The four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty refer to

The four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty refer to four poets in the early Tang Dynasty: Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu,.

This name can be found in the old Tang book Biography of Yang Jiong. "Eight, three, four were named after characters, and they were collectively called the king of the sea, Yang, Lu and Luo, and the four outstanding men." These four outstanding poets played a connecting role in the development of Tang poetry, and Du Fu's poems praised them for "not wasting rivers and streams". They opposed the flashy poetic style of the court poets headed by Shangguan Yi, criticized such poems as "striving for fiber and carving", "having all the backbone and being ignorant" and advocated the innovation of poetic style.

In creation, they broke through the narrow scope of palace poetry, expanded the theme of poetry, showed positive spirit and depressed grief and indignation, and represented the healthy direction of poetry creation.

Masterpieces of Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty

1, Wang Bo: Few geniuses are famous, and they can write articles at the age of six. In the poetic genre, he is good at five laws and five essentials, and his representative works include Farewell to Vice Governor Du's appointment in Shu. The main literary achievement is parallel prose, which is the best in quantity and quality. His masterpiece is Preface to Wang Teng Pavilion.

2. Yang Jiong: Among the "four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty", Yang Jiong's poems are few and his achievements are slightly small, but in the field of frontier poems, his poems shine brilliantly. Representative works include Battle of the South of the City and Joining the Army.

3. Lu: Good at poetry and parallel prose. His poems mainly express the anxiety and resentment of officials who have never met before about poverty and disease, and also expose the arrogance and extravagance of the upper rulers, mocking their power and glory. The masterpiece "Chang 'an Ancient Meaning".

4. Luo: Among the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty, Luo achieved the highest achievement in poetry, and his poems "Goose Fu", "Political Prisoner Listening to Cicada" and "Yishui Giving People away" are all classics.