Cui Jiao

Cui Jiao

Cui Jiao, a scholar in Hejian of Tang Dynasty, has one of his poems in the whole Tang poetry. (Volume 1 of Yunxi Youyi and Volume 56 of Chronicles of Tang Dynasty)

personal works

"To give away the maidservant" tells us that the young men and the grandchildren follow the trend, and the Green Pearls shed tears. As soon as Hou men entered the sea, Xiao Lang was a passer-by.

Anecdotes and allusions

Cui Jiao, the fourth volume of poetry in the whole Tang Dynasty: living in the Han Dynasty, Cui Jiao has a beautiful maidservant who is good at music. He was poor, but his servant was in the company commander, and he gave him four hundred thousand yuan. I have no choice but to yearn. His maidservant came to work because of cold food. He stood in Liuyin, and immediately wept and swore to be like mountains and rivers. Cui Sheng presented it with a poem, saying: the son of the prince and the grandson chased the follow-up, the green pearl tearfully dripped the scarf. As soon as Hou men entered the sea, Xiao Lang was a passer-by. There may be those who are jealous of the suburbs and write poems. When the public saw the poem, they called Cui Sheng and left and right Mo's measurement. When he saw Jiao, he shook hands and said, "as soon as Hou men entered the sea, Xiao Lang has been a passer-by since then Is it Gongzuo? " Then I ordered my maidservant to return. As for the curtain box, I know it's a gift. In the notes Yunxi Youyi written by Fan Yu at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there is a story: Cui Jiao, a scholar, lived in his aunt's home in Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan) during the Yuanhe period of the Tang Dynasty. The maid of my aunt's family is beautiful, and she is a famous local beauty. Cui's empress and maid love each other. However, due to her family situation, her aunt soon sold her maid to Sikong Yuyi (DI) in Xiangzhou. Love doesn't end there. Cui Jiao never forgets his maidservant. On the cold food day, he waited for his lover outside Sikong mansion. They had mixed feelings. Cui Jiao wrote poems to express his feelings: the sons and grandchildren follow the footsteps, and the Green Pearls shed tears. As soon as Hou men entered the sea, Xiao Lang was a passer-by. Yu Xuan later read this poem, summoned Cui Jiao to take the maid and give it to Wan Guan, which made this marriage and spread to the poetic world.

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