The revolution in the field of poetry is a poetry improvement movement before and after the Reform Movement of 1898. 1899, Liang Qichao formally put forward the slogan of revolution in the field of poetry in "Hawaiian Travels", thinking that to save the declining fate of China's poetry, it is necessary to create a new realm for poetry.
The revolution in the field of poetry has impacted the archaism and formalism that have dominated the field of poetry for a long time, requiring writers to try their best to reflect the new era and new ideas. Some new style poetry languages tend to be popular, and they are not bound by the old style rhythm, which has played a role in liberating the expressive force of poetry at that time.
Liang Qichao and others emphasized keeping the old style, but also bound their hands and feet, making it just new wine in old bottles. Although some progress has been made in the reform of China's classical poetry, little progress has been made.
Xia Cengyou, Tan Sitong and Liang Qichao were early advocates of the poetry revolution. During the twenty-two to twenty-three years of Guangxu, they began to try out "new poetry".
The influence of poetry revolution;
In view of the pursuit of quaint writing principles in poetry creation in the late Qing Dynasty, the poetry revolution put forward a new vulgar program. "New" means reflecting new ideas, new life and creating new artistic conception.
The so-called "vulgarity" refers to the creation of popular poems without being bound by old poems. This is a poetry reform movement with the goal of bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, which has had a certain influence on the later May 4th New Poetry Movement.