2. Liu Yuxi was born in the seventh year of Dali. His grandfather and father are both small bureaucrats. Because my father was an official in Jiangnan, he spent his adolescence there. /kloc-started studying in Luoyang, Chang 'an and other places around the age of 0/9, and gained a high reputation. Two years later, he won the Jinshi and became the school book of the prince. Later, during his tenure at Yushitai, he made friends with Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan.
3. After Shunzong ascended the throne, Liu Yuxi had great enthusiasm for politics and formed an innovation group with Liu Zongyuan and others. However, because the reform violated the interests of eunuchs and big bureaucrats, it soon failed. After Shunzong was forced to give way, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan and other eight people were also demoted to distant Sima, which is the famous "Eight Sima Incident" in history.