King Luo Bin of the Tang Dynasty
King Luo Bin (640-684), whose courtesy name was Guan Guang, was born in Yiwu (now Yiwu, Zhejiang, China). A poet in the early Tang Dynasty, together with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, and Lu Zhaolin, he was known as the Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty. King Luo Bin was born in a poor family. He was able to write poems at the age of seven and was known as a child prodigy. It is said that "Poetry of Chanting Goose" was written at this time.
"Ode to the Goose"
Goose, goose, goose,
The song sings to the sky.
White hair floats on the green water,
Anthurium stirs the clear waves.
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In the early years of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, King Luo Bin served as an official of Taoist King Li Yuanqing. Later, he successively served as the chief clerk of martial arts and the chief clerk of Mingtang. In the fourth year of Yifeng's reign (679), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he was promoted to the official position of imperial censor of the central government. He was once falsely accused and imprisoned. After being pardoned, he became the local magistrate of Linhai County, so later generations also called him Luo Linhai. In the first year of Wu Zetian's reign (684), Xu Jingye launched an army to attack Wu Zetian. As his secretary, he drafted the famous "Appeal to the Wu Family". It is said that Wu Zetian was indifferent at first, and felt quite proud when she heard, "When you first encounter jealousy, your eyebrows won't let people go; when you hide your sleeves, you are slanderous, but your charm can only deceive the master." However, when she heard that "a handful of soil is not dry, six feet "I am lonely and safe", Zhanran was moved by it and asked: "Who did it?" Someone told her that it was the work of King Bin, but she actually asked: "Prime Minister An lost this person", lamenting that he could not use it for himself.
After Xu Jingye's defeat, King Luo Bin fled, not knowing where he ended up. Later generations have many speculations about his life and death. Both "Old Book of Tang" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" say that King Luo Bin was killed[1]. "New Book of Tang" originally said that he "went on the run without knowing his whereabouts." "Chao Ye Qian Zai" said that he threw himself into the river and died. The preface to "The Collected Works of King Luo Bin" states that "in civilization, he and Si Ye conspired an uprising in Guangling. The military was not successful, so they fled." Meng Qi's "Poetry of Benshi" said that King Luo Bin shaved his hair and became a monk after escaping, "traveling all over the world". Mingshan. He died at the age of one in Lingyin."