Poetry Creation in Tang and Song Dynasties

Early Tang Dynasty: The representative writers in this period are "four outstanding writers in the early Tang Dynasty"-Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu, Luo; In addition, Chen Ziang was also a famous poet in the early Tang Dynasty. He was the first writer to raise the banner of poetry revolution. In terms of writing style, the works of poets in the early Tang Dynasty were magnificent and magnificent, and gradually came out of the narrow palace poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, opening up a new world.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the economy was prosperous and the national strength was strong. Tang poetry reached its peak, with a wide range of themes and various schools, including "frontier poetry school" and "pastoral poetry school" The great romantic poet Li Bai and the great realistic poet Du Fu are the most outstanding representatives of this period.

Song poetry is developed on the basis of Tang poetry, but it has its own characteristics. Song poetry is mentioned in the history of literature, sometimes as the abbreviation of Song poetry, and sometimes it refers to a certain poetic style as opposed to Tang poetry. Poetry in Song Dynasty can be divided into six different periods. Although its achievements are not as good as those of Tang poetry, it still has great influence on later generations and occupies an important position in the history of China literature.

Comparison of Tang and Song Poems

Tang poetry and Song ci are not only the general names of the two dynasties' poems, but also represent two poetic methods and poems in the history of China's poetry. Their differences are as follows: Tang poems are mainly lyrical, and even if they are reasonable, they are mostly expressed in lyrical ways; Song poetry likes reasoning and advocates discussion. Tang poetry is more implicit; Song poetry is more straightforward and poor in words.

Tang poetry pays more attention to the direct description and expression of life feelings; The excellent works of Song poetry also come from life, but they are often grasped rationally before choosing the appropriate form. Therefore, even if the sentences in Song poetry are vivid and concrete, there is always some undercurrent of logical thinking running through them, unlike the artistic conception in Tang poetry, which is mostly expressed in an intuitive form.

In short, Tang poetry always grasps reality with perceptual images, while Song poetry dissects reality with rational thinking. Shishi Tang is rich in flavor, while Song poetry is light in flavor, but it is compensated by meticulous and profound thoughts and refined technical language. Because of this, Song poetry is easier to learn than Tang poetry.