What are the manifestations and reasons for the prosperity of Tang poetry?

The Tang Dynasty was an unprecedentedly powerful unified empire in the history of China (with a territory of about 1 1 over ten thousand square kilometers). And it was the most advanced and civilized country in the world at that time! In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, not only material wealth and prosperity, but also culture were extremely prosperous, and poetry developed to the peak of feudal society. This is a highly mature golden age in the history of China's poetry. According to the incomplete statistics of Complete Tang Poems, during the whole Tang Dynasty, there were at least 2,300 famous poets and nearly 50,000 poems in 289 years. This is two or three times more than the total number of poems left over from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties in 16700! Among more than 2,000 famous poets, besides Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Wang Wei, there are fifty or sixty famous poets with unique styles. It greatly exceeds the sum of famous poets from the Warring States to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

When it comes to the reasons for the prosperity of Tang poetry, (of course, the academic circles are constantly discussing) the more common view is:

One: Tang society solved many constraints in its development and made great progress in some political and economic changes. More importantly, the situation of "gentry isolated from politics" has basically ended, which has greatly liberated people's thoughts in life practice, broadened their horizons for poetry creation, one of the forms of cultural life, and the art of poetry has gained "flowing water from the source".

Second, due to the general improvement of economy, it provides material conditions and a wide source for the prosperity of literature.

Third, the accumulation of previous generation literature; It was well inherited, so it laid a solid foundation for Tang poetry. Based on the cultural heritage of predecessors, it is possible for poets in the Tang Dynasty to be eclectic, learn from others, bring forth the old and bring forth the new, and push China's poetry culture to a new peak.

Fourth; The imperial examination system was implemented in the Tang dynasty, and the contents of the examination included poetry (poetry is general) and fu (rhyme). The emperor also loved poetry, (this is very important! ) will inevitably lead to pay attention to the' social atmosphere' of poetry, thus improving the social status of literati.

Five: very important; The politics of the Tang Dynasty was more liberal, especially in religion and culture, advocating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Allowing foreign religions to spread in China is a favorable factor for people to broaden their horizons, activate their thinking and promote the formation of various styles and schools of literature and art. At the same time, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was strong and the rulers were full of confidence in themselves, so there was basically no "literary inquisition", so the literati were more courageous; (for example; When Li Bai is slandered, it means "paying back the money". Scholars and poets have a wide range of genres, and the social problems they reflect are rapid and sharp. (Not a celebration)

Sixth, the Tang Dynasty implemented the policy of economic and cultural exchanges with neighboring countries and border nationalities; Music, dance, painting, architecture and other new things, such as accepting the western regions and foreign influences (India, Central Asian countries), also give the poet a spacious and good artistic influence.