Emperor Qianlong wrote more than 43,000 poems in his life. There is no doubt about his love for poetry, but his level is really flattering. His poetry is more of a hobby. In fact, he has made so many poems and made no obvious progress.
As we all know, poetry should be based on feelings, not poetry for the sake of poetry. Because he needs a specific artistic conception, once he loses his aesthetic feeling, he becomes a hilarious limerick. Most of the poems written by Emperor Qianlong in his life were because he suddenly wanted to write poems, so he opened his mouth and said a few words. Although Emperor Qianlong loved the traditional culture of the Han nationality all his life and claimed to be a young man of literature and art, he could only be a young man of literature and art because of his limited level, but he could not become a real poet.
Because Qianlong was the emperor, the following ministers flattered him. Sometimes he wants to write a poem, and the following people will always agree with him and compliment him in every way, then he will definitely think his poem is good, which further aroused his interest in continuing to write poems.
Emperor Qianlong once made a southern tour in winter and passed by the West Lake in Hangzhou. It just snowed, and the beauty of the West Lake and the rare heavy snow made it unique. Therefore, the poems of Emperor Qianlong were full of enthusiasm: one after another. Headed by Xiao Shenyang, the ministers at the bottom applauded. Emperor Qianlong was very excited, and then he said, three, four, five or six.
Although this poem has artistic conception, it is too dull, that is, the level of a ten-year-old child. However, it is this kind of common limerick that has been handed down. It is conceivable how the real level of 40,000 poems by Qianlong is.