The New Yuefu Movement, which took place in the Tang Dynasty, was a poetry innovation movement initiated by famous contemporary poets such as Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Zhang Ji and Li Shen. It advocates returning to the system of poetry collection, publicizing the Book of Songs and the principles of commenting on current events in Han and Wei Yuefu. Let the function of poetry reflect current affairs, politics and people's feelings. It is emphasized that in order to maintain the originality and innovation of Yuefu, poetry must keep pace with the times.
Bai Juyi and others put forward the standard of new Yuefu, which is simple and easy to understand, and clearly points out the social problems, but what they reflect must be based on facts, not lip-synching, and can arouse readers' * * *. And the sentences should be fluent, in line with the rhythm of poetry, and can be integrated into music. The objects of creation are emperors, officials, people and everything. Features are to ensure originality, theme innovation, combined with current events. Among them, 50 capitals such as New Yuefu, Tian Jia Ci and Wild Old Songs were outstanding works at that time.
Because the new Yuefu movement is a feedback of current events, it will naturally affect some people. So it didn't go well at first, and even the main founder Bai Juyi was framed and his official position was lowered, which once hindered the new Yuefu movement. However, because the poets were not afraid of powerful people and insisted on publicity and promotion, they caused great repercussions and achieved success. It not only became a weather vane of China at that time, but also influenced Japan in the era of Emperor Xie, and was imitated and sought after by Japan.
Behind every innovation, there are countless people's concerns, and so is the new Yuefu movement. Because of the innovation led by Bai Juyi and others, the Tang Dynasty became an era rich in poetry, which no dynasty can surpass so far.