Li Shen initiated the "New Theme Yuefu", and Bai Juyi renamed it "New Yuefu", which was used to refer to the shortcomings of the past and reflect the warmth of people's livelihood, and made him undertake the mission of "reviewing current politics" and "releasing human feelings". He also advocated "writing articles in time, giving poems and songs as things" and opposed "playing with snow to make flowers and plants" without other works. It also emphasizes that the language of poetry should be popular and plain, and the style should be simple and plain.
Practice of the New Yuefu Movement
The poetry creation of the New Yuefu Movement practiced the above theoretical proposition. The Yuefu poems of Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Zhang Ji and Jincon reflect the extremely broad social life in the middle Tang Dynasty, reveal the social contradictions that existed at that time from various aspects, and put forward extremely acute social problems.
For example, Bai Juyi's Ling Du CuO and Selling Charcoal Weng, Yuan Zhen's Tian Jia Ci and Zhi Nv Ci, Zhang Ji's Wild Old Songs and Wang Jian's Shuifu Ballad all directly describe the cruel exploitation and oppression suffered by the working people, which is unfair to their tragic fate.
Bai Juyi's dazzling silk, red carpet, emphasis on wealth and contempt for fat directly criticized the arrogance and extravagance of the ruling class, reflecting the disparity between the rich and the poor and class opposition.
Bai Juyi's Su Zige Mountain North Village, Zhang Ji's Roaring Tiger and Wang Jian's Walking in the Feather Forest have exposed the evil forces of the privileged class who are doing evil and endangering the people.