Characteristics of Ancient Poems in Early Tang Dynasty

The development of Tang poetry has roughly experienced four stages: early Tang, prosperous Tang, middle Tang and late Tang.

(1) early Tang poetry. Poetry in the early Tang Dynasty was still in the afterglow of Sui Chen's period. The poems of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong and the literati around him are gorgeous and soft. Shangguan Tiqi was wrong and charming. Only a few people, such as Wei Zhi, Wang Ji and Wang Fanzhi, can get rid of this custom. It was not until the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty that the content and form of poetry were developed. However, it still has not got rid of the influence of "adopting beauty and competing for differences" in the late Six Dynasties. It was Chen Ziang in Wuhou period who really expounded the influence of Chen Liang's poetic style. He advocated "Han Wei style", took retro as innovation, and resisted extravagant poetic style. Shen Quanqi, Song and four friends of the article (Li Qiao, Cui Rong, Su Weidao and Du Fu) have similarities with him in different genres. Most of their works are based on harmony and embellishment, but there are also some excellent works in their other poems. Especially Du Fu's poems. But their main contribution lies in the perfection of the law. Shen, Song and Du are called the founders of five-character poems and seven-character poems by later generations.

② Tang poetry. On the basis of "Shen" and "Song", the poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty further combined the correct direction with the perfect form. From Kaiyuan of Xuanzong to Tianbao, poetry flourished in an all-round way, and a large number of famous artists appeared. Their works are exquisite and beautiful, vigorous and fresh, with fantastic images and harmonious rhythm, showing the artistic characteristics of the times. Frontier poems and pastoral poems occupy a large proportion in the poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Frontier Poetry School is represented by Gao Shi, Cen Can, Li Jie and Wang Changling. Their works are full of atmosphere and tragic artistic conception, and they often use seven-character songs or seven-lines. Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Chu Guangxi and Chang Jian are the most famous pastoral poets. Their poems mostly reflect the thoughts and feelings of leisure and seclusion, with light colors and deep artistic conception, and they mostly use five-word laws and five-word old sayings. This school of poets took a big step forward in exploring natural beauty than the poets of the Six Dynasties. Among them, Wang Wei has the highest achievement. Li Bai and Du Fu are the symbols of the highest achievements of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Li Bai's masterpieces were mostly before the An Shi Rebellion. Rich in content and subject matter, magnificent in momentum, rich in imagination and elegant in style, it reflects the social life and the psychology of the times in the Tang Dynasty in many ways and at many levels. Du Fu's poetry is a history of poetry in troubled times, which faithfully records the turmoil of the country and the suffering of the people. Broad and profound, depressed and frustrated; The first sound of the new Yuefu movement. In terms of poetic language, meter and skills, he is good at learning from many teachers, extensively absorbing the experience of predecessors and contemporary authors, forming his own unique style, and opening up many roads for the development of later poetry. In addition, Yuan Jie, Shen Qianyun, Meng Yunqing and others are also quite distinctive poets in this period.

③ Poetry in the Middle Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the middle Tang Dynasty, the country declined, and the poetry circle was also depressed. The works of Liu Changqing and Wang Wei, ten talented poets in Dali, are exquisite and elegant, but their contents are superficial. Lu Lun and Li Yi have some desolate frontier poems with bold artistic conception. The most outstanding figure in this issue is Wei, whose pastoral poems are elegant and free, while his Yuefu songs are satirized in aestheticism. In addition, Yung Wing, Gu Kuang and Dai Shulun also have excellent articles reflecting the sufferings of people's livelihood. Yongzhen's innovation and Yuan and Zhongxing revived the poetry circle. Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Li Shen, Zhang Ji and Jincon advocated the New Yuefu Movement and created a large number of political allegorical poems that widely reflected the reality and criticized the current politics, with a leisurely style. Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Li He and Jia Dao are famous for their strange and steep sculptures. Han's poems are heroic, Meng's poems are profound, Li's poems are beautiful and Jia's poems are austere. In addition, Yao He's poems are strange and bitter, while Lutong, Liu Cha and others are good at strange rise. Apart from these two schools, Liu Zongyuan's poems are either elegant or sad. Liu Yuxi's poems are concise and implicit, with beautiful artistic conception and harmonious rhythm. The innovative spirit and personality style of poets in this period are outstanding.

④ Late Tang poetry. The poetic style of the late Tang and Five Dynasties became more and more delicate. Although there have been writers and works with great influence in the history of literature, they generally lack the broad spirit and muddy realm in the middle of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Outstanding poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu made unique contributions to the art of poetry. His poems are full of emotion and profundity, but when he is hurt, he is worried about the country and the people, deeply sad and has a sense of decline. The writing is clear and elegant, but the style is low. He also has a good show, but the overall style is light and thin. Since then, most poets have imitated their predecessors and made no great breakthrough in art. The famous poets are Pi Rixiu, Lu Guimeng, Nie, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Han Wo and others. I hope I can help you.