Japanese scholar who studies Bai Juyi's poems.

Bai Juyi's poems are the most popular in Japan because most of them are easy to understand. Undoubtedly, the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous period of China's poetry culture. At that time, many famous poets, such as Li Bai and Du Fu, lived in that era, while Bai Juyi was not too inferior at that time, and he could also occupy his own place in the field of poetry at that time.

As a poet at that time, Bai Juyi naturally had many fans. Bai Juyi and his fans also have many overseas people, such as Japanese students. Japanese students sent Bai Juyi's poems back to Japan after seeing their popularity in Chang 'an, and the Japanese became Bai Juyi's fans after seeing his poems. Even a few days ago, I also gave lectures on Bai Juyi's poems, which is enough to show the popularity of Bai Juyi's poems in Japan.

Bai Juyi's poems are still so popular in Japan, and another thing is that Bai Juyi's poems are very popular and easy to understand. At that time, the Japanese were learning the culture of China from China, so they naturally knew more poems that were very easy to understand. If he is allowed to learn Li Shangyin's poems, it may not be so easy for the Japanese to learn them, which is why Li Shangyin's poems are not so popular in Japan. Because there are many allusions in Li Shangyin's poems, it is difficult for Japanese to learn other allusions when studying Li Shangyin's poems.

But we can't think that Bai Juyi's poems are of poor quality just because they are simple. Bai Juyi's poems are not as ethereal as Li Bai's and as profound as Du Fu's, but most of his poems are easy to understand and can reflect the reality at that time, so Bai Juyi's poems are also very valuable.