| Bai Juyi lived mainly between the end of eight century (born in 772 year) and the middle of nine century (passed away in 846 year), in this period, classical tone of the traditional Confucianism, is not merely covered up by spiritual shade of Buddhism, and balanced by the romantic color of Taoism. From the great historical cultural environment and combine Bai Juyi's life trace, this subject has carried on the discussion through his thought origin and practice reflection, try hard to return Bai Juyi into the true one , in other words, approach to true Bai Juyi even more in history through the basis of the three-dimensional and a careful and detailed analysis.The first part of this subject discussed the thought origin and inside reasonable way of Bai Juyi's philosophy of existence.First of all, as "I am a Confucian, it is last Golden Horse door to wait ", "Abiding by the Confucian and Zhougong" ,Bai Juyi, from Zhenyuan 15 Year (799), hepassed three examinations, and to the first year of Tang xianzong(806) also passed theimperial examinations with the excellent achievement of the second place. With aseries of victories and three honor in succession, made Bai Juyi's summit in lifeexperience. At this moment, Bai Juyi sung the political paean that " the husbandshould not suit oneself alone, but benefit the whole world" with high-spirited mood atthe beginning of his official career. So, passed imperial examination system, trainedand selected by the imperial examinations strictly, Bai juyi grew up a real bureaucrat.Therefore, the study of Bai Juyi's thought origin, from the relation between Bai Juyiand the imperial examinations first, especially from Bai Juyi's poetic prose and thefu's composition which correlated with imperial examinations as the starting point, itshould be a very meaningful and valuable thing. Begin this logic starting point, wewill see Bai Juyi's text resource of Confucianism mainly come from "Li ji", " Zhou yi", " Analects of Confucius ", " Mencius " and " the Book of Songs", etc. Certainly,while investigating Bai Juyi's Confucianism origin, the person living in concrete era,it is impossible for him to be free of his family and the tendency of his times, andmust not ignore "his ancestor care about Confucianism earnestly" and the influence ofideological trend caused by the times.Meanwhile, through the investigation of Bai Juyi's poet of prose, we will see the subject that resources of Bai Juyi's Taoist thought mainly come from " Laozi" and " Zhuangzi", his Taoist life style and behavior receive distinguished and admirable influence of the Wei-Jin Dynasty's ideological trend mainly, but its Taoism faith should undoubtedly owe the credit to the era in vogue and the guidance of "week apt to join and contract "and his friends.In addition, as " studying the great multiplication of all the Buddha books and it's spirit", Bai Juyi also "read all the famous tuber of thorough Buddha which passed ",so his text resources of Buddha and Zen are quite abundant too, he had read All of these like" linking and rubing ", " stupefied gal ", " alunite ", " Saddharmapundarika Sutra " ,etc. So , adding to the influence of the custom of era and friend of monk invariably, it brought up Bai juyi as" a monk at home " image in our heart.The second part is the study of Bai Juyi's trace in his life mainly, from the three different aspects which including Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism, we can analyze Bai Juyi's philosophy of existence which includes the shape of practice and external manifestation in society.As everyone knows, Bai Juyi's era, the war which broken out by An lushan and Shi siming, left many questions for Tang dynasty. And it made Tang dynasty a foul disease which let it struggle in the urgent environment. Tang XianZong who bent on making progress, brought the stabilizing and consolidating politic situation gradually, the ideal of the dream of resurgence had realistic foundations. So, special demand of special era, it activated the honest intellectual's enthusiasm to participate in government affairs. Bai Juyi began his official career in such a special era justly. However, just as what he had said: "want to win the honor by entering the government, become the disgrace of dismissing at once." The demoting of Jiangzhou state ten years which let the poet recognize fully the dangerous and helpless in his official career, then his official's feeling is reduced greatly. The first year of Wenzong (829), Bai Juyi went to the East capital as an leisure official, at this moment, while he summarize his existence philosophy that yearned for "Zhongyin", Bai Juyi desalinized all the idea of his politic Confucianism to have. In his late life, he spent his life in the east capital named Luoyang through writing the poem and drinking wine basically.Bai Juyi exposed to Taoism and demonstrated enthusiasm of faith to it, for time, it began long ago. But his attitude toward Taoism, Bai Juyi wander between faith and... |
