Bai Juyi compiled several poems before his death, first named "Bai Changqing Collection" and later renamed "Bai Anthology". * * * collected more than 3,800 poems and wrote them into 75 volumes and 5 volumes. The turmoil at the end of the Tang dynasty, the manuscripts scattered, once written and then written, is not the original appearance. The earliest extant white anthology is Shaoxing block-printed edition of the Southern Song Dynasty (11~1162), with only 7 1 volume and more than 3,600 poems.
Bai Juyi (772-846), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was a layman in Xiangshan. His ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi. In his later years, he became an official until the young prince. Bai Juyi, Li Bai and Du Fu are also called "Du Libai". Realistic poet. His poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and simple and popular language. There is a collection of Bai Changqing handed down from generation to generation.
Bai Juyi loved poetry all his life and was called "Poet Fairy". He has the habit of reciting and copying poems every day. Under normal circumstances, he will recite from morning until evening. In the long run, his tongue will get sores from reading too much, and his fingers will get calluses from writing too much. He even wrote a poem to laugh at himself, "The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to attract the magic of poetry, which is sad for the afternoon."
Bai Juyi pursues writing simple poems. Biography of gifted scholars in Tang dynasty: public poems are mainly based on six meanings, so it is difficult to appreciate them. Every time I write an article, I want the old woman to read it and record it when I ask. Later generations commented on Baishi's poem, "If the elders in Shandong taught to plow mulberry, what they said was true". Generally speaking, Bai Juyi will read every poem to the old woman, and if the old woman doesn't understand it, she will change it until she understands it. So his poems are very popular and grounded, but the mainstream cultural circles at that time looked down on him.
But in fact, Bai Juyi is a very important poet in the Tang Dynasty and even in the history of China, and his poetic thoughts and creations occupy an important position in the history of China's poetry.
His poems focus on the outstanding emphasis and full expression of popularity and reality. In the preface to new Yuefu, he clearly pointed out that the standard of writing poetry is: "the quality and path of his words are easy to distinguish for those who want to see;" His words are straightforward, and those who want to hear them are deeply warned; Its business is nuclear and true, so people who use it can send messages; Its body is smooth and can be played in music songs. "
Bai Juyi's representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Charcoal Man, Pipa Trip and so on.