Poets with high achievements in new-style poetry creation during the Southern and Northern Dynasties include Lu Ji, Xie Lingyun, Bao Zhao, Xiao Yan, etc.
1. Lu Ji: Lu Ji was an outstanding poet in the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties and was known as the riding scholar. He has won wide acclaim for his vigorous, bold and profound works. Lu Ji created a new poetic form, the five-character quatrain, which developed and spread widely in later literary history.
2. Xie Lingyun: Xie Lingyun was an important poet in the Southern Song Dynasty and one of the representatives of new-style poetry. The poem has a rigorous structure, concise and lively language, full of emotion, and is full of love for nature and life. He is famous for expressing his emotions and depicting natural scenery. His works are highly praised and imitated by later poets.
3. Bao Zhao: Bao Zhao was a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty and one of the outstanding representatives of new-style poetry. The works are full of romantic sentiments and bold and passionate emotional expressions. Bao Zhao is good at using metaphors and imagery, and leaves a deep impression on people with his profound philosophy and thoughts on life.
4. Xiao Yan: Xiao Yan was one of the outstanding poets in the Southern Song Dynasty and the pioneer and founder of new-style poetry. Paying attention to the beauty of form and music, he made many useful attempts in the structure of poetry, which opened up the development path of later new-style poetry. The works pursue a fresh and elegant artistic conception, and are meticulous and touching in expressing emotions.
About the new-style poetry in the Southern and Northern Dynasties
The new-style poetry in the Southern and Northern Dynasties is different from the ancient poetry, and has some innovations in expression form and language style. It no longer adheres to the restrictions of ancient five-character rhyme poetry, making poetic expression more flexible and diverse. The poetry of this period had a profound influence on later Tang Dynasty poetry.
During the Southern Dynasties, poets such as Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, and Xie An actively advocated new-style poetry, which used natural, real, and personal emotions as themes to express inner joy, worry, sentimentality, and other emotions with free strokes. Depicting pastoral scenes expresses the yearning for a carefree life.
During the Northern Dynasties, Northern Dynasty poets such as Bao Zhao and Yu Xin also praised new-style poetry, and their works mostly focused on expressing their own feelings about life and political attitudes. Bold and open-minded language styles are often used in poetry, reflecting the turmoil of the current situation and personal ambitions.