Chen Ziang's thought of poetry innovation has had a great historical impact on Tang poetry, with far-reaching significance. Chen Ziang changed the poetic style of the early Tang Dynasty, and made the Tang poetry completely free from the influence and bondage of the decadent poetic style of Qi and Liang Dynasties. Chen Ziang's innovation in poetry paved the way for the healthy development of Tang poetry, which is the theoretical basis and basis for the development of Tang poetry, and also the vane of Tang poetry reform. Chen Ziang advocated "elegant tone", which made the writing style of Tang poetry close to the reality of social life, and made scholars tend to draw materials from real life and pay attention to society and people's lives in the writing process.
Chen Ziang's thought of poetry innovation pointed out the direction for the confused literati and laid a magnificent scene of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The literature in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was guided by Chen Ziang's poetic innovation thought, which made the poetic style in the prosperous Tang Dynasty spectacular. Chen Ziang criticized Qi Liang's poetic style as decadent, divorced from social reality, and his works lacked social elements. After Chen Ziang's poetry innovation, most of the poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty came from real life, which fully expressed the author's inner thoughts and revealed the author's true feelings. Chen Ziang's innovative practice of poetry was accepted by the society at that time and got a good evaluation.
Chen Ziang initiated the opening of Tang poetry from closed to open. He occupies an important position in the history of Tang literature and has a far-reaching historical influence on Tang poetry.
Folding poetry theory
In Preface to Raising Bamboo, Chen Ziang once put forward an active proposition of poetry innovation. In the history of the development of Tang poetry, Chen Ziang's prose is like a declaration, which marks the innovation and transformation of Tang poetry style. Liu Xie and Zhong Rong opposed the formalistic poetic style in the Southern Dynasties, and once held high the tradition of "competition" and "firmness". Wang Bo opposed the style of court poetry before and after The Dragon, and accused them of being "cowardly, vigorous and ignorant". Chen Ziang inherited their thoughts, and pointed out that the poetic style of Qi Liang worshipped by court poets in the early Tang Dynasty was "complicated and beautiful but not vulgar", and pointed out that the glorious traditions of "elegance and vulgarity" and "Han and Wei style" were pioneer examples of creation, which realized the real innovation of poetry content under the banner of advocating retro. The attitude is very firm, the flag is very clear, and the call is very strong. "Ji Xing" and "Feng Gu" are the primary issues related to the life of poetry. The essence of "good luck" is to require poetry to carry forward the tradition of criticizing reality and has a distinct political tendency. The essence of "style" requires poetry to have noble and rich thoughts and feelings and rich and substantial realistic content.
Judging from the situation at that time, only by realizing the real innovation of content can poetry undertake the mission of the times. At the same time, due to the active efforts of poets such as "four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty", new styles of Tang poetry have emerged, and people are increasingly dissatisfied with the style of court poetry after Qi and Liang Dynasties, and the time for poetry innovation is more mature. Chen Ziang's innovative proposition at this time has not only theoretical significance, but also practical significance; It not only attacked the stale poetic style, but also opened the way for the new poets and poetic styles that were budding and growing at that time.
Following the four masters, Chen Ziang stood up against the rule of Qi Liang's poetic style with a firmer attitude, and showed a distinct spirit of creation and innovation in theory and practice. Chen Ziang's thought is very complicated. He is good at crossing Ren Xia, but the Confucian spirit of statecraft is still the dominant aspect of his thoughts. Many of his political comments are sketchy, showing insight into national security and enthusiasm for caring about people's sufferings. For example, in the recitation of Shang Shu Chuan An, he was worried about the invasion of Qiang people, deeply sympathized with the "unemployment" and "escape" of the people in Sichuan, and angrily accused the people of "official greed", "fishing invasion" and "deprivation". His lectures and political comments were quoted four or five times in Zi Tong Zhi Jian. Wang Fuzhi's History as a Mirror holds that Chen Ziang is not only a scholar's choice, but also a "minister's material", which is completely correct. His political enthusiasm is the driving force of his poetry innovation.
Chen Ziang further developed the vigorous poetic style pursued by the "four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty", and completely got rid of the delicate habits in Qi Liang's poems, which had a far-reaching influence on Zhang Jiuling, Li Bai and Du Fu in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.