After reading The Biography of Bai Juyi , I learned to be at peace with what happened

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there was such a poet.

He is known as a prodigy, he can read and write at the age of seven, learn to write poetry at the age of five, understand pronunciation at the age of nine, and write famous sentences at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

He was both talented and intelligent, and worked hard, and was given the green light all the way in the scientific examination room, and was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of 29.

Later, he was known as the "Poetry Demon" (meaning that he was extremely devoted to creation, like a "demon"), left more than 3,000 poems in his life, and also wrote his first girlfriend into "Long Hate Song".

Later, people said that his poems were charming and delicate, and there were thousands of styles.

If you don't read it, it's not enough to appreciate the world.

He is a great poet of a generationBai Juyi.

In the first month of the seventh year of the Tang Dynasty (772), snowflakes were flying all over the sky, and a baby's cry came from Baifu in Xinzheng County, Henan, and a child named Bai Juyi came to this world.

Bai Juyi was born in a family, his grandfather Bai Qi was an official to the county order, and his father Bai Jigeng was a left-handed guard Cao to join the army.

Bai Juyi was able to recognize the traditional character "none" when he was seven months old, and his grandfather thought it was a coincidence, and pointed out other words for him to recognize, but it was tried and tested, which made his grandfather happy.

What's even more gratifying is that this genius boy is still working hard, and he often reads too late to cause sores on the corners of his mouth. Looking at the child's hard work, the white parents secretly felt that the revitalization of the family was promising.

So in the sound of reading aloud, Bai Juyi gradually grew up.

In a blink of an eye, I reached the age of 12.

One day, Bai Juyi came home from the school and met a seven or eight-year-old girl named Xiangling on the bank of a river.

Hearing Bai Juyi say that as long as he studies hard, he can fly high and high like a butterfly, and when he grows up to be an official older than his father in the future, Xiangling is full of envy and admiration for him.

But when Bai Juyi helped Xiang Ling catch a flower butterfly, she felt pity and begged Bai Juyi to let the butterfly go. The little girl's innocence and kindness made Bai Juyi unforgettable.

As the two grew up, Bai Juyi started his most unforgettable first love.

Xiangling was born in poverty, and the gap between the two families was too big, Bai Juyi knew that it was difficult for his parents to break through the prejudice of the door. can only achieve fame first, and then persuade his parents to let him marry Xiang Ling.

In the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere of valuing people rather than literature was particularly strong. If you want to enter the official career, in addition to studying hard, you must also have the recommendation of famous teachers.

One day, he overheard that there was a person named Gu Jing, who had been an official in Chang'an, and had a very good relationship with the Suzhou Assassin History. If you can get his appreciation and recommendation, maybe you can quickly embark on a career in office.

He immediately sorted out a few poems that he was proud of and visited Gu Gu.

At the beginning, he looked down on the hairy boy in front of him a little bit, and deliberately sighed lightly: "Alas, the price of goods in Chang'an is expensive, I'm afraid it's not easy to live in vain!."”

It wasn't until he opened Bai Juyi's poem that a "Farewell to the Ancient Grass" came into view:

Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered.

Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate.

With the recommendation of the situation, the young poet Bai Juyi quickly became famous. But his secret dating with Xiang Ling was also discovered by his mother.

Sure enough, the mother strongly opposed their union on the grounds that they were not allowed to intermarry. This made Bai Juyi toss and turn, both heartbroken and helpless.

So he was even more determined, only by gaining fame as soon as possible and living independently outside could he win a chance for his love.

In the sixteenth year of Zhenyuan (800 AD), Bai Juyi, who was only 29 years old, was admitted to the Jinshi in one fell swoop, and was the youngest of the seventeen people.

At that time, the aftershocks of the Anshi Rebellion still shook the mountains and rivers, and the situation of feudal towns became more and more intense.

But the young Bai Juyi was not deeply involved in the world, and he proudly wrote the poem: "At the inscription under the Pagoda of Mercy, the youngest of the seventeen. ”

This gratifying achievement finally made Bai Juyi's panic and anxiety fall to the ground. He hoped to take advantage of this festive atmosphere to get his mother's consent and marry Xiangling into the family.

But it backfired, his mother first proposed to Bai Juyi to go on a blind date, Bai Juyi didn't want to ruin the happy atmosphere at home, so he had to find an excuse to leave home and secretly return to his hometown to find Xiangling.

