1. Emotion of loving nature and longing for rural life: This kind of poetry often expresses the poet's love and yearning for nature and rural life, and expresses strong feelings of seclusion and pursuit of freedom.
2. Cherish the feelings of time and life: Pastoral poetry is often integrated into the poet's feelings about the passage of time and cherishing the brevity of life, expressing the poet's awe and thinking about life.
3. Feeling tired of officialdom and indifferent to fame and fortune: As many ancient literati struggled in officialdom, they were often tired of officialdom life and expressed their indifference and detachment to fame and power in their pastoral poems.
4. Emotion of self-consolation: Ancient literati often felt that their talents could not be recognized by society, and pastoral poetry became a way of self-consolation to express their feelings and helplessness about the world.
5. Satire reality and criticize social sentiment: Some pastoral poems also express the poet's dissatisfaction and criticism of the real society, satirize and attack powerful and corrupt officials, and reflect the poet's sense of justice and national spirit.
Examples of pastoral poetry:
1, Wang Zhihuan is at Heron Villa.
The sun sets slowly near the western hills, and the Yellow River flows into the East China Sea.
By going up one flight of stairs, look further.
This poem depicts the magnificent scene of climbing high and looking far, and expresses the poet's admiration for the natural landscape and his understanding of the short life. At the same time, it also expresses the poet's positive mentality of constantly pursuing progress and development.
2. Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn"
Sleeping sickness in spring unconsciously broke the morning, and the chirping of birds disturbed my sleep.
How many flowers fall after a stormy night.
This poem depicts the beauty of spring and the vitality of life in fresh and natural language, and expresses the poet's love and yearning for nature and life. At the same time, it also reveals the poet's feelings about the passage of time and his short-term cherish.
3. Tao Yuanming's return to the garden.
I planted beans at the foot of Nanshan, and the weeds in the field were covered with peas.
Get up early in the morning to get rid of weeds, and come back with hoes in the moonlight at night.
The narrow path covered with vegetation, the night dew wet my clothes.
It's not a pity to get wet, but I hope it won't be against my will.
This poem depicts the beauty of rural life and the tranquility of natural landscape, and expresses the poet's love and yearning for nature and rural life. At the same time, it also reveals the poet's boredom with official life and his pursuit of self-realization.