Zi Jin Temple

[Author] Bai Juyi ? [Dynasty] Tang

The moon is bright on the mountain in front of Zi Jin Temple, and people often play the sheng at night.

There is no beat when the Luan chants and the Phoenix sings, and it is more like the prelude sound of colorful clothes scattered. A brief introduction to Bai Juyi, the author of "Prince Jin Temple"

Bai Juyi (772-846), also known as Lotte, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, also known as Mr. Zuiyin, was born in Xinzheng, Henan (now Xinzheng City, Zhengzhou, Henan). He was a poet in the Tang Dynasty of my country A great realist poet and one of the three major poets of the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi was born in Dongguozhai, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou (now Dongguosi Village, Xinzheng City) in the first month of the seventh year of Dali (772) of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. Bai's ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi. Bai Juyi's grandfather Bai Kun immigrated to Xiagui (now north of Weinan City, Shaanxi). Bai Quan later served as the county magistrate of Gong County (now Gongyi City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province), and was a good friend of the magistrate of Xinzheng County, his neighbor at that time. Seeing the beautiful mountains and clear waters of Xinzheng, he moved to Xinzheng. Bai Juyi himself was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province. After his death, he was buried in Luoyang, Henan. The memorial hall of Bai Juyi's former residence is located on the outskirts of Luoyang, and Baiyuan (Bai Juyi's Tomb) is located on Pipa Peak in Xiangshan Mountain in the south of Luoyang City. Bai Juyi's poetry has a wide range of themes, diverse forms, and simple and popular language. He is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King". He became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a doctor of Zuo Zanshan. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on.

Bai Juyi's other works

○ Song of Everlasting Regret

○ Spring trip to Qiantang Lake

○ Cao/Farewell with ancient grass

○ Watching the Cutting of Wheat

○ Recalling Jiangnan·Jiangnan is Good

○ More works by Bai Juyi