刘禹锡

Liu Yuxi is a well-known poet in the history of classical Chinese literature. Publicly available sources offer limited information about his life, native place, and dates of birth and death, so this page makes no conjecture on those points. This site holds fourteen of his works, spanning classical poetry, prose and miscellaneous writings, as well as the categories of social fiction, social science, and Eastern philosophy. Representative titles include The Complete Ci Poems of Liu Yuxi, Collected Ci Poems of Liu Yuxi, and pieces such as "Song of the Dim Mirror," "Presented to Liu Jing on Passing the Examination," "Seeing Off Attendant Censor Yang of the Taiyuan on an Early Autumn Return," "A Playful Reply to Letian," and "Inscribed on Vice Director Dou's New Residence in Chongde Lane on an Autumn Day." These works show that he wrote chiefly poetry, with some ci and occasional poems of exchange and inscription. His language is concise, his imagery clear, and he often draws on everyday scenes and human encounters, conveying feeling with subtlety and thought. His poems of reply also reflect his exchanges with literary contemporaries. Through these works readers may appreciate his poetic style and the pleasure of reading classical Chinese poetry.