Even if the poets in the early Tang Dynasty had no talent, they still had ideals and ambitions. Poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty had strong feelings and enthusiasm for serving the country. In the middle Tang Dynasty, although Liu Yuxi and Li He were heroic, more works began to pay attention to daily life.
Bai Juyi was greatly influenced by Du Fu. His poems either supplement the current politics, attack the current abuses, or describe profound sincerity, or praise temperament and paint landscapes.
When it comes to Bai Juyi, you can't avoid pipa.
When I mentioned Pipa Star, I remembered the scene of taking my first student to perform Pipa Star. At that time, Tian played Bai Juyi, and Xiaojie, who went to teach in Jiangsu, played the pipa girl. Perhaps after teaching them for six years, the most unforgettable thing for the children is this sitcom performance. After graduation, tian teacher came to see me for the first time and proudly said to me, "Teacher Song, I am the first one in our class to recite the pipa." This is a precious experience of a child's life and one of the sources of self-confidence in his life.
Not long ago, our grade rehearsed Du Fu's "Two Banks of the Yellow River Recovered by the Imperial Army". Then what can we rehearse in the future? Yes, then such poems belong to the history of poetry. Of course, these are beyond my research scope, it's just my feeling.
Bai Juyi was originally a young man who wanted to help the world, but he had to be independent. Therefore, when you see the pipa girl's "unsuccessful life", you will "this Jiujiang official." My blue sleeves are wet. " The music played by Pipa girl is tactfully ups and downs, and her mood is very ups and downs, because she is lyrical with music, and the white play Pipa Travel is also very ups and downs, because Bai Juyi is lyrical with poetry.
Many demoted people will be depressed, just like Liu Zongyuan's song "A boat with a leaf, a bamboo suit, an old man fishing in Leng Jiang-snow". I wrote about my desolation and loneliness after being demoted, but Bai Juyi quickly adjusted his mentality. Because he can't help the world at the same time, he chose independence. I especially admire this.
In the article "The Story of Sima Ting in Jiangzhou", he has an inner monologue: "Only Sima can come out and relax in the landscape poetry wine room."
He felt that although he was ashamed of his white children, Sima was fairly well-off in this position and received a salary. You can also drink and recite poems between mountains and rivers and enjoy them tirelessly. Life is to be happy all the time. Bai Juyi did well!
In this era, his poems are also relaxed.
"In April, the world is full of beauty, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom." Teacher Kang Zhen thinks Bai Juyi's writing looks relaxed, but it is not easy. I hold the opposite attitude.
Words come from the heart, and a sad heart cannot write happy words. Because of my inner confinement, I can't write open-minded and broad words ... so Bai Juyi should be enjoying real comfort at the moment, because he is so transparent.
There are Bai Causeway and Suzhou Gongdi in Hangzhou. Su Shi built Su Gong Dike, but Bai Juyi didn't build this Bai Causeway. However, the two of them not only created one literary legend after another here, but also benefited one party as a political party, but it is a story that will be told through the ages.
Postscript:
Can everyone get out of a bad mood quickly? Thinking in a daze, I fell down. Pain is really painful, but it seems to deserve it.