Yuan Zhen's ten most famous poems are: Five Poems of Leaving Thoughts (Part IV), Chrysanthemum, Palace, Three Poems of Mourning (Part II), Hearing Letian Awarding Jiangzhou Sima, Appreciating Letian's Frequent Dreams, Three Poems of Mourning (Part III), Joy Sutra and Poems of Mourning.

Yuan Zhen (779-83 1) was born in Luoyang, Henan (now Henan). Ministers and writers of the Tang Dynasty. Descendants of the Northern Wei Imperial Clan Xianbei Tuoba, the 14th grandson of Tuoba, Zhao Chengdi (15th grandson) of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793), he studied the classics, gave Zuo an addendum, entered the river shogunate, served as the school secretary, and moved to the censor. In the second year of Changqing (822), he was worshipped as assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, and later served as the secretary of the same state, and was the right minister.

Yuan Zhen's Early Experience

Yuan Zhen was born in February (779) in the 14th year of Tang Daizong Dali, in the southern suburb of Luoyang. His father is Yuan Kuan and his mother is Zheng. He is a descendant of Tuoba Department of Xianbei clan in Northern Wei Dynasty. His family has lived in Luoyang for a long time and has been an official for generations. When Yuan Zhen was eight years old, his father Yuan Kuan died, and his family was poor and unemployed. He was not trained as a teacher when he was a child. His mother, Zheng, was born in a scholarly family and shouldered the heavy responsibility of educating Yuan Zhen.

In the ninth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (793), Yuan Zhen, aged 15, chose the Ming Classics, which was relatively easy to get, and took the examination of Book of Rites Shangshu held by the imperial court in order to get the first place in the Ming Classics. In the ninth year of Zhenyuan, Yuan Zhen lived in the capital of Ming Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and did not become an official, but he did not stop studying hard. The family library provided him with extensive reading conditions, and the cultural environment in Beijing and his extensive interests cultivated his cultural literacy.