bei Summary

In Chinese poet Li Bei’s, “Drinking Alone By Moonlight,” he tells a story of what he embarks on when night falls. Among flowers, he has a jug of wine, and no friends by his side; he pours his cup and makes a toast to the moon. He faces his shadow and offers the moon a drink; unfortunately the moon seems to always to decline. In the technological world we live in today, there is an order of for how things are done, especially when it comes to drinking. Most people, old and young, tend to go to bars, taverns, and clubs in order to partake in the consumption of alcohol. It is rare that someone in this day and age would drink by himself or herself. It’s rather strange that Li Bei gets drunk outside with the moon, and his shadow as his companions. Someone who may be unfamiliar with the metaphors of poets might think that Li Bei is insane, simply because …show more content…
He see’s these “ other beings (2)” not only as his companions, but also as his conscious. It can be deduced that Li Bei just might be a drunk, who simply wants nothing to do with the world. If we attempt to look at things in more of a metaphorical way, we might grasp that Li Bei is doing what many of us do habitually. When Li Bei describes that he asks the moon and his shadow to join him as he drinks, he allows the reader to somewhat to become confused. But if you could remember a time where you wanted to be secluded from the world, then this act begins to seem less strange. Now-a-days people are infused with the technological gadgets that make their day-to-day life run smoothly. On a lonely night, when everyone else might be out and about, you might find yourself at home with one or two of your electronic gadgets. You might pick up a glass of wine, or maybe eve just cook dinner and have “a night alone.” This is basically what Li Bei was talking about, simply being by yourself. Young African Americans use a term ,entitled “Solo Dolo,” meaning all by myself. The idea that new friends, or more