Personal understanding: the style, content, and emotion of poetry (such as the transition from Li Bai's romance to Du Fu's reality)
Official answer Mid-Tang (766 -- 835): Poetry of the Mid-Tang , but a continuation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The Mid-Tang Dynasty was an important turning point in the development history of Tang poetry, and it was also another prosperous period after the prosperous Tang Dynasty. During the Zhenyuan and Yuanhe years, Tang poetry set off a second climax due to the emergence of two schools with completely different styles, Han Meng and Yuan Bai, as well as famous writers with unique styles such as Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan. There are three peak periods in the history of ancient Chinese poetry, called the "Three Yuan"? Kaiyuan, Yuanhe, and Yuanyou. The main poets include Wei Yingwu, Liu Zongyuan, Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. Compared with the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poetry creation of this period has the following characteristics:
1) The number of poetry authors and works is much larger than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty
2 ), pursuing new changes. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, poetry creation reached its peak, and its prosperity could not be sustained. The poets of the Mid-Tang Dynasty had to find new ways and pursue new changes. As Bai Juyi said: "The style of poetry changes in the Yuan Dynasty" ("The remaining thoughts are added to the six rhymes and sent to the micro". To borrow, Bai actually refers specifically to singing and long rhythm).
3) Diversification. Different poets and creative groups have different pursuits of new changes, resulting in diversified poetry creation. Its performance is that the creative personality is more distinctive and the styles and genres are richer and more diverse.