Zhengzhou International【走近郑州历史名人】诗豪刘禹锡
Located in the middle of heaven and earth, Zhengzhou is nurtured by the Yellow river. Since ancient times, herds of influential statesmen, thinkers, scientists and writers borned here. They either worked for the government or wrote books, highlighting their times with their insights, creations and ideas.
位居天地之中、黄河之滨的郑州，受大河哺育、“天中”滋养，自古以来就涌现出众多影响深远的政治家、思想家、科学家、文学家等各领域杰出人才，他们或为政一方，或著书立说，用自己的见解、创造和思想为所处时代打上了一片片“高光”。
Take copper as a mirror, one can be dressed; take people as a mirror,one can judge gains and losses. Maybe we will have new gains when we get close to these famous people in Zhengzhou's history again.
以铜为鉴，可以正衣冠; 以人为鉴，可以明得失。当我们再次走近郑州历史上的这些名人，或许会有新的收获。
As the flourishing age of poetry, the poets of Tang Dynasty have sprung up like bamboo shoots after spring rain. In 772 A.D., after the birth of the great poet Bai Juyi in Xinzheng, another poet, Liu Yuxi, was born in Xingyang not far from Bai Juyi.
作为诗的盛世，唐代的诗人真如雨后春笋般纷纷破土而出。公元772年，大诗人白居易在新郑出生不久，另一位诗人刘禹锡在离他不远的荥阳也诞生了。
Liu Yuxi’s life is very smooth in his early years. When he was 21 years old, he get the title of Jingshi (former third degree candidate in ancient china’s officer-selecting system). Later, he become a member of “Yongzhen Revolution” which was failed at last, and then he was banished with Liu Zongyuan, another poet. This event was named “Two Wang 8 Sima”
青年时代的刘禹锡生活颇为顺利，他21岁就与柳宗元一起考中进士。后来，他成为“永贞革新”集团的一份子，但是“改革”以失败告终，刘禹锡、柳宗元等人被贬，这就是历史上的“二王八司马”事件。
Banished to Anhui, Liu had no shelter to live. He moved three times in six months. After being banished for 10 years, Liu Yuxi finally got a chance to return to Chang 'an, but was soon banished again for 12 years for his poems ridiculing the snobs.
被贬到安徽后，刘禹锡居无定所，半年搬了三次家，简直毫无生活质量可言。被贬10年后，刘禹锡终于有机会回到长安，但是很快又因为他的诗歌讥讽了得势小人而再次被贬，时间长达12年。
During this period, Liu Yuxi did not fall down, he wrote a lot of good works widely praised, which elementary school students can recite in nowadays.
在这期间，刘禹锡没有一蹶不振，他创作了大量佳作，广为传颂，现在的小学生都能倒背如流。
His prose is as good as his poetry. At the same time, his personal experience of ups and downs may have given him more reflections on life. He also wrote three philosophical works "Tian Lun", which discussed the materiality of heaven and analyzed the root cause of "the Doctrine of Destiny".
刘禹锡的散文和诗歌一样优秀，同时或许是起起伏伏的亲身经历给了刘禹锡更多人生的思考，他还写出哲学著作《天论》三篇，论述天的物质性，分析“天命论”产生的根源，在当时那个时代，也具有难得一见的唯物主义思想……
Liu Yuxi has always been an unyielding "soldier" and heroic poet according to Liu Yuxi’s life and creative experience. More than a thousand years later, his hometown, Zhengzhou, established the first themed cultural park -- Liu Yuxi Park; In May 2015, the Chinese Calligrapher's Association and the Henan Calligrapher's Association jointly launched the "Liu Yuxi Cup" national calligraphy exhibition -- people are paying their respects to Liu Yuxi in various ways.
纵观刘禹锡的生活历程和创作之路，他始终是一个不屈的“战士”、豪情万丈的诗人。一千多年后，他的家乡郑州荥阳市建立了第一个主题文化公园——刘禹锡公园; 2015年5月，中国书法家协会还和河南省书协联合开展“刘禹锡杯”全国书法作品展——人们在用各种方式，表达对刘禹锡的敬意。
Source text: Zhengzhou Release
记者 /左丽慧
