1. The author is Bai Juyi.
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1. Appreciation of the original poem: Harem Ci
My dreams are wet with tears, and I sing in the front hall late at night.
My beauty is cut off before I grow old, and I sit leaning against the smoked cage until dawn.
2. Introduction to the work: "Ci of the Harem" is a work by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This is the complaint made by the palace maid. The first sentence is about being sleepless at night, dreaming of the king's arrival; the second sentence is about suddenly hearing the singing in the front hall, and there is no hope of the king's arrival; the third sentence is about the pain that the beauty is still there, but the king's favor has been cut off; the fourth sentence is about fantasizing about the possibility of the king's arrival again, So he leaned against the fumigation cage and sat there until dawn, but it all came to nothing. The language of the whole poem is bright and natural, and the emotions are sincere and multi-layered. It delicately depicts the psychological state of the palace maid who has fallen out of favor.
3. About the author: Bai Juyi (772~846), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The courtesy name is Lotte and the name is Xiangshan Jushi. Born in Xinzheng, Henan, he was originally from Taiyuan (now part of Shanxi) and later moved to Xiagui (now northeast of Weinan, Shaanxi). Zhenyuan Jinshi, awarded the title of Secretary Provincial Secretary. During the Yuanhe period, he served as Dr. Zuo Yiyi and Zuo Zanshan. Later, he offended the powerful and was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima because he petitioned to severely arrest the murderer who assassinated Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng. In the early years of Changqing, he was appointed as the governor of Hangzhou, and in the early years of Baoli, he was appointed as the governor of Suzhou. Later, he became the minister of the Ministry of punishment. In literature, he advocated that "articles should be combined to suit the occasion, and songs and poems should be combined to suit the situation." He was an advocate of the New Yuefu Movement. The language of his poems is popular, and he is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King". Together with Yuan Zhen, he is also called "Yuan Bai", and with Liu Yuxi, he is also called "Liu Bai". There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation.