Jiang Kui.
(Jiang Kui is also known as Taoist Baishi, and "Taoist Baishi's Poems" and "Taoist Baishi's Songs" have been circulated in the world.)
Jiang Kui is an outstanding writer in the Southern Song Dynasty. , is highly praised by later generations (especially the Western Zhejiang Ci School). His poetry was unique, known as the "White Stone Style", and was imitated by poets at that time and later generations, forming a poetic school centered on him - the "Sao Ya School".
The "Sao Ya School" is also called the "Jiang School", and both the "Xin School" and the "Xin School" dominate the world of poetry.
In terms of overall style, Baishi Ci is between Halal Ci and Jiaxuan Ci. On the one hand, he was deeply influenced by Zhou Bangyan's poems. He was strict with rhythm and pursued the refinement and elegance of language. However, he washed away the extravagant and charming style of Zhou Bangyan's poems and established a unique style of Qingqi and sparseness. On the other hand, he also paid close attention to Xin Qiji's poems. After learning, he deliberately imitated the rhyme, but he also abandoned the vigorous and bold style of Xin Ci and developed his own clear, strong and agile style.
The emergence of Baishi style marks the arrival of a new era. The decline of Jiangxi Poetry School and the rise of Jianghu Poetry School are the two major poetic backgrounds for the formation of Baishi Style.
Introduction to Jiang Kui:
Jiang Kui (1154-1221), courtesy name Yaozhang, also known as Baishi Taoist, was a Han nationality from Poyang, Raozhou (now Poyang County, Jiangxi Province). Writer and musician of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Jiang Kui was an orphan and a poor boy. He failed in many examinations and remained in office all his life. He moved around the world and made a living by selling letters and helping his friends. Jiang Kui lived in West Lake, Hangzhou late in his life, and was buried in Ximachong.
Jiang Kui is versatile, proficient in music, able to compose his own music, and his lyrics have strict rhythm. His works are known for their ethereal and subtle nature. Jiang Kui is proficient in poetry, prose, calligraphy and music. He is another rare "art all-rounder" after Su Shi. Jiang Kui's poems have a wide range of themes, including feelings of time, expressing feelings, chanting objects, love affairs, describing scenes, travel notes, sequence, friendship, rewards, etc. In his poems, he expressed his thoughts that although he was wandering in the world, he never forgot the sentiments of his country. He described his wandering life as a traveler, expressed his depressed mood of not being able to live in the world and being frustrated in love, as well as his otherworldly and ethereal mood. The group has a personality like a solitary cloud and wild crane.