How to evaluate Tang Taizong's poems

Li Shimin was a great statesman, strategist and outstanding emperor in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin was also called a poet. But there is a strange phenomenon. Many of Li Shimin's poems are little known, and even few people mention his poems. The reason is not that Li Shimin's poems are not well written, nor that the level is too low, which was not touted by everyone at that time, but that Li Shimin's political achievements are far higher than his literary achievements in writing poems, so people will selectively ignore Li Shimin's talent in poetry creation.

Although Li Shimin is a politician, he is also very talented and appreciates talented people. He wrote a lot of poems when he was the king of Qin, and he also wrote a lot of good poems when he started the rule of Zhenguan after the change of Xuanwu Gate. Is there a famous saying? The wind knows the grass, and the board swings to know the loyal minister? . This poem was inspired by Xiao Yu, a prime minister of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, which means that only after countless cruel hardships can people know whose will is the strongest. As we all know, Xiao Yu had a rough life and was relegated repeatedly during the reign of Yang Di. However, during the Tang Gaozu period, he stood by Li Shimin without fear of power, which greatly moved Li Shimin.

This poem is widely used, almost all of which can be regarded as folk language. However, at that time, people and others seldom knew that the author of this poem was Li Shimin, and Li Shimin wrote this poem for Xiao Yu's approval, so few people knew it. Later, Li Shimin also wrote other types of poems, such as five-character poems, which paved the way for the poetic style in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. When he became emperor, his time was very busy and there were certain rules, so he had little time to write poems and draw pictures, so Li Shimin didn't write many poems. After all, his position is emperor, not poet.

Li Shimin is very good at governing the country. Zhenguan's rule gradually promoted the prosperity of the whole Tang Dynasty and laid a certain foundation for the prosperity in the late Kaiyuan period. Therefore, due to his outstanding political achievements, people have neglected his achievements in poetry.