白居易给人的感觉是平和安适的,实际上其心态内部充满了矛盾。其矛盾心态主要表现在三个方面:一、乐“生”与忧“死”的矛盾,具体表现为白居易对衰老、疾病和死亡的关注与其乐天达观的人生态度的矛盾;二、重视享受与道德的内省、自律的矛盾;三、入世与隐居、事业理想与物质需求的矛盾。这几方面构成了白居易矛盾性的人生。 Bai Juyi gives the feeling of peace and comfort, in fact, its mentality is full of contradictions. The contradictory state of mind is mainly manifested in three aspects: First, the contradiction between “life” and “death” is contradictory to the contradiction between Bai’s attention to aging, disease and death and his optimism in life. Second, Moral introspection and self-discipline; third, the contradiction between joining the WTO and seclusion, career ideals and material needs. These aspects constitute the contradictory life of Bai Juyi.