Advocates and main representatives of the new Yuefu movement

The New Yuefu Movement and the Poetry Innovation Movement were initiated by Tang poets Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen and Zhang Jihe Li Shen. They advocated the restoration of the ancient poetry collection system, carried forward the tradition of satirizing current events in The Book of Songs and Yuefu in Han and Wei Dynasties, and made poetry play the role of "commenting on current events" and "releasing human feelings", emphasizing the writing of current events with the theme of new Yuefu created by themselves, hence the name "New Yuefu".

1, Bai Juyi

The new Yuefu movement initiated by Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen was called "Bai Yuan" by the world. Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and simple and popular language, and are known as "the poet's magic" and "the king of poets". Official to Prince Shaofu, minister of punishments, Hou of Fengyi County. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died of illness in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan, Longmen.

Up to now, there are Bai's "Changqing Collection", and the representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Charcoal Man, Pipa Travel and so on.

2. Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi shared the same topic, became lifelong poetry friends, jointly advocated the new Yuefu movement, and * * * initiated "harmony and style", which was known as the "Bai Yuan" in the world.

The collection of Changqing in Yuanshi County handed down from ancient times includes poems, edicts, remonstrances, etc. 100 volume. There are more than 830 existing poems.

Basic information of the new Yuefu movement:

1, concept

The New Yuefu Movement is a poetic innovation movement advocated by Tang poets Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen.

Step 2 name

The name "New Yuefu" was put forward by Bai Juyi relative to the Han Yuefu, and its meaning is to write current affairs with the theme of new Yuefu created by himself, so it is also called "New Yuefu Movement".

3. Characteristics

The characteristics of this kind of poems are: self-innovation, chanting current affairs, and embodying the realistic spirit of Han Yuefu.

4. Representative writers

Besides Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, Li Shen and Zhang Jihe Wang Jian are also important writers in this movement.

5. Main works

Bai Juyi's 50 new Yuefu poems and 10 Qin Zhong Yin poems, Yuan Zhen's Tian Jia Ci and Zhi Fu Ci, Zhang Ji's Wild Old Songs and Wang Jian's Shui Fu Ballad are outstanding works in the new Yuefu movement.