These two poems are from his work Early Summer on the Pool. The whole poem is: What is the ground temperature in Nanyang? Pears and dates ripen in August before the court. Trees can return to work in the morning and don't bother to clear the shade all day.
In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi was the doctor of Zuo Wenyi and Zuo Zanshan. During the Daiwa period of Tang Wenzong, he served as the secretariat of Hangzhou and later as the secretariat of Suzhou, so he should make some achievements during his tenure. Hangzhou and Suzhou are both rich places and tourist attractions for literati, and Bai Juyi also left poems in these places. His poetry has a wide range of themes, diverse forms and plain language, and is known as the magical poet and the king of poetry.
Early Summer on the Pool is an ancient poem with five words, which describes the summer scenery the author saw in the pavilion by the pool. Among them, Nanyang is the name of Bai Juyi in the sentence "What is the geothermal temperature in Nanyang", and he also has a poem "What is the geothermal temperature in Nanyang?" Wang Luoshui, a lake pavilion in Nanyang. This poem expresses the author's nostalgia for the place where he worked.
One day, the tree can go back to work, and he is too lazy to sit in the shade all day. There is a saying that the author enjoys the cool under the willow trees by the pool in summer and learns to write here. The dry return here means that the author climbs the tree many times a day. The author shows his love for this place by describing his life scenes of reading, writing and resting under this tree.
Brief introduction of Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi, whose name is Lotte, and whose name is Mr. Zuiyin and Mr. Xiangshan, is a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He is known as the demon of poetry and the king of poetry. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen advocated the New Yuefu Movement, which was called Bai Yuan by the world, Bai Liu by Liu Yuxi and Li Bai by Li Shen.
Bai Juyi's ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi. I know this because he is from Taiyuan. Bai Juyi's great-grandfather was Bai Jian, who was an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he arrived at his grandfather, he moved to Weinan County, Shaanxi Province. His father Bai is a student of Guan Tai. Bai Juyi also had two brothers, one died young and the other was Bai Xingjian, who later became an official.
Bai Juyi's family is a scholarly family. His mother died before he was born. He was brought up by his father and second brother. Bai Juyi has a gift for languages. When he was a teenager, he showed extraordinary talent and memory. He studies very hard and reads very fast. He will never forget anything. It is said that he once finished reading Selected Works in one day and could recite it.
When Bai Juyi was sixteen, he passed the book examination and was awarded the position of school bookkeeper. During his tenure, he wrote many excellent poems. Most of his poems focus on reflecting social reality and people's sufferings, showing his concern and sense of responsibility for the country and people. For example, his Pipa is a very famous work. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the times and sympathy for the people through the description of pipa girls.
Besides poetry creation, Bai Juyi is also very good at calligraphy and painting. His calligraphy works are considered excellent, and his paintings are collected in the Palace Museum. Bai Juyi has made great achievements and contributions in literature, poetry, politics, calligraphy and painting. His poems are widely praised and collected, which has a far-reaching impact on the development of China literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Tang Dynasty and one of the important figures in the history of China literature.