Poets especially like to express a quiet and tranquil realm, and some works are desolate or lonely, showing indifference to reality and even Zen thoughts and feelings. After middle age, Wang Wei became increasingly depressed and sought sustenance in Buddhism and landscapes. He claimed that "silence is joy, and there is much leisure in this life" ("Fanbu Busan Monk").
This state of mind has been fully reflected in his poetry creation. In the past, many people admired Wang Wei's poems, on the one hand, because of his high artistic skills, on the other hand, because of his leisure and negative thoughts. Su Shi once said: "There is something in poetry that tastes like charm; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. " Wang Wei is not only outstanding in literary talent, but also an excellent painter who is good at music.
His profound artistic accomplishment, love for nature and long-term experience of living in the mountains make him have a keen, unique and nuanced feeling for the beauty of nature. Therefore, the landscape scenery in his works is particularly full of charm, often slightly exaggerated, showing a deep and long artistic conception, which is intriguing. His poems are very picturesque, with bright colors and a combination of motion and static, especially good at showing the changes of light color and sound in nature in detail. Wang Wei's landscape poems, usually in the form of five laws and five sentences, are short in length, exquisite in language and soothing in syllables, which are especially suitable for expressing the tranquility of landscapes and the poet's leisurely mood.
Wang Wei's high achievements in describing natural scenery made him unique in the poetry circle in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and became the representative of the pastoral poetry school. He inherited and developed the tradition of writing landscape poems initiated by Xie Lingyun, and absorbed the freshness and naturalness of Tao Yuanming's landscape pastoral poems, which made the achievements of landscape pastoral poems reach a peak, thus occupying an important position in the history of China's poetry.
[The Beauty of Leisure in the Artistic Conception of Wang Wei's Poetry]
There are many poems in Wang Wei's poems with the word "static", such as:
"People are idle and sweet-scented osmanthus falls, and the night is quiet and spring is empty." ("Bird Watching Creek");
"It's quiet and peaceful here, full of leisure." (Recalling Hu Jushi on the Snow on a Winter Night);
"Deep alleys are quiet, and idle doors are high and sparse." ("Zhao Zuo Family Banquet in Jeju State");
"Gu Jingwei is loose, and there are no birds in the mountains." (Visiting the Temple of Influence)
And so on are all describing "static". It can also be seen from these poems that "quietness" in Wang Wei's poems is often accompanied by "leisure". Better show the beauty of "leisure".
The Beauty of Scenery in Ancient Poetry
Wang Wei is also good at creating a quiet atmosphere without words, such as:
"The pine wind blows me, and I am beautiful." ("Answering Deputy Governor Yin Zhang") Set off the "quietness" in the mountains with the wind and the sound of the piano;
"Passing through the deserted ancient forest, but now I hear bells on high places." (Crossing Ji Xiang Temple), I hear temple bells on the deserted mountain, showing the silence of the mountain;
"There seems to be no one on the empty mountain, but I think I heard a voice." ("Chai Lu") These all adopt the technique of moving to static, which can better express the quiet scenery and environment described.
Wang Wei's poetry creation pays attention to the combination of landscape and living environment, and the artistic conception of poetry is more quiet and quiet. Such as "Bird Song Stream": "People are idle and osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and the mountains are empty. When the moon comes out, it surprises the birds and sounds into the spring stream. " The whole poem closely revolves around the word "quiet" and depicts a quiet spring night in the mountains. The spring mountain is quiet, only the sound of falling flowers, the sound of birds and the murmur of streams can be heard. The artistic conception of "quietness" shows the quiet beauty of the mountain stream. The dynamic images of fallen flowers, empty mountains, startled birds and streams highlight the "quietness" of artistic conception. It also sets off the quietness and loneliness of the mountain stream on a spring night.