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Chapter 49 Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi

Su Yue said: "Okay, that's all we have to say about Du Fu. Let's talk about Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi next."

Wan Ning can't sleep: Ah, my Yuan Bai.

Fireworks Yi Leng: Wuwuwuwu, it knocked me to death!

There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me: My Yuan Bai, those who don’t kowtow to Yuan Bai will suffer.

I can't sleep at night: Omnivores like me are really delicious.

Don’t let the world grow old: Yes, yes, as long as I kowtow a lot, I won’t be afraid of food shortages.

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Su Yue said: "Let's talk about Bai Juyi first. This is also a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty and has made outstanding contributions to the thickness of our Chinese textbooks. Come on, let's list Bai Juyi's poems first."

I don’t want to go home at dusk: "Pipa Tour", "Spring Tour at Qiantang Lake" and "Song of Everlasting Sorrow"

I can't sleep at night: "Farewell to Fu De Gu Yuan Cao"

Don't allow the world to grow old: There's also "The Charcoal Seller"!

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Su Yue looked at the comment area and basically said, "Then let's take a look at Bai Juyi's profile first."

Bai Juyi (772-846), whose courtesy name was Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, and Mr. Zuiyin. His ancestral home is Taiyuan (now Shanxi), a native of Xiagui, Huazhou (now Weinan, Shaanxi), born in Xinzheng, Henan, a realist poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three major poets in the Tang Dynasty.

Bai Juyi experienced war in the feudal town when he was young and determined to study hard. In the 800th year of Zhenyuan of Tang Dynasty (), he passed the Jinshi title.

In 802, he and Yuan Zhen passed the "Excellent Subject of Calligraphy" at the same time, and were awarded the title of Secretary Provincial School Shulang. Later, he was dismissed from the school as a scholar. He was talented and talented in physical education. He passed the exam and was awarded the title of Lieutenant in Wuqu County (now Zhouzhi County, Xi'an).

He successively served as Jinshi examiner, Jixian school manager, and was awarded Hanlin bachelor's degree. During his tenure, in addition to drafting imperial edicts, he often wrote letters to discuss issues, actively participated in politics, and pointed out the current shortcomings.

In 815, Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated. Bai Juyi advocated the strict arrest of the murderer. He was considered to have overstepped his duties and was slandered and demoted to the Sima of Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi).

In 822, he became the governor of Hangzhou and later served as the governor of Suzhou for a short period of time. In 827, he became the secretary-prisoner, and the following year he was transferred to the minister of justice. The late Bai Juyi spent the last stage of his life in Luoyang. He died in August 846 and was given to Shangshu Youpuse.

Bai Juyi was one of the most prolific poets in the Tang Dynasty. His poems had a wide range of themes, simple and popular language, and were full of sentiment. There are 3000 poems in existence.

His representative works "Pipa Play" and "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and other classic works have been widely disseminated and circulated, and have had a profound impact on later generations.

Bai Juyi also played an important role in the political field. During his tenure, he showed outstanding talents and good governance ideas and contributed to the political development of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, Bai Juyi advocated the New Yuefu Movement in literature from theory and creative practice, emphasizing the "aesthetic" role of poetry.

Not eating durian: Who in the family understands? I have to go to the office tomorrow to find a teacher to recite "Pipa Xing". The problem is that I can't sing it! ! !

I send my thoughts to the bright moon: Ah, I wish you good luck. I really can't help but sing it.

I can't sleep at night: There are really many famous lines from "Pipa Xing", and Bai Juyi is really amazing.

Don’t allow the world to grow old: Yes, Bai Letian is really awesome.

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Su Yue looked at the comment area and said, "Let's not go into details first, let's take a look at Yuan Zhen."

Wan Ning can't sleep: It's okay, after all, these two are really famous.

Don't let the world grow old: just, don't love too much.

Wudu refused: I just smiled and said nothing.

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Su Yue said: "Then let's introduce Yuan Zhen."

Yuan Zhen (779-831) had the courtesy name Wei Zhi and Wei Ming. A native of Luoyang (now LY City, HEN Province), Xianbei ethnic group.

The nineteenth generation grandson of Tuoba Shiyijian, Emperor Zhaocheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Minister, poet, writer and novelist during the Tang Dynasty. In the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793), Yuan Zhen was promoted to the Ming Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan (799), Yuan Zhen first served as an official in Hezhong Mansion.

In the 803th year of Zhenyuan (806), Yuan Zhen was awarded the title of Provincial Secretary, and was awarded the title of Provincial Secretary. He and Bai Juyi were brothers and sisters, and married Wei Cong, a lady from a well-known family. Wei Cong died a few years later. In the first year of Yuanhe (), he was awarded the title of "Zuo Shiyi" because of his talent and knowledge in physical education.

In the fourth year of Yuanhe (809), Prime Minister Pei Bian was promoted to the position of Supervisory Censor. Yuan Zhen witnessed corrupt politics, understood the sufferings of the people, and investigated illegal officials. He was very accomplished and deeply loved by the people.

As a result, he offended the eunuchs and powerful ministers and was reprimanded. Hou Yuanzhen turned to the eunuchs in order to be promoted.

