Bai Juyi (772-846), a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty, was born in Taiyuan [now Shanxi]. When he arrived at his great-grandfather, he moved to Xiaao (now north of Weinan, Shaanxi). Bai Juyi's grandfather, Huang Bai, was the county magistrate of Gongxian County (now Gongyi, Henan Province) and was also a Xinzheng native at that time. His family moved to Dongguozhai Village (now Dongguo Temple) in the west of Xinzheng City. Bai Juyi was born in Dongguozhai on the 20th day of the first month in the seventh year of Dali, Tang Daizong (February 28th, 772 AD). In August of the sixth year of Wuzong Huichang (846), he died in Luoyang [Henan] and was buried in Xiangshan at the age of 75. He wrote Bai Changqing Collection.

In his later years, the official was at least a wealthy prince, and posthumous title was a white father and a white man. In literature, he actively advocated the new Yuefu movement and advocated that "articles should be written in time and poems should be written for things". He wrote many poems lamenting the times and reflecting the sufferings of the people, which had a great influence on later generations. He is a very important poet in the history of China literature. Yuanhe is a bachelor of Hanlin, and Zuo Zan is a good doctor, because he offended dignitaries. He wrote many poems in his life, among which allegorical poems are the most famous, and the language is easy to understand, so he is called "an old woman who can explain". Among the narrative poems, Pipa Xing and Song of Eternal Sorrow are the most famous.