Why is Tang poetry a generation of literature?

The biggest difference between Tang poetry and Song poetry is form, and the biggest difference between classical poetry and modern poetry is also form.

Tang poetry is a literati poem, an evolution of folk poetry, and its singing skills are not great; Song Ci is a new kind of poetry that can be sung on the basis of literati poems in Tang Dynasty. The content of Tang poetry is relatively broad, while the content of Song poetry is relatively narrow.

In a word: the word is the body, which needs to be repaired. You can say what poetry cannot say, and you can't say what poetry can say. The scenery of the poem is very wide and the words are very long.

Tang poetry follows the court style in form, business and content, and has different melodies in different periods, either impassioned, tearful or heroic and affectionate. (2) Song Ci: It is the result of the transformation of The Book of Songs and Wei Yuefu and the continuous development of modern poetry in the Tang Dynasty.

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Poetry in the Tang Dynasty (6 18-907) can be divided into four periods: early Tang, prosperous Tang, middle Tang and late Tang.

1. Early Tang Dynasty (6 18-7 12): Early Tang Dynasty is the brewing period of Tang poetry. The main poets are Wang Bo, Luo, Lu, Yang Jiong, Shen Quanqi, Song,.

1) poetic realm: the Song line in hand "from the court to the market" (Lu's "Chang 'an Ancient Meaning"); In the hands of Wang Yang, the Five Laws "moved from Taige to Jiangshan Desert" (Yang Jiong's Joining the Army).

(2) pay attention to temperament;

(3) Stress on backbone: For example, Join the Army is generous and heroic; "Send Du Shaofu as a Book Biography" washed away the sad and sour state, bright and detached; "Political prisoners listen to cicadas" have sustenance.

Sijie has the consciousness of consciously changing the style of writing and advocates a vigorous style of writing. Yang Jiong's Preface to the Collection of Wang Bo said: "(Long Shuo variant) has all its backbone, but it is not strong." . Think about its disadvantages and use it. "There are strong and generous works in their poems.

Yang Jiong's preface to Wang Bo commented on Wang Shi: "Strong but not empty, just and moist, engraved but not broken, and strengthened according to it." People think that Wang Bo can enrich his works with his personality, which is both energetic and decorative.

Wang Shizhen's Memory of Words in the Ming Dynasty: "The lyrics and songs are gorgeous, firmly rooted in the traces of Chen and Liang, with graceful bones and old and detached images." It is believed that palace poems have both flashy side and personality side. They strive to open up the realm of poetry, feel the words with relatively smooth momentum, and transform the couples of the Six Dynasties into beautiful and vigorous.

Du Fu's Play is Six Poems: Wang Yang, at that time, frivolous and literary. After the life of your generation has all turned to dust, nothing will hurt the torrent flowing to the endless river.

2. Prosperous Tang Dynasty (7 12-675): Prosperous Tang Dynasty is the golden age of Tang poetry. At that time, outstanding poets were like stars, and two great poets appeared-Li Bai and Du Fu. Besides Li and Du, Gao Shi, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran are also outstanding poets.

Facing the outside world. The development of poetry in the early Tang Dynasty was from court to personal lyricism. The general theme of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is social and political, which reflects the overall style of people in the Tang Dynasty who attach importance to work, are full of ideals, are highly confident, and are open-minded and enthusiastic.

Dapeng rose with the wind one day and rocked to Wan Li. (Li Bai's "Li Shangyong")

Try to climb to the top of the mountain: it dwarfs all the peaks under our feet. (Du Fu's "Wang Yue")

2. Show new experiences. Even if it is an old theme, write a new experience. Such as frontier poems.

3, big vision, big pattern. The early Tang poetry is fine, and the Tang poetry is rich.

The Yellow River is getting farther and farther away, because it flows in the middle of the Yellow River, and Yumenguan is located on a lonely mountain. (Wang Zhihuan's Liangzhou Ci)

How does the water of the Yellow River move out of the sky and rush into the sea, which is gone forever? What a lovely lock in the bright mirror in the high room, although the silky black turns into snow in the morning and at night. ..... Let me, three hundred bowls, a long drink! ..... and you will be sad forever. (Li Bai's "Into the Wine")

Xing Han put pen to paper, shook the five mountains, and became a proud poem in Cangzhou. (Li Bai)

Wang Wan's "Under the North Fort Mountain": Under the green hills, I am with the boat, on the green water. Until the river bank widens at low tide, and no wind blows my lonely sail.

... night gives way to the ocean of the sun, and the old year melts in freshness. I can finally send my messenger, the wild goose, back to Luoyang.

4. A large number of poor scholars defected to the poetry circle.

3. Mid-Tang Dynasty (766-835): Poetry in the Middle Tang Dynasty is only a continuation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The mid-Tang Dynasty is an important turning point in the development history of Tang poetry, and it is also another prosperous time after the prosperous Tang Dynasty. During Zhenyuan and Yuanhe years, Tang poetry reached its second climax due to the emergence of two schools with different styles, Han Meng and Bai Yuan, and famous artists with unique styles, such as Liu Yuxi and Liu Zongyuan. There are three peak periods in the history of China's ancient poetry, which are called "Sanyuan"-Kaiyuan, Yuanhe and Yuan You. The main poets are Wei, Liu Zongyuan, Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. Compared with the poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poetry creation in this period has the following characteristics:

1, the number of poets and works is much higher than that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

2. Pursuing new changes. Poetry reached its peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and it was extremely difficult to last. Poets in the middle Tang Dynasty had to find another way to pursue new changes. Just as Bai Juyi said, "Poetry reaches Yuan, but the style becomes new" ("I will give it back to you before I finish adding six rhymes to my thoughts". Borrowing, actual white finger singing and long method)

3. diversification. Different poets and creative groups have different pursuits for new changes, which leads to the diversification of poetry creation. Its performance is that the creative personality is more distinct and prominent, and the styles and schools are more diverse.

4. Late Tang Dynasty (836-906): The late Tang Dynasty was an era when Tang poetry turned from prosperity to decline. Most poets imitate their predecessors, lacking tolerance and low artistic achievements. Poetry in the late Tang Dynasty generally has a gloomy and sad atmosphere with a strong sentimental color. Ye Xie's "Original Poem: External Articles";

Commentators call it the late Tang poetry, with a weak voice. ..... poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, blooming spring flowers, ... late Tang poetry, autumn flowers. The hibiscus by the river and the chrysanthemum by the fence are beautiful and fragrant, aren't they beautiful?

Yu Shucheng's Style of Tang Poetry divides the late Tang poetry into two categories: one is poor poets, represented by Jia Dao, Yao He and Meng Jiao, including Pi Rixiu and Lu Guimeng. Style characteristics: narrow convergence realm, psychological indifference, intentional writing poetry. Second, colorful poets, represented by "Xiao" and Wen. Features: sad, beautiful and euphemistic.

Poets in the late Tang Dynasty were represented by Li Shangyin, Wen and Du Mu.