Zhang is a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. He was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. His most famous poem is Moonlit Night on the Spring River, and he, Zhang Xu and Bao Rong are also called "Four Scholars of Wuzhong". There are only two of his poems in the whole Tang Dynasty. Among them, Moonlit Night on the Spring River is a well-known masterpiece, which follows the old theme of Sui Chen Yuefu, expresses touching parting feelings and philosophical life perception, with fresh and beautiful language and melodious rhythm, which washes away the heavy powder of palace poems and gives people a clear, ethereal and natural feeling.
In the Tang Dynasty, there seemed to be no poems handed down from generation to generation. From the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, his poem "Spring River" was almost neglected. According to the textual research of Mr. Cheng, a literary historian, there are Ten Kinds of Tang Poems, A Collection of Tang Miscellaneous Stories, A Collection of Wen Yuan, A Collection of Tang Poems, A Collection of Tang Poems, Notes on Tang Poems, and A Collection of Yuan Tang Yin, but there are no poems. Not only is the Selected Poems of Tang Poetry not included, but it is also not mentioned in more than 20 kinds of poems from Tang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty.
Guo Maoqian's Yuefu Poetry (Volume 47) was the first to include his Poems on the Spring River, and * * included five poems on the same topic, including one by Zhang.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, he compiled ancient and modern poems, including Zhang's Poems on the Spring River. Three selections, interpretation and return of Tang poetry in Wanli period: Seven-character ancient poems and Selected Poems of Shicang in Chongzhen period; and Tang Poetry Mirror in the late Ming Dynasty were all selected.
Hu Yinglin's Poems in Wanli Period was the first to comment on Zhang and his poems. Up to the Qing Dynasty, important anthologies of Tang poetry, such as Tang Poetry by Kang Xiji, Tang Poetry by Er 'an Temple, Complete Tang Poetry (19 and17), Tang Poetry Revision by, and Tang Poetry Reading in Snow Mountain House by Guan Shiming, etc. , including his poems on the Spring River.
Zhang's poems are exquisite in description, harmonious in syllables, beautiful in poetry and rich in emotion, which plays an important role in the transformation of poetry style in the early Tang Dynasty. However, influenced by the gentle poetic style of the Six Dynasties, it often reveals the feeling of impermanence in life. There are many scattered poems, and there are only two poems in the whole Tang Dynasty. One of them is "A Moonlit Night on a Spring River", which is a masterpiece through the ages and has the reputation of "one poem overwhelms the whole Tang Dynasty"; Wen Yiduo commented that "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" is "a poem among poems, a peak among peaks". Another poem is Answer My Boudoir Dream.
Appreciation of Zhang's masterpiece A Moonlit Night on a Spring River
Zhang, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "A Moonlit Night on the Spring River", which was called "a solitary poem, but for everyone" by scholars in the late Qing Dynasty, and Wen Yiduo rated it as "a poem in a poem, a peak on the peak". Indeed, the whole poem is composed of nine paragraphs, thirty-six sentences, four sentences and one rhyme. Its structure is rigorous, its words are exquisite, its form and content are perfectly combined, and its personal life experience is promoted to philosophical thinking of universal consciousness, which makes this poem worthy of the reputation of "covering the whole Tang Dynasty".
Moonlit Night on the Spring River is the old title of Qing Shang Ge and Wu Sheng Ge in Yuefu. This tune originated in Chen Houzhu, and its main feature is gorgeous and soft. This long song is based on "Moonlit Night on a Spring River", which combines painting and poetry with the observation of the mysteries of the universe and philosophy of life, creating a beautiful and thorough poetic scene.
The poet "Lian Haiping is in the spring tide, and the bright moon on the sea is born in the tide" begins with the beauty of moonlight on the riverside. In the moonlight, the vast, transparent and pure riverside scenery shows the beauty and magic of nature. The poet can't help thinking about the life of the universe while feeling the infinite beauty. "Who first saw the moon by the river? When did Jiang Yue take the photo at the beginning of the year?
Life is endless from generation to generation, and Jiangyue is only similar year after year; I don't know who Jiang Yue is waiting for, but I see the Yangtze River delivering water. "Infinite time and space, infinite life, show a vast and profound sense of the universe, but time is like running water, gone forever, and the poet has fallen into infinite sadness and confusion at this time. Therefore, from the beginning of "the white clouds go away and the green maple is full of sorrow", I began to describe the departure of wandering women, and the poet's faint sadness merged into the quiet poetic realm. This sadness changes slowly with moonlight and running water.
Finally, the whole poem is "I wonder how many people will return every month?" At the end of "Rocking the River Tree in the Falling Moon", readers are deeply immersed in deep thinking about the life of the universe.
The poem "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" is beautiful in language, vivid in image and full of philosophy. It blends real life experience into beautiful images and creates an ethereal and pure poetic artistic conception. Especially "Who saw the moon by the river? When did Jiang Yue take the photo at the beginning of the year? Life is endless from generation to generation, and Jiangyue is only similar year after year; I want to know who Jiang Yue treats. But see the Yangtze River send water. " A few words have become eternal songs, which have been passed down by future generations!