孟郊(751-814),字东野,排行十二,湖州武康(今浙江德清)人。孟郊早年生活贫困,曾周游湖北、湖南、广西等地,屡试不第。46岁(一说45岁)才考中进士。关于此事他曾写过一首《登科后》:“昔日龌龊不足夸,今朝放荡思无涯;春风得意马蹄疾,一日看尽长安花。”从诗中不难看出诗人当时欣喜若狂之情景。贞元十七年(801),出任溧阳尉。在任不关心政务,常常以作诗为乐,被罚半俸。元和初年,河南尹郑余 Meng Jiao (751-814), word East wild, ranked twelve, Huzhou Wukang (now Zhejiang Deqing) people. Meng Jiao lived in poverty in his early years and had been traveling in Hubei, Hunan and Guangxi for many times. 46-year-old (one said 45-year-old) was admitted to Jinshi. On this matter, he once wrote a post “Deng Ke after”: “In the past, lack of praise boast, the current liberation no limit; spring proud horseshoe disease, one day to see Changan flowers.” From the poem is not difficult to see the poet was happy Mad scenes. Seventeen years Zhenyuan (801), as Li Yang Wei. Do not care about government affairs, often for poetry for fun, was sentenced to half pension. Yuan and early years, Henan Yin Zheng Yu