Bái Jūyì 772-846
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白居易(772--846)，字乐天，自号香山居士，是杜甫之后，唐朝的又一杰出的现实主义诗人，是唐代诗人中作品最多的一个。他曾将自己的诗分为四类：讽谕、闲适、感伤、杂律。 Bai Juyi 772 Born in the first month, on the twentieth day, at Xinzheng in Henan 776 Younger brother Bai Xingjian born 794 Father dies in official post in Xiangyang 800 Passes Jin Shi examination 803 Passes Ba cui (拔萃) special examination; is appointed Collator of Texts in government archives in Chang-an 806 Passes another special examination; is appointed aide to magistrate of Chou-zhi (盩厔) 807 Appointed a scholar of the Hanlin Academy in Chang-an 808 Appointed Reminder of the Left (advisory post in the service of the emperor) 809 Daughter Golden Bells born 811 Mother dies. Po retires from office; moves to village of Xiagui (下邽) on Wei River to observe mourning period. Golden Bells dies 814 Resumes official service in Chang-an 815 Because of outspoken criticisms of government, is removed from office and banished to minor post in Jiujiang in Jiangxi, arriving in tenth month. Compiles poems in 15 Juan 816 Daughter A-lo (Lo-erh) born, Bai's only child to survive to maturity 817 Builds thatched hall on Mount Lu 818 In twelfth month, appointed governor of Zhongzhou in SiChuan 819 Third month, arrives in Zhongzhou. Elder brother Bai Yu-wen dies 820 Recalled from post in Zhongzhou, assigned to office in Chang-an that drafts imperial edicts 822 Appointed to post of governor of Hangzhou 824 Recalled from Hangzhou, appointed Junior Mentor to Heir Apparent in Luo-yang. Yuan Zhen compiles Baishi Changqing ji(白氏長慶集) in fifty juan 825 Appointed to post of governor of Suzhou 826 Resigns post due to illness, returns to Luoyang. Younger brother Bai Xingjian dies 827 Appointed to post of senior librarian of Imperial Library in Chang-an 829 Retires from office, returns to Luoyang. Son A-cui born 830 Appointed magistrate of Henan in Luo-yang 831 Son A-cui dies. Yuan Zhen dies 833 Resigns post of magistrate of Henan due to illness 835 Daughter A-luo marries into T'an family. Copy of collected works in sixty juan deposited in Donglin Temple on Mount Lu 836 Copy of collected works in sixty-five juan deposited in Shengshan Temple (聖善寺) in Luoyang 840 Grandson Tan Yutong born 842 Daughter A-luo widowed, returns to Luoyang to live with parents 845 Collected writings in seventy-five juan completed 846 Dies in eighth month; buried at Xiangshan Temple at Longmen south of Luoyang Chronology of the Life of Bai Juyi from Burton Watson's Po Chu-yi, Selected Poems, Columbia University Press, 2000 |