When the news of Shi Chaoyi's rebellion flared up again and the imperial court sent Li Guangbi to garrison Linhuai (now Jiangsu Province), Li Bai, at the age of 61, still refused to give up this last chance to serve his country and planned to head to Linhuai to join Li Guangbi's army. It's a pity that he fell ill halfway and couldn't fulfill his wish. He wrote, "Heaven has taken away the heart of a brave man. I long for farewell to Wu Jing." The following year, Li Bai went to Dangtu, Anhui Province to seek refuge with his uncle Li Yangbing, who was the county magistrate there. Before his death, he entrusted Li Yangbing with a collection of his life's works to compose his last poem, "The Song by the Roadside" (also known as the Song of Death), and passed away in Dangtu, Anhui Province at the age of 62.

Li Bai traveled from Jiangxia to Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) to reunite with Lady Zong. In the last few years of his life, Li Bai was poor and destitute, living a very desolate life. But he was still always concerned about the changes in the current situation.

Li Bai was fifty-nine years old. After fifteen months of exile, when Li Bai reached Baidicheng (Fengjie County, Chongqing), he was granted a general amnesty by the imperial court and thus regained his freedom. He immediately hired a boatman to return. His famous work, "Early Departure from the White Emperor City", wrote: "Leaving the White Emperor in the morning among the colorful clouds, I returned to Jiangling a thousand miles away in one day." The cries of the apes on both banks never cease; the light boat has already passed over ten thousand mountains. This poem has a bright and cheerful tone, reflecting Li Bai's joyous mood upon being pardoned and released.

Emperor Xuanzong fled westward to Chengdu. Prince Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu (Gansu) and was known as Emperor Suzong, changing the era name to Zhide. Li Lin, the Prince of Yong, was ordered by Emperor Xuanzong to raise an army in Jiangling with the call to resist the enemy. At the end of the year, King Yong passed through Xunyang and learned that Li Bai was living in seclusion on Mount Lu. He sent his strategist Wei Zichun up the mountain three times to invite Li Bai to join his military camp. The second poem of Li Bai's "Song of Prince Yong's Eastern Tour" reads: "The three rivers are in chaos in the north, and the four seas rush southward like Yongjia." But use Dongshan to thank An Shi, and chat and laugh for you to calm Hu Sha." He compared himself to Xie An, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and expressed his intention to assist Prince Yong in quelling the rebellion. In the first month, Li Bai came down the mountain and entered the military camp of King Yong. But unexpectedly, Prince Yong had a conflict with Emperor Suzong. Soon, Prince Yong was eliminated by Emperor Suzong's army. Li Bai was thus convicted, arrested and imprisoned, and exiled to Yelang (the area around present-day Tongzi County, Guizhou Province).

When the An Shi Rebellion broke out, Liang Garden fell. Li Bai took his wife to seek refuge in the south of the Yangtze River. He wrote many poems expressing his hatred for the rebels and his concern for the fate of the country and its people. In the 19th poem of "Ancient Style", it is written, "Looking down at the Luoyang River, the vast expanse of Hu soldiers is wandering." Blood smeared the wild grass, and all the wolves wore their tassels. At this time, the poet also longed to serve his country and kill the enemy. In "Presenting to Zhang Xianghao", it is said, "Holding the sword at night, I chant and howl, my ambition advancing day by day." I vow to slay whales and salamanders and clear the waters of Luoyang.

Li Bai and Du Fu met for the first time in Luoyang. They traveled together hand in hand, and the frontier poet Gao Shi also joined them. Mr. Wen Yiduo said, "Here, we should have three conversations, set off firecrackers for three days, and write extensively about it. Because in the four thousand years of history, apart from Confucius meeting Laozi (if they did meet), there is no meeting more significant, sacred and memorable than that of these two people."

After parting with Du Fu, Li Bai spent another ten years wandering around. At this time, as his wife Xu had long passed away and he had met Zong in Liangyuan, he had been living there for a long time. Therefore, he said, "Once I go to the capital, I will receive ten guests from Liangyuan." Centered around Liangyuan (the area around Henan), Li Bai traveled south to Yuezhong and north to Youzhou (Beijing). Many places, such as Jinling (Nanjing), were revisited. His wandering was, on the one hand, to seek immortality and the Tao, and on the other hand, to appreciate the beauty of nature. He said, "In search of immortals on the Five Great Mountains, I will never hesitate to travel far; throughout my life, I will always be a good person and wander through famous mountains." It is also an opportunity to seek service for the country. In his "Song of Liangyuan", he said, "When I lie high on the Eastern Mountain, I rise up. If I want to help all living beings, it should not be too late."

