What else happened at that time? The Abbasid Caliphate was founded in AD 750, and defeated the Tang forces in the battle of Talas in AD 751. This battle was crucial in deciding the border between the Sinic and the Islamic civilizations, and the limits of the Sinic civilization.
Charles Martel halted the advance of Islam into Europe by defeating the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Poitiers on October 10, 732. This battle was also crucial in determining the boundary between the Christian and the Islamic civilizations.
I probably first came across the poem in 1970. Forty years on, I am now older than the poet when he composed it.
Indeed this is a poem for the ages -- an everlasting literary masterpiece. In essence:
Bibo ergo sum (I drink, therefore I am) -- Li Bai
Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) -- Descarte
將進酒 --李白
君不見黃河之水天上來，奔流到海不復回？
君不見高堂明鏡悲白髮，朝如青絲暮成雪？
人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。
天生我才必有用，千金散盡還復來。
烹羊宰牛且為樂，會須一飲三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，將進酒，杯莫停。
與君歌一曲，請君為我傾耳聽：
鍾鼓饌玉不足貴，但願長醉不願醒。
古來聖賢皆寂寞，唯有飲者留其名。
陳王昔時宴平樂，斗酒十千恣讙謔。
主人為何言少錢？徑須沽取對君酌。
五花馬、千金裘。
呼兒將出換美酒，與爾同銷萬古愁。
(http://baike.baidu.com/view/31478.htm)
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