LiHe,a mid-Tang dynasty poet,was highly talented,hoping to make contributions to the country.However,his family had come
down in the world,and he was unable to seek for the academic title of Jinshi because of”family taboo”,so he could only followthe general trend to pursue his offiˉcial career in other channels———to be appreciated and recommended by celeries and men of insight by means of poems.The poemwas written to present for his
promotion as well as his”recommendation letˉter”when he paid the first visit to HanYu(a famous poet at that time)in the third year of Yuan He(a method of counting the years in the name of the emperor in old China),which was in808A.D.The reaˉson that LiHe presented his poems instead of learning classical books was that he intended to gain the title of Jinshi directly to pursue his
official career.Passing the High Attic,which was written later,was also a poem written to express his official career.Passing the High Attic,which was written later,was also a poem written to express his emotion in the fall(or later fall)of the fourth year of YuanHe in ChangGu,Henan Province when he was possible to be promoted.