Ruan Ji's representative work "Poem about the bosom" is a treasure in ancient Chinese poetry, and its profound thoughts and artistic style have had a far-reaching impact on the development of ancient Chinese poetry. In these poems, Ruan Ji, based on his own life experience and thoughts and feelings, expressed his profound reflection and pursuit of social reality through unique artistic techniques and profound ideological connotations.
Ruan Ji's poems are profound and interesting. The obscure characteristics of speaking in the eyes and ears and expressing feelings in the face of eight shortages make his love poems a rare political obscure poem in ancient times, and also a fundamental style of Ruan Ji's literature.
These poems, either implied or ironic, are full of deep sadness and life consciousness, vividly show the mental journey of intellectuals in Wei and Jin dynasties, have profound ideological significance and cognitive value, and have made important contributions to the development of five-character poems.
Ruan Ji's influence on later generations;
Ruan Ji, as a representative of the broad-minded school of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, is different from Yanhe and Wang Bi. Ruan Ji not only pays attention to the logical analysis of metaphysical concepts and the construction of philosophical system, but also pays attention to a detached lifestyle, which is manifested in the externalization from metaphysical theory to behavioral practice. It can be said that the direct expression of Ruan Ji's metaphysical thought is not a theory, but a life attitude of indulging in drinking and customs.
Ruan Ji's nihilistic life interest and behavior set off a social trend among the literati in the Jin Dynasty, the most direct manifestation of which was that he did not ask for official business and was addicted to alcohol. This trend lasted for hundreds of years from Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then gradually turned into a reflection of the spiritual life of the times.
The influence of Ruan Ji's literary thought is mainly reflected in the development and innovation of poems about nostalgia. Ruan Ji is the first prolific writer of five-character poems since Jian 'an, leaving 82 five-character poems for later generations. At the same time, he is also a key figure in separating five-character poems from folk songs since Jian 'an.
Before Ruan Ji, the common feature of Jian 'an poets was influenced by Yuefu folk songs, and they all wrote Yuefu more or less. Ruan Ji, on the other hand, does not depend on others, and develops the pattern and style of poetry with his own loneliness and spirit of the times.
He integrated Five-character Poetry in Huai with the atmosphere of the whole era, personal experience, philosophical changes and artistic charm, and pushed the creation of Five-character Poetry to a peak. Later Guo Pu, Tao Yuanming, Wang Ji, Chen Ziang and Li Bai were all influenced by Ruan Ji's poetic style.