Liu Yuxi
Template:Chinese name Liu Yuxi (Wade-Giles: Liu Yu-hsi; simplified Chinese: 刘禹锡; traditional Chinese: 劉禹錫; pinyin: Liú Yǔxī) (772–842) was a Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist, active during the Tang Dynasty. [1]
Name variants
Names | |
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Chinese: | 刘禹锡 |
Pinyin: | Liú Yǔxī |
Wade-Giles: | Liu Yü-hsi |
Japanese: | りゅう うしゃく Ryū Ushaku |
Zì (字): | Mèng dé (梦得; Meng-te in Wade-Giles) |
Hào (號): | Shī háo (詩豪; Shih-hao in Wade-Giles) |
Poetry
Just over 700 of his poems still exist, notable for their simple, 'folk' style. He was an acquaintance of the great poet Bai Juyi, born in the same year as Liu Yuxi. Four of his poems are included in the classic Qing Dynasty anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was first published in the 18th-century.
Lou Shi Ming
One of his most famous poems is 'Lou Shi Ming' 陋室銘, "The Scholar's Humble Dwelling", describing living in a simple dwelling, following a life that is refined in culture and learning:
山不在高, Who heeds the hill's bare height until |
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Poem of Liu Yuxi by the Chinese calligrapher Sun Xinde
Notes
- ^ Liu Yuxi short biography at Renditions.org
- ^ "The Scholar's Humble Dwelling (Poem). Liu Yu Hsi. Translated by James Black.," The Open Court: Vol. 1911: Iss. 3, Article 7, available at: Open SIUC
References
- Lim, Chooi Kua [Lin Shui-kao]: A biography of Liu Yuxi, Chinese Culture, 36.2, 37.1 (1994, 1996), 115-50, 111-141
- Richardson, Tori Cliffon Anthony. "Liu Pin-k'o chia-hua lu ('A Record of Adviser to the Hier Apparent Liu (Yü-hsi's) Fine Discourses'): A Study and Translation. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1994
External links
- Liu Yuxi page at Whittier.edu[dead link]
- Five poems by Liu Yuxi (Chinese only) at Chinapage.org
- Works by Liu Yuxi at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)