Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao are not father and son.
Xie Lingyun was born in Yangxia, Chen County in 385. In the second year of Emperor Yuanxing of Jin'an, Xie Lingyun inherited his grandfather's title and was named Kang Le Gong. In the first year of Yixi, he served as Grand Sima Sima Dewen and joined the army.
After that, he served as a general in Fujun's office and as a Taiwei in the army. After the Jin Dynasty in the Liu Song Dynasty, he was granted the title of Marquis Kangle and served successively as the governor of Yongjia, secretary supervisor, and internal historian of Linchuan. In the tenth year of Yuanjia, he was killed by Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong on charges of treason. He was only 49 years old. Xie Lingyun had only one son in his life, named Xie Lingyun. My name is Xie Feng.
Xie Tiao was born in 464, and at the age of 19, he joined the army at the age of 19. In the fifth year of Yongming Dynasty, he visited the west residence of Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling.
In the ninth year of Yongming's reign, he followed Wang Xiao Zilong to Jingzhou. In the eleventh year of his reign, he returned to Beijing and served as a consultant and chief secretary for the Husband Cavalry. In the second year of Jianwu's reign, he became the prefect of Xuancheng. Two years later, he returned to Beijing and became Zhongshu Lang.
After that, he became the prefect of Nandonghai and moved to Shangshu Libulang, also known as Xie Xuancheng and Xie Libu. In the first year of Yongyuan, the Marquis of Donghun, he was framed by Xiao Yaoguang, the king of Shi'an, and died in prison at the age of 36.
Xie Zhi, the great ancestor of Xie Tiao, was the brother of Xie An, his grandfather Xie Shu was the prefect of Wuxing, and his grandmother was the sister of the historian Fan Ye. His father, Xie Wei, was a minister of Sanqi, and his mother was Princess Changcheng, the daughter of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao are not in a father-son relationship.
Extended information:
Xie Lingyun came from a famous family and was talented, but his official career was bumpy. In order to get rid of his political troubles, Xie Lingyun often wandered around the mountains and rivers to explore the wonders and sights.
Most of Xie Lingyun's poems describe the natural scenery and scenic spots where he visited, such as Yongjia, Kuaiji, Pengli and other places. There are many beautiful sentences about nature and freshness, such as the spring grass growing in the pond, and the willows in the garden turning into songbirds.
Written about the autumn scenery, the vast wilderness and the clear beach, the high sky and the bright moonlight in autumn, the winter scenery with the bright moon shining on the snow, the strong and sad new wind, etc. Depicting natural scenery from different angles gives people a beautiful enjoyment.
Although Xie Lingyun's poems are full of famous lines, most of his poems and essays are half description of scenery and half of mystery, still with the tail of metaphysical poetry. But despite this, Xie Lingyun greatly enriched and opened up the realm of poetry with his creations.
It made the description of landscape independent from Xuanyan poetry, thereby reversing the style of Xuanyan poetry since the Eastern Jin Dynasty and establishing the status of landscape poetry. From then on, landscape poetry became a genre in the development history of Chinese poetry.
Xie Lingyun was good at describing travel experiences and describing natural scenery in rich and exquisite language. He often had vivid and beautiful sentences, which had a certain influence on the development of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, admired Xie Lingyun very much. He once sang a poem about him, saying that he was alone and happy.
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