How to evaluate Liu Yong's ci

Liu Yong was the first writer who devoted himself to the creation of lyrics in the Northern Song Dynasty. The lyrics of the Song Dynasty changed greatly only when Liu Yong took over. He made great contributions to the development of Song Ci: (65,438+0) He expanded the theme of Ci, changed the aesthetic connotation and taste of Ci from the direction of creation, that is, "elegance" changed to "vulgarity", deliberately expressed the secular flavor of citizens' life in popular language, and his Ci mostly described the bustling scene of the city.

(2) The emergence of a large number of slow words has promoted the development of word style. Throughout the Tang and Five Dynasties, the style of ci poetry was dominated by Xiao Ling, and Liu Yong focused on creating slow ci poetry. It fundamentally changed the pattern of poetry dominating the world since the Tang and Five Dynasties, and made slow words and poetry equally divided and go hand in hand.

In addition, his ci was imitated by later generations. Like Klang Ganzhou, the first one is lyrical with scenery, and the last one is lyrical with things, which has become the basic lyrical mode of many words!