This sentence comes from Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "Two Poems for My Brother Nanping (I)". Although he is less than seven feet tall, his ambition is above ten thousand people. This sentence is used to describe a person who is small, but ambitious, with strong ambition and ambition.
Li He is one of the famous poets in Tang Dynasty. His poems are famous for their peculiar imagination and unique artistic style. This sentence was given to my cousin Nanping Taishou by Li He, expressing appreciation and encouragement. This sentence is also often used to describe those who are not tall but ambitious, encouraging them not to be limited by their appearance, but to pursue higher goals and ideals.
Other parts of this poem also show Li He's heroism and ambition. For example, the poem "Who sends a brocade book, the swallow returns to the red every few autumn" expresses the poet's yearning for distant relatives and friends, and also implies his own ambition and pursuit. Li He's poems often show deep concern for social reality and deep understanding of human nature.
Li He's poetry is famous for its unique artistic style and profound ideological connotation, which has had a far-reaching impact on later poetry creation. And the phrase "he is not seven feet tall, but he is full of ambition" has become a classic phrase for later generations to describe those who are short but ambitious.
Brief introduction of Li He's life
Li He, the word Chang Ji, was a romantic poet in the middle Tang Dynasty. Later people called him Li Changgu. Li He, a descendant of Li Liang, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, was born in Guxiang, the county head of Fuchang County, Henan Province (now Yiyang County, Henan Province). He was not successful in his official career and died young at the age of 27. Li He is the representative of the poetic style transition from the middle Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, and he is also known as the Three Li in Tang Dynasty with Li Bai and Li Shangyin.
Most of his poems lament the untimely birth, pour out his inner anguish and express his pursuit of ideals and ambitions. It reflects the situation that the vassal region was divided, the eunuchs were authoritarian and brutally exploited the people. His poems are full of imagination, and they are often told by myths and legends, so later generations often call him "genius" and "Shi Gui", and his poems are called "the words of ghosts and immortals".