Why do the Japanese admire Bai Juyi so much?

Bai Juyi, a poet and writer in the Tang Dynasty, was also good at writing poems for 74 years. Poetry is easy to understand. He is engaged in political reform and cares about people's livelihood. The content of poetry is based on reality and reflects the situation of the times at that time. Bai Juyi's poems were widely circulated during his lifetime, sought after at home, and had great influence abroad, such as Silla and Japan.

In Japan, Bai Juyi's position is unshakable. No. 1, even in the inscription, he is also known as the benefactor of Japanese culture, and even Li Bai and Du Fu can only match him.

Some people say that Bai Juyi's position in Japan is high because his poems and essays are simple and straightforward, and the content comes from the people, which is relatively popular, even illiterate old ladies can understand, so it is more suitable for Japanese people to understand, appreciate and imitate. I think this understanding underestimated the Chinese level of the Japanese at that time. A person's poetry will never be respected for its simplicity. Just like now, all kinds of live broadcasts are popular, not only because of breasts, legs and beauty.

Some people say that it is because Bai Juyi has caught up with the good times. During the Heian period, Japanese businessmen introduced the culture of the Tang Dynasty and bought a number of first-class printed works from the Tang Dynasty. They basically don't care about the literary value of poetry, but take local popularity as the purchase standard. At that time, it belonged to Bai Juyi in the field of China's poetry. Natural Bai Juyi was introduced into Japan as the most popular culture at that time.

The more acceptable reason is that Bai Juyi showed the poetic ability of practical words through his rich content, making the whole Tang Dynasty as small as a chess piece and as big as a tribute to the emperor. With the development of printing industry, the collected works can be exposed by movable type printing, and will come to Japan to pay tribute and trade. Poetry pursues the unity of heaven and man, and its perception of life details is more in line with Japanese aesthetics and culture.

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