The Value of "Late Tang Style" in Tang Poetry

Poetry is divided into Tang and Song Dynasties, and Yan Yu, a poet in the Song Dynasty, pointed out in "A Review of Canglang Poetry": "People in this dynasty are sensible, and people in the Tang Dynasty are sensible." Modern Miao Yue's "Poetry" said: "Tang poetry wins by rhyme, so it is elegant, elegant and ethereal; Song poetry wins with meaning, so it is refined and capable, expensive and profound. The beauty of Tang poetry lies in its sentimental words, so it is rich; The beauty of Song poetry lies in its strength, so it is thin. " Facing the huge peak of Tang poetry, the pressure of Song people is unprecedented, because "Poetry flourished in the Tang Dynasty and was written in the late Tang Dynasty" (Preface to the Collection of Huang Yushi by Yang Wanli).

Song people's attitude towards Tang poetry is contradictory. On the one hand, I want to try my best to get rid of the influence of the Tang people and establish a new poetry model; On the other hand, he passively or even actively accepted the influence of Tang poetry, looking for creative source and inspiration in Tang poetry, and even looking for the basis or motivation of poetry innovation. From the prevalence of "three-body" in the early Song Dynasty, to the unification of "Jiangxi Poetry School", and then to the revival of "Tang Poetry" by "Yongjia Siling" in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, every important stage of the development of Song poetry basically has the shadow of Tang people. "Late Tang Style" is a school of poetry that can best reflect the contradictory mentality of Song people in the development of Song poetry, and it is also the school with the greatest achievement and influence except "Jiangxi Poetry School" in Song Dynasty. Therefore, the value and significance of studying "Late Tang Style" is self-evident.

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First of all, "Late Tang Style" is a unique existence in the poetry circle of Song Dynasty. Studying "Late Tang Style" not only needs to trace back the historical track of the formation, development and even innovation of Song poetry, but also needs to analyze the different attitudes and ways of Song people accepting Tang poetry. "Late Tang Style" prevailed in the early Song Dynasty and the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, but its historical mission in poetry was different from that of the Song people. The prevalence of "Late Tang Style" in the early Song Dynasty is a historical inertia and a natural continuation of the ethos of the Late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties in the Song Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, the poet "Nine Monks" had extensive contacts and poetry singing activities with Kou Zhun, Qian,, and other important figures in poetry and politics and literati at that time.