Yu Woo Seok - Ryuusha

A poet from the mid-Tang period in China. His pen name was Meng De. He claimed to be a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan (Hebei Province) during the Han Dynasty, but was actually a descendant of the Xiongnu people. His ancestors moved to Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was born in Wu Commandery (Jiangsu Province). Like Liu Zongyuan, he was a Jinshi in 793 (the 9th year of the Zhenyuan era). He joined the party of the reformist Wang Shuwen and was implicated. In September 805 (the 1st year of the Yongzhen era), he was demoted to governor of Lianzhou (Guangdong Province), and in October, he was renamed Sima of Langzhou (Hunan Province). He was appointed as the Minister of Rites for the Inspection and Prince's Guest and was stationed in Luoyang, where he died at the age of 72. In his later years, he exchanged poems with Bai Juyi. In the history of Chinese literature, he is known for refining the folk songs "Citation of the Bamboo Branch" and "Citation of the Willow Branch" into literary works. His style is characterized by deep meanings in casual expressions. He has 30 volumes of "Collection of Liu Binke's Works" and 10 volumes of "Extra Collection."

[Shigeru Maruyama]

"Shoichi Takagi's Newly Revised Chinese Classical Selection 15: Tang Poetry Selection Part 2" (1966, Asahi Shimbun)

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中国、中唐期の詩人。字(あざな)は夢得(ぼうとく)。漢の中山（河北省）靖王(せいおう)劉勝の子孫と自称しているが、匈奴(きょうど)族の末裔(まつえい)。祖先は北魏(ほくぎ)のとき、洛陽(らくよう)に移り住んだ。出生地は呉郡(ごぐん)（江蘇(こうそ)省）。柳宗元(りゅうそうげん)と同じく793年（貞元9）の進士。革進派の王叔文(しゅくぶん)の党に加わり、連座。805年（永貞1）9月、連州（広東省）刺史(しし)に貶(おと)され、10月、朗州（湖南省）司馬に改められた。検校礼部尚書、太子賓客(ひんかく)となって洛陽に出向し、72歳で没した。晩年、白居易と詩を唱和応酬した。中国文学史上、民間で歌われていた「竹枝詞(ちくしし)」「楊柳枝詞(ようりゅうしし)」などを文学作品として洗練したことで知られる。さりげない表現のなかに深い含意を込めた作風に特色がある。『劉賓客文集』30巻、『外集』10巻がある。

［丸山　茂］

『高木正一著『新訂中国古典選15　唐詩選　下』（1966・朝日新聞社）』

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