Liu Yuxi was one of the "Eight Simas of the Second King" and was demoted for 10 years for supporting reforms. When Liu Yuxi returned to Chang'an 10 years later, he wrote a poem while playing in the Taoist Temple, only to poke the honeycomb again, this time implicated even his 80-year-old mother.
Liu Yuxi, the word dream, I think he should change with his friend Bai Juyi, call Liu "Lotte" more appropriate. Because Liu Yuxi is more like a natural "optimist", it can also be seen from his elegant name "Shihao".
Liu Yuxi was very smart, and he won the jinshi once at the age of 21; while Han Yu took the exam four times and only passed the exam at the age of 25.
Liu Yuxi wrote a lot of popular poems, we read his love poems when we were in elementary school, "The sun rises in the east and the rains in the west, and the road is clear but sunny";
Later, when I went to middle school, I learned what he wrote: "Since ancient times, autumn is sad and lonely, and I say that autumn is better than spring dynasty." A crane in the clear sky lined up on the clouds, and it led the poetry to the blue sky. ”
There is also the one I admire most, "a thousand sails on the side of the sinking boat, and a thousand wood springs in front of the sick tree." "These two poems are very philosophical, and I remember these two poems in the political examination questions. When I was in high school, I memorized the "Buried Room Inscription" he wrote, and I still vaguely remember a few words.
Although the poem is well written, Liu Yuxi seems to be a person who does not have a "long memory".
In 805, When Emperor Shunzong of Tang ascended the throne, the former crown prince read Wang Shuwen and Wang Ling,000 who had ambitions to reform the maladministration, and at this time they were trusted by Emperor Shunzong of Tang to enter the center. Liu Yuxi and Wang Shuwen were friendly, and their talent and ambition were especially valued by Shuwen, so he was appointed as a Tuntian member of the Wailang and Judged Zhiyan Iron Case, and participated in the management of the state's finances.
During this period, Liu Yuxi's political enthusiasm was extremely high, and together with Liu Zongyuan, he became the core figure of the innovation group.
The "Second King Liu Liu" clique took many progressive measures during its short reign, but because the reform violated the interests of the feudal towns, eunuchs, and big bureaucrats, it quickly failed under the joint counterattack of conservative forces.
Emperor Shunzong of Tang was forced to give way to the crown prince Li Chun, Wang Shuwen died, Wang Ling died of illness after being demoted, and Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan, including eight others, were first demoted to the title of Yuanzhou Assassin and then demoted to Sima of Yuanzhou.
The "Yongzhen Reform" failed, and Liu Yuxi stayed in Langzhou for nearly 10 years, during which time Liu Yuxi created a large number of allegorical poems, expressing great dissatisfaction with the powerful people of the dynasty, and writing many gifts to express his ambition not to sink.
Later, some ministers in the DPRK remembered them and thought that they were all very talented people, and it was a pity to be placed in remote areas, so they asked Tang Xianzong to transfer Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan back to Chang'an and prepare for people to serve in the capital.
In February 815, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan and others returned to Jingshi together, and at this time great changes had taken place in Chang'an City. Among the officials of the imperial court, many people were newly promoted who he had not been accustomed to and could not get along with in the past, and Liu Yuxi's heart was very uncomfortable, but he did not know how to hide his emotions.
There is a very famous Taoist temple in the capital called Xuandu Temple, and there is a Taoist priest in it, and there are many peach trees planted in the Taoist Temple. When spring comes, the peach blossoms in the temple are in full bloom, attracting many people to come and watch.
In March of the following year, the peach blossoms in Xuanduguan were in full bloom, and Liu Yuxi and some officials traveled to Xuanduguan. Liu Yuxi had just finished 10 years of demeaning life, when he saw the newly loaded peach blossoms in the guannei as brilliant as Xia, he sighed and composed a poem "Yuan he ten years from Langzhou to Beijing opera to see the flowers of the gentlemen": "Purple and red dust blows on the face, no one can not look at the flowers back." The peach trees in the Xuandu Temple were all planted after Liu Lang went there. ”
Liu Yuxi was originally famous for his poetry, and as soon as this new work came out, it spread in Chang'an City. Some ministers had originally opposed the return of Liu Yuxi, and when they carefully read the poem, they began to ponder the deep meaning of it. I don't know who said it, Liu Yuxi's poem is superficially written about peach blossoms, but it is actually a satire on the newly promoted magnates at that time.
This stabbed the honeycomb, and even Tang Xianzong became dissatisfied with him, so Liu Yuxi was relegated to Bozhou (伯州, in modern Zunyi, Guizhou) to do the assassination history.
Although The Assassin Shi was one level higher than Sima and ostensibly promoted, in fact, he was still degraded, because this place in Bozhou was far and more remote than Langzhou, and it was still a barbaric place at that time.
Liu Yuxi's old mother is more than 80 years old and needs more care, if you follow Liu Yuxi to Bozhou, where can the elderly suffer like this? At this time, Liu Yuxi was in a dilemma.
At this time, his friend Liu Zongyuan could not stay in Chang'an, and the imperial court sent him to do the History of Liuzhou Assassination. After Liu Zongyuan learned of Liu Yuxi's difficulties, he wrote a recital overnight, requesting that his official position in Liuzhou be reversed with Liu Yuxi's and that he go to Bozhou himself.
Liu Zongyuan's sincerity towards his friends has touched many people. The chancellor Pei Du also interceded with Tang Xianzong on behalf of Liu Yuxi, and Tang Xianzong finally reassigned Liu Yuxi to Lianzhou Assassin History. This was not the end of the day, and later Liu Yuxi moved several places. It was not until 14 years later, when Pei Du became prime minister, that Liu Yuxi was transferred back to Chang'an.
It was only after 14 years that he returned to Kyoto, and in the late spring, Liu Yuxi revisited the Xuandu Temple. At this time, there was no longer a peach tree, and the Taoist monk who planted the peach tree had died.
He thought of the peach blossoms in those years, and remembered the downfall of the powerful people who had struck him in the past few years in the political struggle, but he himself insisted on his own views and ideas as always.
In order to express his inner feelings, he wrote the poem "Revisiting xuanduguan": "The hundred acres of atrium are half moss, and the peach blossoms are pure and cauliflower blossoms." Where does the Peach Cultivator belong? Former Liu Lang is here again. It is the origin of the idiom "former degree Liu Lang".
Some other ministers listened to Liu Yuxi's new poems, thought that he was complaining again, and were very dissatisfied with him, so they slandered him in front of the emperor. After 3 years, he was sent to the field as an assassin again.
It is really "Liu Jianqiang" who does not eat lessons!
