1, pastoral poetry
The main content is to reflect rural life and describe landscapes. Inherited and developed Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems and Xie Lingyun's and Xie Tiao's landscape poems. Representative figures are Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Chu Guangxi and Chang Jian in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Wei and Liu Zongyuan in the middle Tang Dynasty. Their works mostly reflect leisurely thoughts and feelings, with elegant colors and deep artistic conception, and mostly adopt the form of five-character archaism and five-character rhythm.
2. Frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty
Frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty are rich in themes, including masterpieces reflecting frontier life and masterpieces depicting frontier scenery and customs. Among many frontier poems, the main content is to express the frontier battle. The frontier poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty reflected many aspects of the frontier war at that time in the form of poems, showing a wide and profound ideological content.
3. New Yuefu Movement
Poets express their aspirations with poems, satirize the current injustice, reflect people's livelihood and convey people's feelings. So the new Yuefu movement came into being, and Bai Juyi strongly advocated it. He wrote satirical poems, which profoundly reflected the miserable life of working people. He wrote frontier poems, criticized the militaristic policy of the imperial court, and exposed the incompetence of frontier generals. He wrote a sad poem to express his frustration.
4. Han Meng School
Represented by Han Yu, Meng Jiao and Li He. Pursue whimsy and clever words. When you are frustrated in life, it is inevitable that there will be many complaints, and most of the poems are to express the misfortune of life. Although it also exposes the darkness of society, the realm is not too high.
5. Du Shi
Represented by Du Fu. The poetic style is gloomy, the language and text structure are full of changes, and the refinement of words and sentences is emphasized. Poetry criticized the corruption of the imperial court and the darkness of society. Du Fu's poems are called "the history of poetry" because of his gloomy poetic style and his concern for the country and the people. Although Du Fu was not known to the world at that time, his works had a far-reaching impact on China literature and Japanese literature through the research of later generations. About 1500 of his poems have been preserved.