The whole mountain was shrouded in wind and rain, and the sound of cuckoos echoed in the mountains.
Excerpted from "Poems of Rewarding the Sky and Reading Wei at Night" written by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty. The full poem is:
I know you are parked secretly on the bank of the West River, and I want to wake up when I read my idle poems.
Tongzhou is still awake tonight, the mountains are full of wind and rain and the sound of cuckoos.
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Yuan Zhen (about 715-about 772), a famous writer, politician and poet in the Tang Dynasty, with the courtesy name Wei Zhi, nickname Zhenquan, and late nickname Zhen garden. He is one of the important figures in the literary history of the Tang Dynasty and is known as "the giant of Tang Dynasty poetry".
Yuan Zhen was born in Nanyang City, Henan Province. He came from a wealthy family and was smart and studious since he was a child. He once served as an aide to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and an aide to Prime Minister Li Linfu. Later, he served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Prince Shaofu. He showed outstanding talents and abilities in politics and was hailed as "the model of politicians in the Tang Dynasty".
In addition to his political achievements, Yuan Zhen was also an outstanding litterateur and poet. His poetry is famous for its fresh, natural and bold style, and he is known as "the giant of poetry in the Tang Dynasty". His representative works include "Parting Thoughts", "Reminiscing", "Girlfriend", etc. These works express his profound thinking and understanding of love, life, nature and other themes, and have high artistic and cultural value.
Yuan Zhen's literary achievements are not only reflected in poetry. He is also one of the representative figures of prose in the Tang Dynasty. His prose is known for its fresh, natural and approachable style, and he is known as "one of the representative figures of prose in the Tang Dynasty". His representative works include "Xianqing Fu", "Miscellaneous Feelings", "Fu De Gu Yuan Cao Farewell", etc. These works express his deep thinking and understanding of life, nature, society and other aspects, and have high literary value and ideological value.