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Since olden days we feel in autumn sad and drear
But I say spring cannot compete with autumn clear
On a fine day a crane cleaves the clouds and soars high
It leads the poet's lofty mind to azure sky
Liu Yuxi (772-842) was a well-know poet of the mid and late period of Tang Dynasty (618-907), and also a litterateur and philosopher of the Tang Dynasty, born in Luoyang city of Central China's Henan province. When Liu Yuxi was frustrated, he always wrote poems to manifest his positive and broad-minded characters, thus earning the reputation of "Elite of Poetry".
With the well-known family background, Liu Yuxi, who was smart and hard-working since his childhood, had learned classics on Confucianism, medicine and astronomy written by Chinese philosophers in ancient time. In later years, Liu Yuxi returned to Luoyang to spend his old age. Bai Juyi, also a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, also lived here. Bai Juyi said with a sigh that time passed easily, and he was already an old man. Therefore, he wrote a poem to Liu Yuxito express his sadness. (Video: Yang Jiaxin and Zhou Jinmiao)
