Beautiful Zheng Han Story Collection | Bai Juyi's "Farewell to the Ancient Grass"

Inherit Chinese civilization

Tell the story of Zheng Han well

Today for everyone to share

The story of Bai Juyi's "Farewell to the Ancient Grass"

"Away from the grass, one year old and one withered, wildfires burned endlessly, and the spring wind blew and grew again." This poem must be familiar to everyone, this is Bai Juyi's famous work "Endowed with Ancient Grass Farewell".

Bai Juyi, a native of Dongguo Temple Village, Xinzheng City, wrote nearly 3,000 poems in his lifetime, and his representative works include "Long Hate Song", "Pipa Line", "Charcoal Seller" and so on. But why is this song "Farewell to the Ancient Grass" his famous work?

It is said that Bai Juyi left home at the age of 16 to enter Beijing, he was bent on finding an official and a half-job in the capital, so he came to Chang'an, found a celebrity at that time, Gu Quan, told Gu Guan his thoughts, but Gu Guan saw that he was still a child, and impatiently said: "The housing prices in Chang'an are particularly high, and it is not easy to live down." His implication is that at such a young age, you want to gain a foothold in the capital and think beautifully.

After saying that, he pointed to Bai Juyi's poem and asked, "You wrote this?" Bai Juyi looked at it, he was referring to the sentence "Wildfires burn endlessly, and the spring wind blows and grows again", Bai Juyi said busily: "Yes." At this time, Gu Quan said excitedly: "If you can write these two poems, it will be much easier to live in the capital." "

Later, when Gu Guan saw people, he praised Bai Juyi's poems for writing well, Bai Juyi was famous, and this "Farewell to the Ancient Grass" was also well-known.

Communicator: Li Siyu

Editor: Lu Xiaoqian

Editor-in-charge: Liu Yuansheng