Bai Juyi.
Bai Juyi (772-846), whose courtesy name was Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, and also Mr. Zuiyin, was originally from Taiyuan. He moved to Xiagui when his great-grandfather was around. He was born in Sincheng, Henan. He was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three major poets in the Tang Dynasty.
Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen jointly advocated the New Yuefu Movement, known as "Yuan Bai" in the world, and "Liu Bai" together with Liu Yuxi. Bai Juyi's poetry has a wide range of themes, diverse forms, and simple and popular language. He is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King".
Bai Juyi's thoughts:
He synthesized Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and took Confucianism as the leading idea. Bai Juyi not only left nearly 3,000 poems, but also proposed a complete set of poetry theories.
He inherited the tradition of poetry and poetry since the Book of Songs, attaching great importance to the realistic content and social role of poetry, and emphasizing the function of poetry in exposing and criticizing political shortcomings.
He put forward a series of principles in the expression methods of poetry. His poetry theory is of progressive significance in urging poets to face reality and care about the people's livelihood.