From the Book of Songs to the metrical poems of the Tang Dynasty, the representative works of poets of different schools developed.

The oldest Book of Songs in China is mainly composed of four sentences, and there is no such thing as meter. Later, there was a six-character "Chu Ci", and there was no unified meter. In the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, it gradually developed into a five-character poem, and then a seven-character Yuefu poem with long and short sentences appeared. In the long history, poetry has developed by leaps and bounds, and countless masterpieces have emerged, which are not bound by meter. Shen Yue, a poet in Qi and Liang Dynasties, once put forward the theory of "four tones and eight diseases" (four tones are flat, upward, moving and entering; Eight diseases, that is, the so-called "flat head", "upper tail" and "bee waist" have not become the norms that poets generally attach importance to.

During the Yongming period of the Southern Qi Dynasty, the theory of temperament prevailed, and poetry creation paid attention to harmony. In this way, the new poetic style of "Yongming Style" gradually took shape. This new poetic style is the beginning of metrical poetry. The famous poet in this period was Xie Tiao (about 464-499). Xie Tiao is famous for his landscape poems, and his poetic style is fresh and beautiful. His new style poems have a certain influence on the formation of regular poems and quatrains in Tang Dynasty. Poetry developed into the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a highly mature golden age. Nearly 300 years ago, the Tang Dynasty left nearly 50,000 poems, and there were about 50 or 60 famous poets with unique styles. Four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty were the main poets in the pioneering period of Tang poetry. These four people are (649-676), Yang Jiong (650-693), Lu (637-689) and Luo (646-684). Although their poems inherited the atmosphere of the Qi and Liang Dynasties, the theme of their poems was expanded in their hands, and the form of five-character and eight-sentence rhythmic poems was also initially shaped by them. After the "Four Great Scholars", Chen Ziang (66 1-702) clearly put forward his opposition to the poetic style of Qi and Liang, and advocated "the style of Han and Wei". There are 38 poems chanting for the bosom, which are his representative works with distinctive innovative spirit.

There are several types of Tang poetry:

One is frontier poems, such as Wang Zhihuan's Liangzhou Ci. Second, cherish Meng Haoran's ancient poems, such as "Walking with the Confucians". The third is homesick poetry, how to wait.

Two hometown couplet books. Fourth, write landscape poems, such as Wang Zhihuan's In the Lodge of the Heron. Five, the poem that will always be in my heart is like Zhang's "Moonlit Night on the Spring River".

Sixth, how to chant "Liu Yong". Seven, farewell poems such as Wang Bo's "Send Du Shaofu Ren Shuchuan" and so on.

Genre: For example, Wang Wei's idyllic poems are quiet and beautiful, Li Bai's poems are unrestrained and elegant, Du Fu's poems are depressed and frustrated, Bai Juyi's poems are popular and simple, and Li Shangyin's poems are exquisite and beautiful, all of which reflect the poet's character, temperament, experience and cultivation. The formation of colorful creative schools is an important symbol of the prosperity of literature in an era. At this point, Tang poetry is unprecedented. Besides Li Bai and Du Fu, there are many important schools and schools in Wan Ren as follows.

Landscape pastoral poetry

Represented by Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, he inherited Tao Yuanming's thought, and took the leisure life of mountains and rivers as the theme, which was full of poetry and life interest.

Frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Represented by Gao Shi, Cen Can, Wang Changling and Wang Zhihuan, this paper describes the hard environment and homesickness of the border troops. Some are high-spirited, some are solemn and stirring, and some are solemn and stirring.

New Yuefu Movement

Represented by Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen. Learn the advantages of Han Yuefu poems, advocate paying attention to society, "making things happen according to circumstances", and the words are popular and smooth.

Hanmengpai

Represented by Han Yu, Meng Jiao and Li He. Pursue whimsy and clever words.

Du Shi

Represented by Du Fu. The poetic style is gloomy, the language and text structure are full of changes, and the refinement of words and sentences is emphasized. Poetry criticized the corruption of the imperial court and the darkness of society.

There were two schools in the middle Tang Dynasty, one was Han Meng's poetry school with Han Yu and Meng Jiao as the core, and the other was Bai Yuan's poetry school with Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi as the core. Among them, Han Meng's poetry school is risky, and the representative figures are Li He and Jia Dao. The corresponding school of Bai Yuan poetry is famous for its easy to understand and its language directly reflects reality and emotion, which has a great influence for a while. In addition, Liu Zongyuan and Liu Yuxi are outstanding poets who did not enter the genre during this period. They have distinct personalities and are unique.

With the political turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, the creation of Tang poetry also turned to the late Tang Dynasty. After the glory of the mid-Tang Dynasty, Tang poetry finally came to an end. Although there were some small poetry groups in this period, there were no big schools in general. Du Mu, Li Shangyin, Wen and others became the last outstanding poets in the history of Tang poetry.