Introduction to Liu Changqing

Introduction to Liu Changqing: Also known as Wenfang, known as Liu Suizhou in the world, he was a native of Xuancheng (now part of Anhui Province), one person said he was from Hejian (now part of Hebei Province), and was a poet of the Tang Dynasty in China.

Liu Changqing lived in Songshan to study when he was young, accumulating knowledge to prepare for a career, but he failed in many attempts. In the eighth year of Xuanzong Tianbao's reign (749), he was promoted to Jinshi, and Shi Brown was appointed as Chenliu Junyi County Lieutenant. When the Anshi Rebellion broke out, he fled to the south of the Yangtze River. In the year of De Yuanzai (756), he was interviewed by Li Xiyan and appointed as the captain of Changzhou County. In the second year of Zhide (757), he was slandered and imprisoned in the winter. In December, he was pardoned and ordered to take the sea salt. Because his grievance was not resolved, he was demoted to Nanba Wei. About the third year of the Dali calendar (768), he successively served as the magistrate of Eyue transportation.

In the ninth year of the Dali calendar (774), Wu Zhongru withheld his wealth because he refused to observe. Instead, he was falsely accused of corruption and was dismissed from office and lived in Yixing. Later he was demoted to the post of governor of Mu, during which he sang with poets such as Li Jiayou, Huangfu Ran, Qin Xi, Yan Wei and Zhang Bayuan who lived in Zhejiang at that time.

Liu Changqing's main achievements

Liu Changqing's poetry creation achievements are very high. His works are famous for their boldness, unrestrainedness and strong appeal. His poems have a wide range of themes, including landscapes and pastoral areas, frontier fortresses and garrison buildings, chanting history and expressing feelings, etc. The language is beautiful and the images are vivid, giving people a strong visual impact. Among them, poems such as "Autumn Thoughts" and "Climbing the Stork Tower" are excellent works.

Liu Changqing's poetry achievements are relatively high. Shen Deqian's "Collection of Tang Poems" selected 20 of his five rhymes, second only to Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, and Meng Haoran, and selected 6 of his five poems. , second only to Du Fu and Wang Wei, and praised: "Liu Wenfang is good at casting ideas, clever but not elegance, and still has the physical skills of his predecessors." Some people say that after Du Fu, he "should be regarded as a giant. All bodies are skilled, not alone." Five words are the Great Wall."

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Liu Changqing