Rong Yu

Rong Yu, (744～800) poet of Tang Dynasty. A native of Jingzhou (today's Jiangling, Hubei Province), the county was in Fufeng (today's Shaanxi Province). When he was young, he failed to win the imperial examination. He traveled to famous places and mountains and rivers, and later became a Jinshi. In the first year of Baoying (762), he traveled west from Huazhou and Luoyang, passed through Huayin, met Wang Jiyou, and wrote the poem "Kuzai Xing" with him. In the autumn of the second year of Dali (767), he returned to his hometown and served in the shogunate of Wei Boyu, the military governor of Jingnan. Later, he lived in Hunan and worked as an aide to Cui Guan, the governor of Tanzhou, and Li Changxun, the governor of Guizhou. In the third year of Jianzhong (782), he lived in Chang'an and served as the censor. The following year, he was demoted to the governor of Chenzhou. Later he was appointed governor of Qianzhou. In his later years, he worked in Lingling, Hunan, and ended up living in Guizhou. One of the poets in the early mid-Tang Dynasty who paid more attention to reflecting reality. The famous work "Kuzai Xing" describes the disasters that war brings to the people. "Guizhou Late Night" is the most famous work about traveling officials and sentimental life experiences. ► 229 poems