1, born in troubled times

Bai Juyi was born in the first month of the seventh year of Tang Daizong Dali (772) in Xinzheng, Henan Province, a small and medium-sized bureaucratic family. Shortly after Bai Juyi was born, a war broke out in his hometown. Li Fanzhen is divided into more than ten states in Henan, and the people have suffered from war. When Bai Juyi was two years old, Ren Gongxian's grandfather died in Chang 'an, followed by his grandmother.

Bai Juyi's father, Bai, was first taught by Songzhou Division (780), a magistrate in Pengcheng County, Xuzhou. A year later, Bai and Li Yan, the secretariat of Xuzhou, insisted on Xuzhou's meritorious service and were promoted to Xuzhou special driving. In order to avoid the war in Xuzhou, he sent his family to Suzhou for a peaceful life. Bai Juyi was able to spend his childhood in Suzhou R&F.

2. Official life

In 806, Bai Juyi went to school as a bookseller. In April of the same year, he was awarded the commandant of Guo County (now zhouzhi county). In 807, he served as an examiner of Jinshi and a captain of Jixian County, and was awarded a bachelor's degree in Hanlin. In 808, he was left to tidy up the body and welcomed Yang Yuqing's sister as his wife. In 8 10, he was transferred to the household department of Jingzhao House and joined the army. In 8 1 10, his mother Chen died, leaving Ding You behind and returning to her post. In 8 14, he returned to Chang' an and awarded Prince Zuo Zanshan as a doctor.

3, relegated to Jiangzhou

In 8 15, prime minister Wu was assassinated, and Bai Juyi advocated that it was considered ultra vires to crack down on the murderer. Later, Bai Juyi was slandered: his mother fell into a well to see flowers and died, but Bai Juyi wrote poems about "appreciating flowers" and "new wells", which was detrimental to the famous religion. Therefore, he was demoted to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) Sima.

In 8 18, Bai Juyi's younger brother Bai Xingjian went to Jiangzhou to see Bai Juyi. When Bai Juyi was appointed as the secretariat of Zhongzhou, Bai Xingjian also went upstream with his brother. On the way, I met Yuan Zhen in Huangniuxia. The place where the three of them swam together was called Sanyou Cave.

During his tenure in Zhongzhou, Bai Juyi planted flowers on the hillside east of Zhongzhou, and named this place "Dongpo". In the winter of the same year, he was appointed as the secretariat of Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing) and took office on 8 19. In the summer of 820, he was recalled to Chang 'an and served as a foreign minister of Shangshu Division.

Working in Suzhou and Hangzhou

In the winter of 820, he was transferred to be the guest of honor, doctor. In 82 1 year, doctor Jia Chaosan began to formally wear a five-level scarlet robe (scarlet is the color of vermilion, which is used by officials above five levels). Go to Zhu Guo, and then go to Zhongshu Sheren. In 822, Bai Juyi wrote that the military in Hebei at that time was not adopted and requested to work in other places. In July, he was appointed as the secretariat of Hangzhou, and he took office at 65438+ 10.

During his tenure, he built the West Lake levee and dredged six wells, all of which made achievements. In May of 824, he was appointed as the son of Prince Zuo Shu, divided the capital into the East, and went to Luoyang in autumn to buy a house in Luoyang. In 825, he served as Suzhou secretariat and took office in May. He left his job due to illness in 826, and then traveled to Yangzhou and Chuzhou with Liu Yuxi.

5. Old age life

In 827, Bai Juyi went to Chang 'an as a secretary supervisor, fitted with a purple fish bag and put on purple court clothes (clothes worn by officials with more than three products). In 828, he was transferred to assistant minister of punishments and was stationed in Jinyang County. In the spring of 829, due to illness, he was taught by the Prince and returned to Luoyang to perform in the Taoist temple. In February 65438+830, he served as Henan Yin. 83 1 Yuan Zhen died in July.

In 832, he wrote an epitaph for Yuan Zhen, Yuan Jia gave Bai Juyi 600,000 pens, and Bai Juyi gave them all to Xiangshan Temple in Luoyang. In 833, due to illness, he was exempted from Henan Yin, and later served as the Prince Guest Company.

In 835, he was appointed minister of the same state and resigned from his post. Later, he was appointed as the eastern capital of the Prince Division of Shaofu, and was appointed as the marquis of Fengyi County, and stayed in Luoyang. 65438+839 10 month, got wind disease. In 84 1 year, the prince was dismissed without pay. In 842, he became an official of the minister of punishments, receiving half salary.

6. Luoyang died peacefully

Bai Juyi died in Luoyang on August 14th (September 8th) in the 6th year of Wuzong Huichang (846) at the age of 75. Gifted by the right servant of Shangshu, posthumous title was buried in Xiangshan, Luoyang. After Bai Juyi's death, Li Chen wrote a poem to mourn him. The poem said, "Who taught Ming Lu to be a poet for sixty years?" Floating clouds are naturally happy if they are not famous and easy to live in.

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