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Bai Juyi was born into a family of scholars (学者) in 772 in Xinzheng of Henan , Bai Juyi was very bright. He began to write at the age of five. By nine years old he was already very good at poetry.
Life was no at that time in his hometown. When Bai Juyi was about 11 years old, his father him to today's Xuzhou. Then he stayed in several other cities in south China. He grew up very and decided to become a government official.
Bai Juyi was young, he got a chance to visit the famous scholar Gu Kuang and show him of his poems.
At first, Gu Kuang made of his name "Juyi", which meant "living an easy life". Gu Kuang said" Everything is expensive here, so you cannot live an easy life." However, he read
Bai Juyi's poems, he said, " With such a great talent for poetry, you can certainly live an easy life!"
In 800, Bai Juyi won the place at the highest level of the imperial examination (科举考试). This was a great honor and led to a bright future.
