Liu Yuxi (772 -842), a native of Luoyang, Henan Province, was a writer and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty and was known as a "poet".
Liu Yuxi was a scholar in the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793). At the beginning, he was a clerk in Du You's shogunate and an envoy in Huainan, and was highly valued by Du You. Later, he entered the DPRK from Du You, supervising the empire. At the end of Zhenyuan, he made friends with Liu Zongyuan, Han Ye and formed a political group headed by Wang.
Liu Yuxi's poems and essays are all excellent, with a wide range of subjects. He and Liu Zongyuan are called "Liu Liu", and Wei and Bai Juyi are called "three outstanding men". There are such famous works as Humble Room Inscription, Zhi Zhu Ci, Yang Liuzhi Ci and Wuyi Lane. Liu Mengde's works and Liu Binke's works.
Bai Juyi (772 -846), whose name is Letian, Xiangshan Jushi and Zuiyin, was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three great poets in the Tang Dynasty. The new Yuefu movement initiated by Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen was called "Bai Yuan" by the world.
Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and simple and popular language, and are known as "the poet's magic" and "the king of poets". Up to now, there are Bai's "Changqing Collection", and the representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Charcoal Man, Pipa Travel and so on.
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Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi are the same age, and their experiences are quite similar, both of which are setbacks. Both Bai Liu's official career is not smooth enough, but also has the same literary talent. As the saying goes, mutual appreciation has forged a profound friendship with each other through singing.
The poem "Appreciating Lotte at the First Meeting in Yangzhou" is a famous poem sung and left by Bai Liu. This poem was written in Yangzhou. At that time, Liu Yuxi was sent to Hezhou (now Hexian County, Anhui Province) to be a secretariat and returned to the capital in the north. At the same time, Bai Juyi returned to Luoyang from Suzhou, and the two poets met in Yangzhou.
At the banquet, Bai Juyi wrote "Drunken Gifts to Twenty-eight Ambassadors of Liu", expressing sympathy for Liu's long-term relegation. Original poem: Bring me a glass of wine and play chopsticks and sing with you. Although your poetry is first-class and can be called a national champion, it is doomed that you can't get it. Dou Rong's eyes are decent, but you stay lonely for a long time. Full officials have their own satisfactory positions, but you are empty. I also know that you should be very tired, but these 23 years have been too much loss.
This poem is euphemistic and full of praise for sympathy. On the one hand, he lamented Liu Yuxi's unfortunate fate, on the other hand, he praised Liu Yuxi's talent and fame.
It means: you enthusiastically picked up the glass for me, filled it up and got drunk. Let's knock on the plate with chopsticks and sing poems together. Although you are a first-class poet and a national player, that's all, but you can't get out and do nothing. This is fate. Everyone you look up to is glorious and decent, but you are lonely for a long time. Manchu officials have their own satisfactory positions, but you are wasting your time. I also know that you should be tired of being brilliant and famous, but the loss in these 23 years is too much.
Liu Yuxi read this poem and was filled with emotion. Recalling all the disappointments of relegation in the past, he took over Baishi's words: "Bashan Chujiang River is desolate and gave up on itself in 23 years." Then I used two allusions to express my feelings of long-term demotion, but the next two sentences were much clearer, full of hope for the future, and also showed the poet's optimism.
The original poem of "Yangzhou will enjoy Lotte at the First Meeting": Bashan Chuhe River is desolate, and I gave up on myself in 23 years. People come back. Like people in Michelle, I can only play the flute, and I am disappointed. On one side of the boat, Qian Fan races; At the head of the sick tree, every year is a spring shower. Today, listen to you sing a song, drink a glass of wine and cheer up.
Bashan, a desolate place with Chu water, has been silent for 23 years. I can only play the flute and write poems. I'm disappointed. Things will be different when I come back. I am like a rotten person, sinking my boat and competing for Qian Fan; Before the sick tree, every spring. Listen to your singing today and borrow a glass of wine to cheer up for a while.
After meeting in Yangzhou, they went north together and forged a deep friendship along the way. Since then, Bai Liu's poems have become more and more choral, with more than 200 choral poems handed down. At first, because my career is still bumpy, I always send books to comfort and encourage each other.
The two great poets lived in Luoyang in their later years. Old friends for many years finally have the opportunity to get together, and the joy is beyond words. Such frequent exchanges and mutual echoes have left many famous sayings for future generations.
Bai Juyi once wrote a poem to Liu Yuxi, saying, "The more familiar you are with the Huang Ju family, the more drunk you will become." (From "Drinking with Dreams", it means that the chrysanthemum is yellow, and when your wine is ripe, I will get drunk with you. ) very charming.
After Liu Yuxi's death, Bai Juyi wrote "Two Dreams of Crying Liu Shangshu". A cloud: Four seas are one family, and Liu Bai is equally famous, which has been prepared for a hundred years. Poor and sick from leisure, died in front of the old man. A glass of wine hero jun and Cao Cao, the article is slightly gentle and I know the mountain. Hyun-ho died, but he should have gone down the river in a tiny place.
They are the same age and have experienced political setbacks and blows together. Later, they lived a leisurely life in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Now one is dead and the other is still alive. When we are together, we also talk about heroes with a glass of wine like Liu Bei and Cao Cao and admire each other.
Poets can also appreciate the profound meaning in each other's poems. However, all this has now become a thing of the past, but the poet believes that although a heroic and wise man like Liu Yuxi is dead, his spirit must still be there. He should play freely underground with the poet and another good friend of Liu Yuxi.
This poem reviews their friendship for many years, praises Liu Yuxi's talent and ethics, and finally reminds another old friend Yuan Zhen who died young, hoping that his two best friends can go on together in another world. This poem fully illustrates the position of Yuan and Liu in Bai Juyi's mind.
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