The Preface to Mao's Poems holds that poetry creation should conform to the principle of expressing emotion and ending with propriety and righteousness.
Preface to Mao Shi is one of the prefaces of The Book of Songs, which was handed down by Mao Heng and Maoli. It is a classic exposition on the creation, understanding and teaching of The Book of Songs. Among them, poetry creation should conform to the principle of expressing feelings and stopping at propriety and righteousness, which is of great significance for understanding the Book of Songs and China's ancient poetry creation.
The principle of expressing feelings and stopping at propriety means that poetry creation should proceed from inner feelings, but at the same time, it should abide by social morality and etiquette norms.
Affection means that poetry creation should be based on true feelings and feelings. Poetry is an art form to express one's inner feelings. Only by truly expressing feelings can one move people's hearts. At the same time, this kind of emotion is not irrational venting, but should conform to social morality and etiquette norms.
To stop at propriety means that poetry creation should abide by social morality and etiquette norms. Poetry is not only a tool to express feelings, but also a means to inherit culture and educate people. Therefore, poetry creation should follow socially recognized moral and etiquette norms, and can not violate these norms to express emotions.
Characteristics of poetry:
1. Emotional expression: Poetry is usually the expression of the poet's inner feelings and feelings. Poets convey their emotions such as joys, sorrows, loves and sorrows through poems, so that readers can feel the poet's emotional world in the process of reading, which causes * * *.
2. Thinking in images: Poetry often describes things and situations through visual language, such as natural scenery, characters and story lines. Poets transform abstract emotions and thoughts into concrete images through thinking in images, which makes poetry have strong artistic appeal.
3. Refined language: The language of poetry is usually very refined, with concise words and rich meanings. Poets use various rhetorical devices, such as metaphor, personification and exaggeration, as well as images and symbols, to make poetry have profound connotation and expressive force.
4. Rhythm: Poetry has a distinct rhythm, which is also its uniqueness. Through rhyming, antithesis and parallelism, the poet makes the poem visually beautiful, and at the same time, it also has a beautiful sense of rhythm and rhythm in hearing.