Because of his bumpy career and poor life, Liu Yong turned from pursuing fame to being tired of officialdom, indulging in the charming and prosperous urban life, and looking for sustenance in "leaning on the red and leaning on the green" and "singing lightly". As the first poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Yong is a great poet in the Northern Song Dynasty and occupies an important position in the history of ci. He opened up the field of ci and created many excellent works. He not only developed the theme of ci, but also wrote a lot of slow words, developed narrative skills and promoted the popularization and colloquialism of ci, which had a great influence in the history of ci. He is Jing You, a scholar, an official and a foreign minister. As a bohemian, he was down and out all his life. His ci mostly describes the city scenery and the life of geisha, and he is especially good at expressing the feelings of traveling and service.
Liu Yong's lyrics are very popular, and there is a saying that "there is a well to drink and a willow lyric to sing". Many chapters sang the pain of some down-and-out literati in the prosperous times with sad tunes, which was really touching. He was the most accomplished poet in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and he wrote the Collection of Movements.
Liu Yong's father, uncle and brother are all Jinshi, even his son and nephew. Liu Yong himself has professional obstacles.
Ke, in the first year (1034), was born in Jinshi, nearly half a century old. The lyrics are excellent and widely circulated. Only one volume of his works, The Collection of Movements, has survived to this day. Describe the hardships of travel, such as Ling and Klang Ganzhou. They sang unbearable parting and unforgettable memories with a serious attitude, which is very infectious.
Young Liu Yong wandered in Yanhua Lane. At the age of 5 1, Liu Yong finally went to Fujian, leaving behind "Boiling the Sea Song", giving deep sympathy to the people who cooked salt for a living at that time. In just two years' official career, his name was recorded in "Official Records of Country Names", which shows his talent in economic affairs. Unfortunately, due to his personality, he was exiled repeatedly, so he entered a wandering "floating life" and developed a preference for bleak autumn scenery. Liu Yong often compares himself with Song Yu and refuses to comment. Liu Yong was poor in his later years and died penniless. A group of famous prostitutes, such as Xie and Chen Shishi, saw his talent and infatuation and pooled their money to bury him. At the funeral, all the famous prostitutes in Tokyo came, and half the city was mourning. Xie put on mourning for him and died two months later because he missed Liu Yong. After death, there were no relatives to pay homage. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, geisha meet in front of their graves to pay homage, and they are used to each other. It is called "Hanging Willow Seven" or "Hanging Willow Meeting", also known as "Group prostitutes burying Willow Seven together".
The Liu family has been an official for generations. Liu Yong studied hard in his hometown when he was a teenager, hoping to inherit his family business and go from official to official. After finishing his studies, he went to Bianjing to take the exam, ready to make great achievements and try his hand in politics. Unexpectedly, Liu Yong, a romantic young genius in his bones, was attracted by the geisha in the brothel and completely forgot his political ideal. He spent all his days in the romantic field, became close friends with geisha in brothels, and wrote his romantic life into his own words:
"In recent days, my heart is steep. In Luo Qi, there is a person who can care about it. " "Know several conspiracy, Qin Lou drunk. I joined hands and fell in love with embroidered quilts. " (Changshoule) On this trip, he certainly didn't forget the goal of being a scholar, but he was "conceited and romantic", confident that he was "good at art" and "versatile and good at diction" ("Hitting the Indus"), and didn't take the exam seriously, so that he could get a scholar and a top scholar easily. He once boasted to his potential sweetheart that even if the emperor came to the porch to try it himself, he would "be the best in the world" ("Long Life"). Unexpectedly, when it was released, it fell out of Sun Shan. Frustrated and resentful, he wrote the famous work "He Tianchong" (Golden List), claiming to "tolerate superficial fame and change to shallow singing". Your prince won't let me be a scholar and an official. If I am not an official, what can I do? Isn't it the same honor to be all-powerful in the ci world? A talented poet is born in white.