When Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen met for the first time, Bai Juyi was already very famous and wrote many excellent words, which still had a high status in officialdom. But at that time, Yuan Zhen had just passed the imperial examination and won the imperial examination, and he was also the youngest scholar in that imperial examination. Bai Juyi was particularly famous at that time, but although he was already a famous figure at that time, it can be said that he was a young and famous figure, but Bai Juyi was lonely at heart. And his acquaintance with Yuan Zhen is indeed quite legendary. First of all, these two people are very different in status and age, and they have never met each other.
Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen met for the first time at a poetry meeting. Originally, Bai Juyi was never interested in this kind of poetry meeting, because he felt that everyone had their own different views, but on the surface, he was quite unconvinced by each other. Bai Juyi thinks this kind of poetry activity is boring and tasteless. However, Bai Juyi had to attend this kind of poetry meeting because of his high position in the poetry circle at that time. It was also at this poetry meeting that Bai Juyi didn't want to go that Bai Juyi met his life confidant Yuan Zhen.
Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen hit it off. Bai Juyi was very happy to meet such a talented young man, and Yuan Zhen left a deep impression on Bai Juyi. The two exchanged views, left contact information, and even felt that they met late. Later, they often exchanged poems together and became good friends in life. The most predestined relationship is that they later worked together in the officialdom, in the same department, which made their relationship closer.