Tang Poetry School is an idyllic school which inherited from Tao Yuanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Representative figures are Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Chu Guangxi and Chang Jian in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Wei and Liu Zongyuan in the middle Tang Dynasty. It mainly reflects rural life and describes landscapes.
There is a saying that "Li Bai is a genius, Du Fu is a native talent and Wang Wei is a talent", and later generations also call Wang Wei Shi Fo. This title not only expresses the Zen and religious inclination of Wang Wei's poems, but also affirms Wang Wei's lofty position in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei is not only recognized as Shi Fo, but also a master of Nanshan literati painting (Qian Zhongshu called him "the first painting in the prosperous Tang Dynasty"). He is also proficient in temperament, good at calligraphy and seal cutting, and is a rare all-rounder