Unexpectedly, because of the war, Xiangling's family went to the empty building and was dilapidated.

Bai Juyi learned from the old scavenger that Xiangling had not married, but fled with his family, and he didn't know where he was going.

couldn't see the long-missed Xiangling side, Bai Juyi was so sad that he didn't know what to say.

That day, his heart was empty, and the last man left alone.

Love can't go well, but fame still has to be examined.

After that, Bai Juyi went to Luoyang to participate in the selection of officials.

On the way, he met Yuan Zhen, who was also a poet.

Recalling that when they first met, the two met in Yongdai, and they also admired each other's solitary fragrance after the autumn flowers withered, Bai Juyi couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart.

After some exchanges, Fang Zhibai Juyi was 7 years older than Yuan Zhen, and the two had similar encounters and shared similar interests.

After a period of communication, Bai Juyi decided that Yuan Zhi was a friend worthy of deep friendship, and when they separated in order to go to work, he reluctantly wrote "Gift Yuan Zhen":

Since I traveled from eunuchs, I have been in Chang'an for seven years.

The only thing that is obtained is the Yuanjun, and it is known that it is difficult.

Unlike Yuan Zhen's clear goals and sharp edges, although Bai Juyi also has lofty ambitions and fierce moments, what runs through is the attitude of life that is at ease with what happens.

In 806 AD, Bai Juyi was 35 years old, but he was still single, he silently persevered, looking forward to meeting Xiangling again.

That year, Bai Juyi, who served as a county lieutenant in Xuwu County, and his friends Chen Hong and Wang Zhifu made an appointment to visit the Xianyou Temple near Maweiyi.

Xianyou Temple is quiet and quiet, the monks are at ease, and there is a peaceful scene.

But just 50 years ago, Yang Guifei, the first beauty of the Tang Dynasty, died here due to Ma Weiyi's mutiny.

The three of them thought of the "Anshi Rebellion", and they were full of emotion in their hearts, and Bai Juyi decided to write the poignant love story of Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei. Thus, the greatest long narrative poem in the history of Chinese poetry, "Song of Long Hatred", was born.

In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and on earth I wish to be a branch.

The days are long and sometimes endless, and this hatred lasts forever.

Soon, Bai Juyi's reputation spread throughout the government and the opposition with this "Song of Long Hatred", and even spread to Fusang across the sea.

And Yuan Zhen offended the powerful because of his sharp edge, which aroused the jealousy of the ministers, and was demoted to Henan Lieutenant.

Soon, Yuanzhi's mother also died of illness due to years of overwork.

The successive blows made Yuan Zhen's original smart and flying spirit disappear, and the whole person was so thin that Bai Juyi almost couldn't recognize it.

He was very heartbroken, and persuaded Yuan Zhi to take official duties and official positions lightly, and not to take them too seriously. also often sent some daily necessities to help Yuan Zhen tide over the difficulties.

Later, with his outstanding poetry and literary talent, the 37-year-old Bai Juyi was finally edicted to be a bachelor of Hanlin.

I really stepped into the official career and gained fame.

With fame, there are more people who come to the blind date.

But for these peach blossoms, Bai Juyi always has a resisting attitude.

Because he still can't let go of Xiang Ling in his heart, even if he deviates from his mother's wishes, he has to be the master of his life's events.

But Xiang Ling didn't know where he was, and his mother was forced to die, Bai Juyi was helpless, and by chance, he finally married a friend's cousin, the daughter of a famous family.

Since then, Xiangling has become a cinnabar mole on Bai Juyi's heart.

Three years later, Shiramu accidentally fell into a well while enjoying the flowers, and died thereafter.

And Xiang Ling still has no news.

In the tenth year of Yuanhe (815), the prime minister of the dynasty was assassinated in the street.

It is related to the rise and fall of the country and the honor and disgrace of the imperial court, Bai Juyi is angry. Although his official position was not high, he immediately called for the arrest of the assassins and the punishment of those behind the scenes.

This time, he was finally seized by those who held a grudge against him. A hat of "overstepping his duties" (referring to Bai Juyi's overstepping his authority) was buttoned on his head, so Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Thorn History.

In this way, this group of people still felt incomprehensible and hateful, and thought that Bai Juyi's mother died from watching flowers fall into the well, but he wrote the poems "Xinjing Chapter" and "Flower Appreciation", which was really a great unfilial piety, so that he was degraded again and again, and finally posthumously awarded Jiangzhou Sima, from the highest administrator of a place to a fictitious position that is not close to practice.

