通过 while 引导的对比结构，清晰地展现了宏观抱负与微观实践的平衡。
My ambition lies in benefiting all under heaven, while my actions focus on cultivating myself. To uphold this principle throughout my life is the way; to express and clarify it through words is poetry. What is called satirical poetry reflects the ambition to benefit society; what is called leisurely poetry reflects the pursuit of personal cultivation.
At sunrise, the flowers by the river are as red as fire; in spring, the river water is as green as blue. In the moonlight at the mountain temple, I listen to the sound of osmanthus blossoms; from the pavilion of the prefecture, I watch the rising tides while resting.
Articles should be written according to the needs of the times, and songs and poems should be created according to real events. — Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
Those who are innocent at the moment should take warning from what they hear; when communication flows between the upper and lower levels, harmony prevails. — Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
With deep emotions, I most regret that flowers cannot speak; only after sorrow is broken do I realize the power of wine. — Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
I am grateful that your heart has transformed like pine and cypress; secretly, I follow you with my paired hair ornaments. — Bai Juyi, "The Silver Vase from the Bottom of the Well: Stopping Immoral Elopement"
Some paint their eyebrows deeply, some lightly; cicada-shaped temples and flowing clouds fill the garments. Returning from the balcony where rain once fell. Mount Wu rises high, Mount Wu sinks low; in the evening rain, my husband does not return. I remain alone guarding the empty room. — Bai Juyi
Since we parted, I have grown old and devoted myself to cultivation, refining my heart of separation until it became like dead ashes. The memories I once held throughout my life have all faded away; why did you enter my dream last night? — Bai Juyi
There are two swallows on the beam, gracefully moving as male and female. — Bai Juyi, "The Swallow Poem for Old Liu"
Times are difficult and years are barren, leaving the family livelihood empty. Brothers are separated in their travels, each heading east or west. The fields and gardens lie desolate after war, and loved ones are scattered along the roads. Their lonely shadows resemble wild geese separated by thousands of miles; leaving their roots, they drift like autumn grasses. Looking together at the bright moon, they should all shed tears; in one night, their longing for home is shared by five places. — Bai Juyi
Within the sound, it seems to express a message, yet it cannot fully convey the heart of repaying parental kindness. — Bai Juyi
仆志在兼济，行在独善。奉而始终之则为道，言而发明之则为诗。谓之讽谕诗，兼济之志也；谓之闲适诗，独善之义也。
日出江花红似火，春来江水绿如蓝。山寺月中听桂子，郡亭枕上看潮头。
文章合为时而着，歌诗合为事而作。——唐白居易
方才无罪闻者戒，下流上通上下泰——唐白居易
情多最恨花无语，愁破方知酒有权——唐白居易
感君松柏化为心，暗合双鬟逐君去。——白居易《井底引银瓶·止淫奔也》
深画眉，浅画眉，蝉鬓鬅鬙云满衣。阳台行雨回。巫山高，巫山低，暮雨潇潇郎不归。空房独守时。——白居易
别来老大苦修道，炼得离心成死灰。平生忆念消磨尽，昨夜因何入梦来？——白居易
梁上有双燕，翩翩雄与雌。——白居易《燕诗示刘叟》
时难年荒世业空，弟兄羁旅各西东。田园寥落干戈后，骨肉流离道路中。吊影分为千里雁，辞根散作九秋蓬。共看明月应垂泪，一夜乡心五处同。——白居易
声中如告诉，未尽反哺心。——白居易