Liu Yuxi had a good relationship with Liu Zongyuan and was known as "Liu Liu". Liu Yuxi often sang with Bai Juyi and was also known as "Liu Bai".
1. Liu Yuxi (772-842), whose courtesy name was Mengde, was from Luoyang, Henan. He claimed that he was "originally in Xingshang, and his native place is in Luoyang" and that he was from Zhongshan. The first was Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan. A writer and philosopher of the Tang Dynasty, he was known as the "poetry hero".
Liu Yuxi was excellent in both 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", "Bamboo Branch Ci", "Yangliu Branch Ci", "Woyi Lane" and so on.
The three philosophical works "On Heaven" discuss the materiality of heaven and analyze the origin of "Destiny Theory", which has materialistic ideas. There is the "Collected Works of Liu Mengde" and the "Collected Works of Liu Mengde" still exist.
2. Liu Zongyuan (773 AD - November 28, 819 AD), courtesy name Zihou, Han nationality, native of Hedong (now Yongji, Yuncheng, Shanxi), one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Tang Dynasty The writer, philosopher, essayist and thinker was known as "Liu Hedong" and "Mr. Hedong" in the world. Because he died as the governor of Liuzhou, he was also called "Liu Liuzhou".
Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu are called "Han Liu", together with Liu Yuxi are called "Liu Liu", and together with Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Yingwu, they are called "Wang Meng Wei Liu".
Liu Zongyuan wrote more than 600 poems and essays in his lifetime, and his achievements in writing were greater than those in poetry. There are nearly a hundred pieces of parallel prose. The prose is rational, sharp, and satirical. The travel notes describe the scenery, and many of them are based on "The Collection of Mr. Hedong". His representative works include "River Dwelling", "Jiang Snow" and "The Fisherman".
3. Bai Juyi (772-846), whose courtesy name was Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, and also Mr. Zuiyin. His ancestral home was Taiyuan, Shanxi. He moved to Xiagui when his great-grandfather was around. He was born in Xinzheng, 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". He became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a doctor of Zuo Zanshan. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on.
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1. Liu Yuxi - style of work
Liu Yuxi and his poetic style are quite unique. He has a resolute character and a heroic spirit. During the years of exile, when he was still suffering from hardships, he felt heavy psychological depression and sang a series of lamentations of a lonely minister. But he never despaired and had the soul of a fighter.
Written "The gentlemen summoned from Langzhou to Beijing Opera in the tenth year of Yuanhe", "Revisiting Xuandu Temple Quatrains", "Hundred Tongues", "Gathering Mosquito Ballads", "Flying" Poems such as "Kite Cao" and "Hua Tuo Lun" repeatedly satirized and criticized political opponents, which led to repeated political suppression and attacks.
But this depressive blow aroused his stronger resentment and resistance, and strengthened his poetic temperament in different aspects. He said: "I am from Shandong, and I have been filled with emotions throughout my life" ("Yizhu Shanhui Zen Master").
Liu Yuxi lived in Jiaxing with his father in his early years. He often went to Wuxing to visit Jiaoran and Lingche, who were famous Zen monks and poets in Jiangnan. According to his autobiography in "The Collected Works of Che Shangren", at that time, he "used two modalities." Holding a pen and an inkstone and accompanying him in chanting, he said, "You can teach me a child." This early experience had a profound impact on his later poetry creation.
2. Liu Zongyuan’s Anecdotes and Allusions - Freeing the Slaves
Liuzhou follows a cruel custom, "Take men and women as hostages for money and redeem them from time to time. "Slaves." Liu Zongyuan issued a decree to "reform the laws of his country" so that those who became slaves could still pay for redemption.
The government decree formulated a set of methods for the release of slaves, stipulating that those who have become slaves can have their wages calculated based on their working time while serving their creditors. After paying off the debt with wages, he immediately regains his freedom of life and returns home to reunite with his relatives. This move was welcomed by poor people and was later implemented in prefectures and counties outside Liuzhou.
3. Bai Juyi's anecdotes and allusions - home-brew wine
Bai Juyi's home-brew wine was of high quality. He wrote a poem about his wine: "Open the altar and pour out the rain. , jade liquid and golden fat; it is pleasant to hold it, and you will feel happy after tasting it; once you drink it, you will feel hospitable, and then drink it for four or five times, and it will feel good to your limbs." ("Bai Juyi") ). The history of Bai Juyi's wine making is not only recorded, but to this day, there is also a story about "Bai Juyi made wine to enjoy his neighbors on New Year's Eve" that has been circulated among generations in Weibei.