New Study On Bai Juyi’s Allegorical Poetry

The allegorical poetry created by Bai Juyi concerns politics, economy, militaryaffairs, education and figures in mid-term of Tang dynasty. Moreover, thepoetry includes his discussions on value and meaning of life. That his allegoricalpoems have strong political and religious characteristics, lyrical color, novel andunique narratives is intimately related to the political and historical circumstances inwhich he was living, experiences of personal development and his critical absorptionof chronical poetry. It is because of relatively tolerant polictical surroundings as wellas his active pursuance that Bai Juyi could practise his creation of viewthat articles and poetry should be created for the sake of current affairs into a largequantitive of allegorical poems, thus making unprecedented breakthrough..