1, natural scenery:
Huang Tingjian is good at depicting natural scenery with beautiful brushstrokes. In his poems, natural elements such as mountains and rivers, flowers and moonlight often appear to express his feelings and praise for the beauty of nature.
2. Nostalgia:
Huang Tingjian is deeply interested in ancient culture and history. He often uses nostalgia in his poems to express his thoughts and expressions about great men and historical events in the past.
3. Philosophy of life:
Huang Tingjian's poems often express his thoughts and feelings about life, explore emotional and philosophical issues such as life and death, parting and sadness, and express his pursuit and thinking about the true meaning of life.
4. Social thoughts:
Huang Tingjian also involves some social problems, such as corrupt officials and sinister officialdom. He expressed his criticism and reflection on social injustice and corruption through poetry.
5. Patriotic feelings:
Huang Tingjian has a strong patriotic feeling. In his poems, he often shows his love for the motherland and his expectation for the country's future, and shows a strong sense of national responsibility and anxiety.
Some achievements and contributions of Huang Tingjian;
1, Poetry Creation:
Huang Tingjian is an outstanding poet, and his poems occupy an important position in the literary world of the Song Dynasty. His poetic style is unique, combining bold and graceful, and he is good at expressing sincere feelings and thoughts by using symbolic techniques and image descriptions. His poems are mostly about natural scenery, philosophy of life and social thoughts, and his unique style has influenced the poetry creation of later literati.
2, literary theory:
Huang Tingjian's theoretical thinking and critical contribution to literature is also very important. He studied and published some theoretical articles on poetry creation and literary aesthetics, which had an important influence on literary criticism in Song Dynasty. He put forward the poetic expression thought of "heart trace" and "bold and unconstrained", which had a far-reaching influence on the literary style and aesthetic concept of later literati.
3, the reform of law poetry:
Huang Tingjian has made outstanding contributions to metrical poetry. He reformed and developed the form and meter of metrical poems, and created some new poetic styles, such as "broken poems" and "space poems", which made metrical poems more flexible and diverse. His poetry works have been widely concerned and imitated by later scholars.
4. National strategy:
Huang Tingjian also thought deeply about politics and officialdom. He put forward the "national strategy theory" and advocated that "state" should be used instead of "behavior" to evaluate the ability and effectiveness of officials. This theory has a certain influence on the selection and evaluation system of later officials.