This absurd reason for derogation made Bai Juyi angry.

Gradually, he saw the reality clearly, and became more and more disillusioned with officialdom.

When he lived in Jiangzhou, on a rainy autumn night, Bai Juyi was separated from friends from the capital, and suddenly heard the sound of pipa from a small boat on the river, the pipa sound was like the string sound played by the famous pianist in Chang'an City, he was curious, so he attracted the pipa girl to play the performance.

The pipa girl called for a long time, and finally sat down to stroke the piano.

Its sound is melodious and pleasant, like fairy music, but for some reason it has fallen to this.

It turned out that the pipa girl was once famous in the capital, with unlimited scenery and countless suitors, and married a merchant after old age and decay, and came to Jiangzhou with him. The businessman values profit rather than affection, leaving her only lonely.

After listening to the story of the pipa girl, Bai Juyi wet his green shirt with tears.

One went from a famous prostitute in the capital to a singer, and the other was demoted from a young man to a middle-aged man, and the two who had infinite scenery in the capital met in the remote Jiangzhou.

If this situation is not written as a long poem, it is really a waste of fate.

As a result, "Pipa Xing" came into being.

I sighed when I heard the lute, and I heard it chirp again.

is the same as the end of the world, why should we have known each other when we meet!

I resigned from the imperial capital last year and lived in Xunyang City.

Xunyang is remote, and I don't hear the sound of silk and bamboo all year round.

Living near the river is low and humid, and the yellow reed and bitter bamboo surround the house.

What did you hear in the meantime?The cuckoo cries and the blood ape wails.

And in the eyes of the pipa girl, he seemed to think of the woman who tugged at his heartstrings when he was young.

After years of ups and downs, Bai Juyi is tired.

Walking through the sea of people, there is only a little obsession left.

At this time, he was over sixty years old, and his temples were spotted.

One day, Bai Juyi came home and found that among the items drying in the courtyard of the official residence, there was actually a pair of old shoes, which were specially sewn for him by Xiangling when they were separated for the last time.

He couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and the scenes from his childhood came back to him. The person who once made a promise to marry has not fulfilled it for the rest of her life, and she doesn't even know where she is.

In many wild histories, there are different opinions about the ending of Xiangling.

Some people say that Xiang Ling finally died in a foreign country, and some people say that she cut her hair and became a nun.

But the only thing that remains unchanged is that her relationship with Bai Juyi ended in vain after all.

A sigh was left in vain.

In July of the fifth year of Yamato (831), his best friend Yuan Zhi died of a violent illness at the age of 53 while serving as the military envoy of Wuchang.

Bai Juyi heard the bad news and couldn't help himself for a long time.

In the ninth year after Yuan Zhen's death, at the age of 69, he dreamed of his old friend again, and after waking up from the dream, he saw that there were still tears in the corners of his eyes, so he wrote the famous poem "Dream Weizhi".

Come to the night and dream together, and you can't collect tears in the morning.

Zhangpu is sick three times, and Xianyang is eight autumns.

Jun buried the mud under the spring, and I sent the world full of snow.

Awei Hanlang went to the next time, and the night platform was confused and knew if it was not

Life is always unexpected. When the young Bai Juyi wanted to make a difference, he encountered many obstacles;And when he was indifferent in his later years, the official fortune came uninvited.

The court reused him, and the prince also took care of him, but in the face of those competing friends and authoritarian eunuchs in the officialdom, Bai Juyi had no intention of dealing with them.

Resigning, going into hiding, and being alone, this is his last choice.

In the second year of Huichang (842), the 72-year-old Bai Juyi gave half a salary to the secretary of the Criminal Department, ending his life's official career.

In August of the sixth year of Huichang (846), Bai Juyi closed his eyes peacefully.

He passed away forever at the age of seventy-five.

Bai Juyi's life, at the age of sixteen, he amazed everyone with the highlight moment of "the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows";

There is also a lifelong regret that "the days are long and the time is endless, and this hatred is endless".

There is also a sympathy for "the same people who have fallen from the end of the world, why should they have known each other when they meet".

Life is never smooth sailing, and the ups and downs of the sea are also the norm.

Whether it is a young man's ambition, or a middle-aged demotion, or an old resignation, Bai Juyi has spent this life smoothly with his casual and open-minded attitude.

This is hearty for him;

What is given to us is the immortal Psalm.