In the second year of Changqing (822), he was appointed as Tongzhongshu's subordinate Pingzhangshi. He was framed by Li Fengji and was dismissed as the governor of Tongzhou.

In the fifth year of Taihe (831), he died suddenly at the post of the Wuchang Army Jiedu Envoy at the age of fifty-three. The imperial court posthumously presented Shangshu Youpushe as a posthumous gift.

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He is not allowed to grow old in the world: Is he still a descendant of the Xianbei royal family? Never heard of it.

Rimu Busigui: I’m really not familiar with Yuan Zhen.

Wan Ning can’t sleep: Yes, but his poetry is really famous.

Don't let the world grow old: I can't help it, there aren't many choices in the textbook, but he is really famous.

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Su Yue said: "Now let's take a look at the tired friendship between them."

During such an unfortunate period of Yuan Zhen's life, Bai Juyi really understood this good friend. Yuan Zhen's mother passed away, and Yuan Zhen was mourning at home. The whole family relied on Yuan Zhen for support. Bai Juyi gave Yuan Zhen 200,000 yuan without saying anything. You must know that Bai Juyi was still renting a house in Chang'an at that time.

Later, Yuan Zhen's first wife died, and Lao Bai imitated Wei Cong under Jiuquan very interestingly and wrote a harmonious poem for one of Yuan Zhen's songs, "Relieving Sorrows and Feelings." But when it comes to the young couple, you can Being involved in it will always make us people a little embarrassed now. Maybe they have real feelings for each other.

"Looking at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk, I miss you when I walk, and I miss you when I sit down."

The most unbearable thing is the nagging longing between these two grown men.

After Yuan Zhen died and was demoted to Tongzhou, he wrote a heart-wrenching letter of complaint to Bai Juyi, saying that "it's cloudy in summer, dysentery and malaria in autumn, there are no doctors and witches in the land, and medicines are thousands of miles away, and the sick are likely to die a hundred times a lifetime." "Concern", there were many mosquitoes and the miasma was heavy. When Bai Juyi heard what was going on, he quickly wrote a letter to comfort his friend, and also sent him the gauze clothes and mat he had prepared with great care.

This was not over yet. Bai Juyi, who was even more disgusted, wrote a poem, saying, "This thing is the most concerning to me" and "I am afraid that I will kill you in the heat of Tongzhou." The poet became disgusted, but he really couldn't stand it.

After being demoted, the two of them prospered in officialdom for a while, and both became third-rank officials at that time. As a result, Yuan Zhen still made the same mistakes as before, and was squeezed out of the court again, and went to Yuezhou to be his governor. Bai Juyi couldn't stand it, so he quickly reported to the emperor that he also wanted to go abroad. The emperor waved his hand and let him go to Hangzhou, which was very close to Yuezhou, to serve as an official.

Being so close, communication and visits are indispensable. Once, Yuan Zhen came to Hangzhou for a visit and spent more than three days with Bai Juyi. When leaving, Yuan Zhen reluctantly wrote: "It is increasingly difficult to say goodbye when old people meet, and the old age is the limit." "Each of us doesn't have much" to lament that we don't have much time, so we have to cherish this relationship even more.

When these two white-headed old men see each other, they will probably think of the time they rode horses together in Chang'an. Time has taken away their youth, but it has also made their relationship deeper and deeper day by day.

After seeing you for thousands of miles, there will be a farewell, and this farewell was written in Luoyang.

At that time, Yuan Zhen returned to Chang'an from Yuezhou and specially passed by Luoyang where Bai Juyi lived. He was touched again by meeting old friends. Before leaving, Yuan Zhen left two poems to Bai Juyi, talking about his age. As we grow older, we don’t have many friends anymore, and we are worried that this will be the last time we see each other.

"The number of white-headed disciples is getting rarer. I'm afraid you won't be able to have such fun tomorrow."

A prophecy. Soon, Bai Juyi received the bad news that Yuan Zhen died of a sudden illness at his post in Wuchang.

You buried your bones in the mud under the spring, but I sent them to the world with my head covered with snow.

In the days after Yuan Zhen's death, it can be said that Bai Juyi never stopped missing him.

In his memorial tribute to Yuan Zhen, he wrote the sentence "Although your father has not returned, I should continue to go" with emotion. Until that snowy night many years later, accompanied by "the small stove of red mud, the new green ants" What dissipated in "fermented wine" was Bai Juyi's infinite pursuit of the joy of life. At this time, the sentence he wrote was "You buried your bones in the mud under the spring, and I left my head full of snow in the world."

Yes, the person who understood him best in the world has passed away. Why is he still living in this world? His late nickname was Xiangshan Jushi, which actually meant he was nostalgic.

Xiangshan is the name of the temple built by Bai Juyi, and he built this temple just to place his mortal reunion on the illusory gods and Buddhas. He didn't think about the poems of his life and the world of mortals. Tonight, I don't care about human beings. I only care about human beings. care about you.

"With this merit, do you know that he will not end up with Wei Zhi and end up in this land? Therefore, if you make a wish, do you know that he will not travel with Wei Zhi in this temple in his lifetime?"

Fifteen years after Yuan Zhen's death, Bai Juyi also closed his eyes in his infinite memory.

(End of this chapter)