Bai Juyi's fame in China is not as high as that of Li Bai and Du Fu, but it doesn't mean that Bai Juyi's poems are not well written. In the Tang Dynasty, there were too many great poets, such as Li Bai and Du Fu. By contrast, Bai Juyi's poems are not so outstanding. Bai Juyi writes poems in a different style from them. Bai Juyi is simple. He believes that writing poetry should be simple and easy to understand, so that all people know what is written in the poem. He has a habit of reading a poem to his illiterate grandmother every time he finishes writing it. As soon as grandma heard what was said in the poem, Bai Juyi felt that the poem was qualified.
Japanese always like to learn China culture, and their writing and festivals are influenced by China. However, after all, they are foreigners, and they may have only learned the superficial knowledge of China culture, but they don't understand the connotation of China culture. Therefore, although Li Bai and Du Fu's poems are excellent, the Japanese are not easy to understand, so they prefer to read Bai Juyi's poems. Moreover, after Bai Juyi's poems spread in Japan, the Japanese emperor became the number one fan of Bai Juyi, and under his leadership, more and more Japanese began to become fans of Bai Juyi. Therefore, Bai Juyi became the most popular poet in Japan.
Bai Juyi's poems are more popular in Japan, and his poems are more suitable for Japanese to learn and read aloud. No matter whose poems are more popular in Japan, these great poets are our pride.