The definition of Qiliang New Style Poetry is that it is relative to the Ancient Style Poetry, and its main features are its emphasis on rhythm and antithesis.
1. The concept of new-style poetry:
Yongming is the reign name of Emperor Wu of Qi in the Southern Dynasties. "Yongming style" is also called "new-style poetry". This style of poetry requires strict four The theory of the eight diseases of sound emphasizes the rhythm and rhythm of sound. The emergence of this poetic style played a certain role in correcting the problem that the language of literati poems since the Jin and Song Dynasties was too difficult, and turned the creation towards freshness and smoothness. It had a significant influence on the formation of "modern poetry".
2. The historical status of new style poetry:
Before the "Yongming style", the popular style in the poetry world was "ancient style poetry", also known as "ancient poetry" and "ancient style". There is no restriction on the number of sentences, including four-character, five-character, six-character, seven-character, and miscellaneous words. There is no need for counterpoint, and the rhythm and rhyme are relatively free. After the Tang Dynasty, rhymed verses and quatrains were formed, which are called "modern style poetry", also known as "modern style poetry".
This is relative to "ancient poetry". There are strict regulations on the number of sentences, the number of words, the level and rhyme, etc. The prototype of this "modern style poetry" is "new style poetry", that is, "Yongming style" poetry. The emergence of "Yongming style" marks the temporary end of ancient style poetry and heralds the imminent emergence of "modern style poetry".
Therefore, even if later generations have made various criticisms of "Yongming style" poetry, the status of "Yongming style" poetry in literary history should still be affirmed and given appropriate evaluation.
Characteristics of new-style poetry and representative poets
1. Characteristics of new-style poetry:
1. Pay attention to rhythm and use rhyme very carefully. The main performance is that most of the people rhyme with flat tones, and the original rhymes are very strict. As for Tongyu rhymes, many are close to those of the Tang Dynasty.
2. The length of poems has been greatly shortened, and the sentence patterns have gradually become stereotyped. Most of them are five-character four sentences, five-character eight sentences, and some are five-character ten sentences.
3. Pay attention to writing skills, pay attention to parallelism and antithesis. Rhymed sentences have appeared in large numbers, and some allusions are naturally integrated into the poem.
4. Get rid of the heavy and rigid style of Yuan Jia style poetry in the Liu and Song Dynasties, and pursue a poetic style that is flowing, beautiful and easy to understand.
5. Pay attention to the integrity of the beginning and end of the poem, the ingenuity of the conception, the pursuit of the artistic conception of the poem, and the organic integration of the description of the scene and the lyricism.
2. Representative poets of new-style poetry:
Wuxing Shen Yue, Chen Jun Xie Tiao, Langya Wang Rong use Qi and analogy to compare Yi, and Runan Zhou Yong is good at understanding sound and rhyme. Yue and other articles all use Gong Shang, with the four tones of Ping going up and entering. This is used to make the rhyme. It cannot be increased or decreased. It is called "Yongming style" in the world.
In addition to the above three people, Fan Yun, Qiu Chi and others also wrote many good poems, and their poetic styles are close to Xie and Shen. He Xun, Wu Jun, Liu Yun and Liu Xiaochuo, who became famous only in the Liang Dynasty, also started their own families.
He Xun's poetic style is also close to Xie Tiao's, while Wu Jun's style is more ancient and unique. Xiao Yan, one of the Eight Friends of Jingling and later the founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty, also wrote some beautiful and readable poems, but he did not agree with the theory of "four tones and eight diseases".