Most of Wang Wei's landscape and pastoral works not only depict the natural beauty, but also reveal the leisurely and leisurely taste of leisurely life. It may be quiet and indifferent, or the weather may be desolate, or it may be lonely and desolate, which expresses the poet's indifference to reality and even the thoughts and emotions of Zen Buddhism. In addition, his artistic skills are very high and he is highly praised by future generations. In Wang Wei's farewell and travel poems, there are often beautiful lines describing the scenery, such as "The solitary smoke is straight in the desert, and the sun is setting over the long river" ("Envoy to the Fortress"), etc., which have been passed down through the ages.
Wang Wei’s poems contain paintings, and paintings contain poems. He has a unique and meticulous feeling for the beauty of nature. The landscapes and landscapes he writes have special charm. They are slightly rendered but have a long artistic conception. The colors are bright and beautiful, and they are very painterly. He combines movement and stillness when describing scenery, and is good at expressing the changes in light, color and sound in nature in detail. His scenery poems often use five rhymes and five uniques. They are short in length, exquisite in language and soothing in syllables. They are suitable for expressing the tranquility of mountains and rivers and the comfortable mood. Wang Wei is a representative figure of the landscape pastoral school in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He inherited and carried forward the landscape poetry pioneered by Xie Lingyun and became unique, bringing the achievement of landscape pastoral poetry to its peak and playing an important role in the history of Chinese poetry. Wang Wei also has excellent works in other aspects. Some reflect military and frontier life, some show chivalry, and some expose current abuses. Some short poems to say farewell to relatives and friends and write about daily life, such as "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi", "Lovesickness", "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th", "Send Shen Zi Blessed Return to Jiangdong", etc., have been recited from ancient to modern times. These small poems are all five or seven unique poems, with sincere feelings and sincere words, no need for decoration, and a simple and profound beauty. They are comparable to the quatrains of Li Bai and Wang Changling, and represent the highest achievement of quatrains in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are occasional famous poems in his poems, hymns, and poems promoting Buddhism, but most of them are not worth mentioning. Wang Wei had the highest attainments in Wulu and Wulu and Qijue. He was also good at other genres and was very prominent in the poetry world of the Tang Dynasty. Its seven rhythms are either majestic and gorgeous, or pure and elegant, which are the imitations of the Seven Sons of the Ming Dynasty. The seven ancient forms are in order and the momentum is flowing. The prose is quiet, meaningful, and very poetic, such as "Discussing with Pei Xiucai in the Mountains". Wang Wei enjoyed great fame both before and after his lifetime, and was known as the "Tianwen Sect" and the "Poetry Buddha". It has a huge impact on future generations.
It is precisely because he often views everything with the eyes of a Zen practitioner that his poems have a kind of tranquility, clarity, and joy that other poets cannot match. Especially when he describes the moment-to-moment dynamic phenomena in nature, they are so pure and quiet, full of Zen charm, such as: "People are leisurely, osmanthus flowers are falling, the night is quiet in the spring mountain sky. The moonrise scares the birds, and they sing in the spring stream." "("Birds Song") "In the rustling autumn rain, the pomegranates splashed in the waves, and the egrets fell back in surprise" ("Luan Jia Lai") and the famous sentence "The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring rocks flow up." "Mountain Dwelling in Autumn"), etc., often clear the minds of readers and give people endless reveries of tranquility and tranquility.