The representative works of Wang Wei's landscape poems are as follows:
Wang Wei's famous landscape poems include: "Zhuli Pavilion", "Birdsong Stream", "Deer and Chai", "In the Mountain", "Shu Shi", "Xinyiwu", "Mountain Residence in Autumn Mist", "Zhongnan Farewell/First Arrival in the Mountains", etc.
01 "Zhuli Pavilion"
Sitting alone in the secluded bamboo, playing the piano and whistling loudly. People deep in the forest don't know that the bright moon comes to shine.
This poem is about the feeling of living in seclusion in the mountains and forests. On a moonlit night, the sky in the secluded forest is bright and clear, and those who play the piano and whistle are at ease and contented, free from all worries. The simple sentences convey the poet's indifferent mood, leaving only a "serene and unconventional" feeling after reading it.
02 "Birdsong Stream"
The sweet-scented osmanthus falls when people are busy, the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty. The moonrise scares the mountain birds, and they sing in the spring stream.
"Birdsong Stream" is a dynamic picture of an empty mountain and a moonlit night. In the silent valley, flowers fall silently, the moon scares the mountain birds, and the birds sing in the spring stream. This quiet and ethereal landscape world is intoxicating with flowers and birds.
03 "Deer and Chai"
No one can be seen in the empty mountain, but the sound of people's voices can be heard. Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again.
This poem is one of the representative works of Wang Wei's landscape poetry. First, he writes about an empty mountain with no human traces, and then turns to "but hear" to elicit the sound of human voices. When the sound is transmitted in the empty valley, the emptiness of the empty valley becomes clearer; when people speak in the empty mountain, the silence of the empty mountain becomes clearer.
04 "In the Mountains"
White rocks emerge from Jingxi River, and the red leaves are sparse in the cold weather. There is no rain on the mountain road, the sky is green and people's clothes are wet.
The winter scenery in the mountains composed of white rocks and phosphorus streams, sparse red leaves, and thick green that is about to wet people's clothes, is what the poet saw and felt when he was hiking in the mountains. The dull and monotonous winter becomes colorful and bright in the poet's writing, and the artistic conception is empty and dreamlike.
05 "Book Matters"
It is raining lightly in Qingyin Pavilion, and the day is opening slowly in the deep courtyard. Sitting there looking at the color of the green moss, I want to get on someone's clothes.
The first two lines of the poem describe the foreground and convey the feelings in the heart. The last two sentences change from dull to lively, describing the beauty and loveliness of the moss in the deep courtyard. The poet uses illusion to show the wonderful movement of colors, which is natural and full of interest.
06 "Xinyiwu"
Hibiscus flowers at the end of the wood, with red calyxes in the mountains. There is no one in the stream. They open and close one after another.
Wang Wei is very good at finding beauty in the ordinary. The most ordinary flowers bloom and fall under his pen, looking lonely and distant. "When I read it, I forget my life experience, and all my thoughts are silent." Maybe this is the poet's Zen state! Don’t be constrained by external things and live your life.