How did Bai Juyi come to be known as the Poet Demon What did he experience throughout his life

Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen jointly advocated the New Yuefu Movement, known as “Yuanbai” and collectively referred to as “Liu Bai” along with Liu Yuxi. This is an article prepared by the History Encyclopedia editor for everyone today. Interested friends, come and take a look!
To the west of Jiating in the north of Gushan Temple, the water surface is initially flat with low clouds. A few morning sparrows compete for warm trees, and whose new swallows peck at the spring mud. Scattered flowers gradually captivate the eyes, only then can Asakusa have no hooves. My favorite is the lack of travel to the east of the lake, with green poplar trees and white sand embankments.
This poem ‘Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake’ was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi.
The meaning is: passing north of Gushan Temple and west of Jiagong Pavilion, the water surface is rising and white clouds are hanging low. A few early emerging orioles are competing for a sunny tree nest to keep warm, while a new swallow is building a nest. Flowers compete to bloom and make people dazzled, while spring grass only grows as high as a horseshoe. I love the beautiful scenery of Hudong the most, which makes people linger and forget. There is also a white sand embankment in the shade of green poplar trees.
Bai Juyi’s poem “Spring Tour of Qiantang River” reflects his love for Qiantang Lake and, of course, his passion for natural beauty by depicting the scenery of Qiantang Lake in early spring. Bai Juyi once served as the governor of Hangzhou, and this poem was written during his tenure as governor of Hangzhou.
When it comes to Bai Juyi, everyone is familiar with this name because he had learned many poems during his school years. His courtesy name was Letian and his literary name was Xiangshan Jushi. He was one of the three great poets of the Tang Dynasty. The language of Bai Juyi’s works is easy to understand, earning him the titles of “Poetry Demon” and “Poetry King”. He was a great realist poet during the Tang Dynasty.
Why is Bai Juyi referred to as the ‘Poetry Demon’ when ‘Poetry King’ is easy to understand?
Because Bai Juyi loved writing poetry, he had the habit of reciting and copying poetry almost every day, sometimes even from morning until evening. Due to his diligence, he ended up with sores on his mouth and calluses on his fingers, indicating his passion for poetry, which was quite like being “possessed”, but not really becoming a “demon”.
As Bai Juyi himself once wrote “Two Drunken Poems”, two of which are:
Drunken and enchanted by poetry, he mourned until the west of the sun in the afternoon.
So, Bai Juyi was known as the “Poetry Demon”.
The prime minister was assassinated, and Bai Juyi advocated for a strict investigation, but was impeached
What was the life experience of the great Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi?
Although Bai Juyi came from a family of officials, his father was not a high-ranking official. Of course, there is still the ability to read to Bai Juyi. And Bai Juyi was not only intelligent, but also hardworking, so he achieved success in literature.
Afterwards, Bai Juyi entered the officialdom through his own talents and served as a Hanlin scholar, Left Shi Yi, and Crown Prince Left Zanshan Dafu.
One day, the prime minister Wu Yuanheng was assassinated. Wu Yuanheng and Bai Juyi met each other and also had an experience of singing poetry together. After the assassination of Wu Yuanheng, the eunuchs and bureaucratic groups in power in the court were not in a hurry to face the assassination of the prime minister. This made Bai Juyi unable to bear it, so he wrote a letter demanding a strict investigation of the murderer.
But at that time, the court officials were not concerned about the assassination of Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng. Instead, they claimed that Bai Juyi was an official in the Eastern Palace, but instead discussed and submitted a letter to the court before the court could advise him. This was an act of exceeding his official duties and speaking out. So the court officials did not strictly investigate the assassination of the prime minister, but instead accused Bai Juyi of overstepping his post.
Why was Bai Juyi impeached? Of course, it’s not just because of the nature of the job.
Because before this, Bai Juyi believed that the emperor loved literature and appreciated him, so he frequently wrote letters to express his opinions. At the same time, he also wrote many poems reflecting society, some of which were satirical, which offended the powerful. So, Bai Juyi was impeached and excluded.
So not long after, Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou as a Sima. Of course, after wandering outside for a few years, he was able to be summoned back to Beijing.
Later, there was a time when Bai Juyi submitted a memorial about military issues in Hebei, but it was not adopted. Therefore, he requested to be sent to a local government as an official, and the court approved his proposal, allowing him to become the governor of Hangzhou. “Spring Tour of Qiantang River” was written by Bai Juyi during his tenure as governor of Hangzhou.
Later, Bai Juyi’s official position was repeatedly promoted and demoted. Until 846 AD, Bai Juyi passed away in Luoyang at the age of 75. After his death, he was posthumously named Wen.