Tang Xuanzong mourned Bai Juyi, a poem became a peerless treasure, and the millennium praise amazed future generations
The Tang Dynasty was the most glorious period in ancient Chinese history, especially the glory of the Tang Dynasty, which can be said to have enlightened the whole world.
From Chang'an to the shores of the Mediterranean, the Silk Road spread the ancient and glorious Chinese civilization to all corners of the world, with envoys, merchants, and monks coming from all over the world.
When they entered the territory of Datang, they saw the bustling traffic and marveled that there was such a beautiful place in the world.
Tang Poems and Song Ci not only describes the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but also reveals the culture of later generations.
Without the Tang Dynasty, history and culture will lose a bright pearl, and these long-sung ancient songs are the best proof.
The Tang Dynasty was not the only dynasty that lacked poets, it was enough to select a literati and a few students to study it, and these literati together created a hundred flowers of Chinese culture, and Tang poetry became the most beautiful mark of that era.
Tang poetry is the crystallization of the wisdom of Confucian literati and one of the precious cultural heritages of the Chinese nation. Poets of various factions took turns to compose nostalgic chapters.
The most famous poets are:"Shixian"Li Baihe"Poetry Saint"Du Fu, the most famous poet is"The King of Poetry"Bai Juyi, the three are called"Three great poets of the Tang Dynasty"。
Like Du Fu, Bai Juyi was also a realist poet who wrote many poems reflecting the people's livelihood and suffering, and he was also the main advocate of the New Yuefu Movement, which influenced the literary world and ** at that time.
His death also caused great grief at the time, and Tang Xuanzong even wrote a hymn for him, but it became a swan song for the ages, so that future generations fell for it.
Why did Tang Xuanzong remember Bai Juyi, and what was his eulogy?
Talent is easy to live in.
Bai Juyi, whose name is Lotte, is known as Xiangshan Jushi, was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province in 772.
By the time Bai Juyi was born, the Anshi Rebellion had subsided, but the situation was still unstable, and Li Zhengji, the vassal king who ruled Henan, made life difficult for the people.
When she was very young, she followed her family to avoid accidents and experienced unstable days, Bai Juyi has been reading since she was a child, and sometimes she even has acne on her mouth and hands"Live"out of her last name.
Although Bai Juyi worked hard, his career did not improve until the nineteenth year of Zheng Yuan, when Bai Juyi was 31 years old, and he was commended by the provincial school secretary Yamen for the first time when he was single.
After more than ten years, Bai Juyi's career was full of ups and downs, although he was not re-elected, but he felt good, especially after doing Zuo Shizhi, he felt that he had won the emperor's approval, so he often wrote and said.
Bai Juyi had the world in mind, and most of his writings exposed the weaknesses of the imperial court, and sometimes even Tang Xianzong at the time.
Tang Xianzong was very dissatisfied with Bai Juyi's behavior, and even complained to the ministers:
This Bai Juyi, I gave him this title, he is very rude and unacceptable.
If Prime Minister Li Jiang thought that Bai Juyi was disloyal and suggested that Tang Xianzong speak widely, the imperial court would remove Bai Juyi from his official position.
In 815 AD, when the then prime minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated, Bai Juyi immediately wrote to him that he would be severely punished**, but this seemed to be beyond his power, and the emperor used this as an excuse to expel him from the capital.
At this moment, Bai Juyi's life from"Helping others"became"Alone", which also made him a great achievement in literature.
Introducing Tang Xuanzong.
Bai Juyi's character in his later years lost the sharpness of his youth, and he even turned to Buddhism to seek solace in life.
In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang at the age of 75, which was already considered a long life expectancy given the low average life expectancy at that time.
In the year of his death, the imperial court also underwent drastic changes: Li Yan, the 33-year-old Tang Wuzong, died in the Daming Palace due to long-term consumption of elixir, while the 37-year-old Li Chen ascended to the throne with the help of the eunuch Ma Yuanzhi and became Tang Xuanzong.
Who would have thought that the tragedy of Tang Wuzong did not make Tang Xuanzong take warning, and more than ten years later, he also embarked on the old path of Tang Wuzong, and died of poisoning due to an overdose of the elixir of life, of course, this is a later story.
During the reign of Tang Xuanzong, he did many positive things for the government and government, and the country was relatively stable, so people at that time always called him"Little Tang Taizong"。
In addition, Tang Xuanzong is quite literate, he likes poetry books very much, and there are six of his masterpieces in "All Tang Poems". Among the many poets at that time, Tang Xuanzong especially liked Bai Juyi's poems, especially "Song of Long Hatred", which can be said to have written all the joys and sorrows of the world, and Tang Xuanzong was full of emotion.
Therefore, when he ascended the throne, of course, he would not forget this great poet in his later years, but Tang Xuanzong did not have time to show that Bai Ju was easy to die, and Tang Xuanzong could only posthumously give Shangshu the right servant to shoot and give him a nickname"text"。
In addition, Tang Xuanzong also wrote an excellent eulogy for it:
Who taught underground poets to compose poetry for sixty years? Juyi has no name of floating clouds, and Lotte has no words of creation. But she can sing songs of long-lasting hatred and sing pipe poems. Letters filled the ears of passers-by, and I once thought of a beautiful and compassionate life.
The color of mourning.
Tang Xuanzong's poem "Hang Bai Juyi", no matter from the perspective of writing or artistic conception, can be used as a model of Bai Juyi's praise.
What's so beautiful about this song? Of course, we must first understand what it means.
When translated into the local language, the poem reads roughly as follows:
Your poetry has shone in the Tang Dynasty for sixty years, but now you can only be a poet in the sky, life is like floating clouds, I haven't created enough, I can't keep you if I want to, I can only hope that you can live and work in peace and contentment, I wish you happiness above the nine heavens.
Your name is spread all over the world, and your psalms shine through the ages. Children can recite "Song of Long Hatred", Xu Mei can sing "Pipa Xing", and they are well-known, whenever I think of you, I will cry sadly.
Obviously, the emotion of this song is very sincere, it not only comprehensively evaluates Bai Juyi's talent, but also expresses the incomparable grief for Bai Juyi's death.
Tang Xuanzong wrote such an excellent mourning poem for the monarch, and his literary talent can be seen. It is also worth noting that in the second sentence of this poem, he quoted Bai Juyi's name and phrases, which also achieved the effect of a pun, which can be described as an immortal work that has left a deep impression on future generations for more than a thousand years.
Bai Juyi disappeared with the fall of the Tang Dynasty, but the poems he left behind have become indelible brilliance in history and culture.
Bai Juyi was also a lucky general in the Tang Dynasty.