Bai Juyi and His Lishui Connection

Seeking out his uncle Bai Jikang

According to a report by Jiangsu International Online dated November 2021, Bai Juyi went to Lishui to seek out his uncle Bai Jikang, who was then serving as county magistrate. The same report states that Bai Jikang died in office in Lishui.

Awaiting further material

First, the years in which Bai Jikang served as magistrate of Lishui, and the length of his tenure, could not be verified and must be checked against the gazetteers; nothing is supplied here.

Second, apart from this report, no source held by this site records how long Bai Juyi stayed in Lishui or what he wrote there, and nothing is supplied here.

Uncertainties

Bai Juyi's life belongs to the character sub-site; this entry records only the episode that connects him with Lishui. The words "seek out" and "died in office" follow the report's wording and are not expanded into an assessment.