The so-called "weather of the prosperous Tang Dynasty" focuses on the overall impression given by the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the style and spirit of the times of the poetry: broad, powerful, far-reaching, and transcendent; full of vitality, joy of creation, and newness experience; and the new sense of beauty formed through the use of imagery, the presentation of artistic conception, and the combination of temperament and voice - all these together become the characteristics that distinguish the poetry of the Tang Dynasty from the poetry of other periods. Wang Wan, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Under the Cibeigu Mountain". The then prime minister Zhang Shuo praised it so much that he copied the neck couplet on the wall of the official office as a model for poetry. (See Yin's "Collection of Heroes in Heyue") The middle two couplets of this poem can be used to describe that era: "The tide is flat on both sides, the wind is strong and the sail is hanging. The sea is full of sunshine and the night is over, and the river spring is entering the old year." Those three Adjectives: flat, broad, upright, and the high-hanging sail. From the sea sun generated in the remaining night to the Jiang Chun of the old year, people can feel the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the style of the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. . Let’s look at the following songs of poets from the prosperous Tang Dynasty: “Steaming clouds and dreamy lakes, waves shaking Yueyang City.” (Meng Haoran’s “Looking at Dongting Lake to Prime Minister Zhang”) “If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level.” (Wang Zhihuan’s “Wang Zhihuan” “Wang Zhihuan” “Wang Zhihuan” “Wang Zhihuan” "Climb the Stork Tower") "Climbing high is a spectacular sight between heaven and earth, and the vast river will never come back." (Li Bai's "The Ballad of Mount Lu") "We all have the desire to fly, and want to go up to the blue sky to embrace the bright moon." (Li Bai's "Xie? Tower in Xuanzhou") "Farewell to the School Secretary Shu Yun") "When you are at the top of the mountain, you can see all the small mountains." (Du Fu's "Wang Yue") "Don't worry about the road ahead without any friends, for no one in the world will know you." (Gao Shi's "Farewell to Dong Da") ) These verses are filled with a majestic spirit that covers the heavens and the earth, and can still make the cowardly brave and the weak strong after thousands of years. Poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were not without sorrow. Li Bai often mentioned the word sorrow on his lips, such as "sad illness", "sad face", "sad heart", "sad hair", "sorrowful intestine", and so on. But as long as we compare Li Bai with Meng Jiao and Li He of the mid-Tang Dynasty, and Wen Tingyun and Li Shangyin of the late Tang Dynasty, we can feel that Li Bai's sorrow is powerful and his sorrow is magnificent. Just like his famous saying: "Cut the knife to cut off the water, and the water will flow again; raise a cup to relieve the sorrow, and the sorrow will become more sorrowful." ("Xuanzhou Xie? Loujie Farewell School Secretary Shu Yun") shows the sorrow of the strong, and there is a sense of grandeur in the sorrow. Strange Qi. Du Fu also wrote about sorrow, which is a great sorrow and a health concern that worries about the country and the people: "Worry ends all over the southern part of the country, and there is a hole that cannot be broken." ("Five Hundred Words of Odyssey to Fengxian County from Beijing")
Poets who embody the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty are often charming figures. For example, Wang Wei, an all-rounder cultivated in that era, is such a person. He has profound attainments in Buddhism and is able to integrate Zen thoughts into poetry. He was a calligrapher, musician and painter, and was respected by later generations as the ancestor of literati painting. According to the "Xuanhe Painting Book", there are 126 pieces of his paintings in the Song Dynasty court alone. Wang Wei could compose poems and essays at the age of nine. His political poems, landscape poems, frontier poems, and farewell poems were all first-rate. Su Shi said: "When you taste Mojie's poems, there are paintings within the poems; when you look at Mojie's paintings, there are poems within the paintings" ("Shu Mojie's Pictures of Misty Rain in Lantian"). Li Bai's charm is unmatched by anyone. He conquered the readers at that time with a shocking power. He was not willing to take the imperial examination path of ordinary scholars, and wanted to directly win the chancellorship by relying on his talents and reputation. He often compares himself to a roc, flying freely between heaven and earth. Secretary Superintendent He Zhizhang met Li Bai for the first time in Chang'an. He recited his "The Road to Shu is Difficult" and called him "the Immortal". He took off his golden tortoise and exchanged it for wine. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty also lowered his chariot to welcome him, holding a spoon in his hand to entertain him. On his way to Chang'an to take the exam, Du Fu met Li Bai, who had left Chang'an and wandered eastward. He actually gave up the exam and followed Li Bai to roam many places. After farewell, Du Fu still missed him and wrote many poems in memory of him, praising him for "the pen is astonishing in the wind and rain." , the poem became a cry for ghosts and gods." ("Twenty Rhymes to Li Twelve and White") There is also a man named Wei Wan who followed Li Bai from Song Song Dynasty for thousands of miles and finally met in Guangling. Li Bai's poems are praised for their "ghosts and ghosts". The charm of the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is not only their personal, but also belongs to that era. Only a glorious era can provide the conditions for brilliant characters to form their charm.