Ten of Liu Yuxi's famous poems are as follows:
"Inscription on the Humble Room", "Poem on Bamboo Branches", "Poem on Willow Branches", "Woyi Alley", "Collected Works of Liu Mengde", "Walk on the Dike" and " "Ta Lyrics" "Nostalgia on Xisai Mountain" "Stone City" "Temple of the First Master of Shu"
Liu Yuxi (772-842), courtesy name Mengde, was born in Luoyang, Henan, and was born in Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan, autobiography "The family origin is in Xingshang, and the place of origin is Luoyang." His ancestor is Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan (some say he is a descendant of the Huns). During the Tang Dynasty, he was a minister, writer, and philosopher, and was known as the "Poetry Hero".
Liu Yuxi passed the imperial examination in the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793). He first served as the Prince's school secretary, moved to the Huainan Record Office to join the army, and later joined the shogunate of Du You, the Jiedu envoy, and won Du You's trust and respect. Du You entered the court as prime minister, and Liu Yuxi also moved to supervise the censor. In the last years of Zhenyuan, he joined the "Two Kings and Eight Sima" political group headed by Prince Wang Shuwen. After Tang Shunzong ascended the throne, Liu Yuxi participated in the "Yongzhen Reform".
After the failure of the reform, he was repeatedly demoted. In the second year of Huichang (842), he moved to the crown prince's guest house and died in Luoyang at the age of seventy-one. He was posthumously presented as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and buried in Xingyang.
Liu Yuxi was excellent in poetry and prose, and covered a wide range of subjects. Together with Liu Zongyuan, he was known as "Liu Liu", together with Wei Yingwu and Bai Juyi, he was known as the "Three Heroes", and together with Bai Juyi, he was known as "Liu Bai". Famous works such as "Inscription on a Humble Room", "Poem on Bamboo Branches", "Poem on Willow Branches", and "Woyi Alley". Liu Yuxi's three philosophical works "On Heaven" discuss the materiality of heaven and analyze the origin of "Destiny Theory", which has materialist ideas. He is the author of "Collected Works of Liu Mengde" and "Collected Works of Liu Mengde". ?
Literary achievements:
Liu Yuxi’s landscape poems changed the narrow and bleak style of Dali and Zhenyuan poets, and often wrote a style that exceeded the actual distance of space. Open scenes that are half virtual and half real, such as "the clouds on the distant mountains under the water are like snow, and the grass on the flat shore beside the bridge is like smoke" ("The fable of Mr. Niu after he visited Nanzhuang when he was drunk"), "the wild grass is fragrant and red brocade ground" , Gossamer dazzles the blue sky" ("Spring Day Letter to Dongluobai Twenty-two Yang Eighty-two Concubine").
Another example is "Looking at the Dongting"; the poet's subjective emotions are integrated into this quiet and ethereal mountain and water color, creating a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. However, although Liu Yuxi said that "if you can renounce desire, you will be empty", he actively participated in Yongzhen's reform, but actually still wanted to realize his life ideals in society; his character was also relatively stubborn, and he often showed a cheerful and cheerful attitude in his poems. Spirit. For example, one of the two poems of "Autumn Poems" and "Tongle Tian Climbing the Qiling Temple Pagoda" all have a kind of high-spirited power.
Due to the implicit and deep connotation, the broad realm and the uplifting emotions, Liu Yuxi's poems appear to be both solemn and clear. Liu Yuxi was demoted to the south many times, which is where folk songs are popular. Therefore, Liu Yuxi often collected folk songs and learned their styles to compose poems. For example, the poem "Egret" uses metaphors to describe his aloof feelings, but in a brisk way. Folk song style.
There are also some works that completely imitate folk songs, such as "Bamboo Branch Ci", "Willow Branch Ci", "Walking on the Dike", "Ta Lyrics", "Lang Tao Sha Ci", "Xisei Mountain Nostalgia", etc., all of which are simple. It is natural, fresh and lovely, exuding the rich flavor of life like folk songs. The following two songs are particularly vivid: "Walking on the Embankment" (two of three) and "Bamboo Branch Ci" (one of two).