Disciple of the Liyuan
[Author] Bai Juyi ? [Dynasty] Tang Dynasty
The old man shed tears and talked about the pear garden, fifty years ago the rain and dew were kind.
Don’t ask about what happened in Huaqing today. The mountains are covered with red leaves and the palace gates are locked. A brief introduction to Bai Juyi, the author of "Disciples of the Liyuan"
Bai Juyi (772-846), also known as Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, also known as Mr. Zuiyin, was born in Xinzheng, Henan (now Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou, Henan). He was a great figure in the Tang Dynasty of my country. A realist poet and one of the three major poets of the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi was born in Dongguozhai, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou (now Dongguosi Village, Xinzheng City) in the first month of the seventh year of Dali (772) of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. Bai's ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi. Bai Juyi's grandfather Bai Kun immigrated to Xiagui (now north of Weinan City, Shaanxi). Bai Quan later served as the county magistrate of Gong County (now Gongyi City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province), and was a good friend of the magistrate of Xinzheng County, his neighbor at that time. Seeing the beautiful mountains and clear waters of Xinzheng, he moved to Xinzheng. Bai Juyi himself was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province. After his death, he was buried in Luoyang, Henan. The memorial hall of Bai Juyi's former residence is located in the suburbs of Luoyang, and Baiyuan (Bai Juyi's Tomb) is located in Pipa Peak in Xiangshan Mountain in the south of Luoyang City. 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. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "The Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on.
Bai Juyi's other works
○ Song of Everlasting Regret
○ Spring trip to Qiantang Lake
○ Cao/Farewell with ancient grass
○ Watching the Cutting of Wheat
○ Recalling Jiangnan·Jiangnan is Good
○ More works by Bai Juyi