At the age of forty-two, Li Bai was conscripted by the imperial court to Chang 'an. Before leaving, he wrote a poem titled "Farewell Children from Nanling to the Capital", saying, "I laughed heartily and went out. How could we be ordinary people!" It expressed his full of ambition and ecstasy. In Chang 'an, Li Bai met He Zhizhang, who was a guest of the Crown Prince. After reading "The Difficulty of the Shu Road", He Zhizhang praised Li Bai's poem as "capable of moving ghosts and gods" and called him "the Immortal Dripping". Thanks to the further recommendation of Princess Yuzhen (the sister of Emperor Xuanzong) and He Zhizhang, Li Bai was finally received by Emperor Xuanzong in person and was placed in the Hanlin Academy as a member of the Hanlin Academy. In fact, the main responsibility of the Hanlin scholars was to draft imperial edicts and the like for the emperor, and also to cater to the emperor's interests by writing some poems and essays that were appropriate to the occasion, such as the "Three Poems of the Qingping Tune", etc. However, Li Bai's political ambition of "making the huan area stable and the Hai County clear" could not be realized. Coupled with the slander of some powerful figures, In March of the third year of the Tianbao era (744 AD), Li Bai submitted a memorial requesting his return to the mountain (resignation). Emperor Xuanzong of Tang bestowed gold upon him as a "non-temple vessel" and sent him back.

As Lady Xu passed away, Li Bai moved his home to the eastern part of Lu and settled in Ren City to seek another way out. He said that one was to further his studies in swordsmanship, "Gu Yu was not ready for official service. I came to Shandong to learn swordsmanship." He also retired to Culei Mountain with Kong Chaofu, Han Zhun, Pei Zheng and others, and was known as the "Six Excellences of Zhuxi" at that time.

When Li Bai first entered Chang 'an, he paid homage to the nobles and ministers in the hope of realizing his political ideals. However, he was repeatedly unsuccessful and thus left Chang 'an, traveling to places such as Songshan Mountain, Luoyang, Xiangyang and Taiyuan. Here, there are poems expressing indignation such as "Hardship on the Road" and "Song of Xiangyang", homesickness like "Listening to the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night", and gifts for friends like "To Meng Haoran" and "To Zhang Cheng in Jiangxia".

At the invitation of the poet Meng Shaofu, Li Bai came to Anlu, Hubei Province, and secluded himself on Shoushan Mountain. Here, he married the granddaughter of Xu Yu, who had served as a prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and began his ten-year life in Anlu.

At the age of twenty-four, Li Bai, with lofty political ideals, "left his country with a sword in hand and bid farewell to his relatives for a distant journey." Taking a boat down the river, he wrote the famous "Moon Song of Mount Emei" on the way. After leaving the Three Gorges, Li Bai first roamed the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Li Bai, who was known for his "young chivalry" and "light wealth and generous giving", in the areas of Jinling and Yangzhou, "within no more than a year, scattered over 300,000 yuan in gold, and all the down-and-out young men helped him."

When Li Bai was twenty years old, while traveling in Chengdu, he paid a visit to Su Ting, the former minister of Rites of the imperial court and the Grand governor of Yizhou, and was highly praised by him.

During this period, Li Bai also visited many scenic spots and historical sites in Sichuan. The magnificent mountains and rivers of Sichuan cultivated his broad-mindedness, bold character and love for nature. Influenced by the ideas of the strategists and the Confucian school of active application to the world, he had grand political aspirations and hoped to achieve great things. However, he was deeply influenced by Taoism and Taoist thought, and earnestly yearned for a reclusive life of seeking immortality and studying Taoism.

Li Bai was born and received a good education from a young age. His father, Li Ke, urged him to study. He once said, "When I was a child, adults ordered me to recite Zi Xu's Fu, but I secretly admired it." At the age of five, Li Bai could recite Liu Jia and compose five-character regulated verse poems such as "The First Moon", "Looking at the Moon After the Rain", and "Facing the Rain". At ten, he studied "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Documents", and the various schools of thought.

At the age of fifteen, he had already composed many fu poems. Later, he retired to Kuangshan to study hard and practice swordsmanship. He also traveled to neighboring counties to learn the art of governing the country from Zhao rui (a native of Yanting, Sichuan), and was influenced by the culture of Ba-Shu.

Li Ke fled back to Sichuan and settled in Qinglian Township, Changlong County, which is today's Qinglian Town, Jiangyou City.