刘、柳与元、白交游始年考

On the beginning year of the contact between Liu-Liu and Yuan-Bai

刘禹锡、柳宗元与元稹、白居易交游的始年,学术界要么漠视,要么避而不谈,实在绕不过去则存疑,则云早年交游无考,如为这些诗人作年谱、编年笺注的朱金城、卞孝萱、陶敏、施子愉等,大致不外乎这几种情况。但事实上,对这段历史中的人事关系作一个精细的梳理后,便能发现,刘、柳与元、白的交游始年当在贞元十九年(803年)。考定刘、柳与元、白交游始年在贞元十九年的意义在于,通过这点我们能够更加清晰准确地理解和把握贞元、永贞、元和之际当时复杂的人事关系,尤其是对元、白早年的政治态度和倾向,能够得出新的定位和思考。

For the beginning year of the contact between Liu Yuxi-Liu Zongyuan and Yuan Chen-Bai Juyi, the academic world just ignores or avoids it. If it is inevitable, they would say there is no evidence for the early contact between them, like Zhu Jincheng, Bian Xiaoxuan, Tao Min or Shi Ziyu, who wrote chronicles or made commentary and annotation for these poets. In fact, a careful study of the personal relations in this period shows that the contact between Liu-Liu and Yuan-Bai began in the year of Zhenyuan 19th (803AD). Thus, we can better understand the complicated personal relations in the period of Zhen -yuan, Yongzhen and Yuanhe, especially the early political attitude of Yuan and Bai, leading to a new position and reflection.