Among the landscape and pastoral poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei was particularly influenced by Zen thought, and his poems were often full of Zen interest.
Character introduction
Wang Wei (693 or 694 or 701-761), whose courtesy name was Mojie and whose name was Mojie layman. A native of Puzhou, Hedong (now Yongji, Shanxi), his ancestral home is Qi County, Shanxi. Tang Dynasty poet and painter.
Wang Wei was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. He was a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and became Tai Lecheng in the ninth year of Kaiyuan (721). Li Guanyou collected relics, censored the censor, and made the judge during the Hexi Festival. During the Tianbao period, he paid homage to the official doctor and gave him the title of Shizhong. When An Lushan captured Chang'an, he was forced to accept a pseudo post. After Chang'an was recovered, he was awarded the title of Prince Zhongyun. During the Qianyuan period of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, he served as Shangshu Youcheng, and was known as "Wang Youcheng" in the world.
Wang Wei participated in Zen and understood philosophy, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, music and painting. He was famous among Kaiyuan and Tianbao for his poems, especially five-character poems. He often sang about mountains, rivers and countryside. Together with Meng Haoran, he was called "Wang Meng" because of his sincerity. Worshiping Buddha is known as the "Poetry Buddha".
His calligraphy and painting are so exquisite that later generations regard him as the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. He is the author of "The Collection of Wang Youcheng" and has about 400 poems. Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty commented: "When you taste Mojie's poems, there are paintings in the poems; when you look at Mojie's paintings, there are poems in the paintings."
Wang Wei's literary achievements are mainly reflected in his poetry creation. Wang Wei's poems depicting natural scenery such as mountains, rivers and pastoral areas, and praising secluded life, depict shadows and forms, which are expressive and expressive, and both form and spirit are wonderful.
Wang Wei created a kind of "painting in poetry, poetry in painting" with his fresh, distant, natural and refined style ("Dongpo Inscription and Postscript·Shu Mojie Lantian Misty Rain Picture") "Poetry" The artistic conception of "Zen in it" has set up a banner in the poetry world.