Classical poetry not only condenses all aspects of the country’s national development, but also summarizes the minutiae of people’s lives, which is the essence of Chinese history.
Classical poetry helps today's people better understand history.
The Chinese people have learned experience and lessons from history, and they have also learned development wisdom.
Classical poetry has tempered the implicitness and restraint of Chinese culture. China’s intellectual elite pays attention to spiritual communication. The literati express their opinions and brainstorm through singing and harmony.
1. Classical poetry is the essence of history.
China is the only country in the world with a long and continuous history. This is the key to China’s uniqueness and independence.
Compared with Western countries, China’s cultural traditions and national character are completely different.
For example, the art of Western countries is represented by sculpture and architecture, while in China it is represented by poetry, calligraphy and painting.
Historical traditions have focused on poetry education, and the creation and promotion of poetry are unique. From the Zhou Dynasty's collection of styles to compile the Book of Songs, to Confucius's sparing no effort to promote education, this is the spiritual tradition of Chinese realism Since its beginning, Chinese people’s wisdom summary has been inseparable from poetic expression.
Qu Zi, the first poet, devoted himself to Miluo with ideals and depression in his mind, and wrote the great poem "Li Sao" that will shine through the ages, becoming a masterpiece.
Since then, it has pioneered the romanticism of Chinese elite literati.
Chinese people respect history, are good at observing issues from a historical perspective, and can always draw fair conclusions.
The recent dispute between China and the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea is the result of the Philippines ignoring history.
When defending Japan in the international community in the future, it is still necessary to tell the world the historical basis, even if the conqueror is famous; classical poetry has always played the role of condensing and recording history in China.
Modern poet Huang Zunxian's sentence "Four million people cried together, Taiwan was ceded today last year" conveyed to the Qing Dynasty. The history of Wu Wu's humiliation and ceding Taiwan to Japan after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War; the works of the poet Du Fu It is called the "History of Poetry". Perhaps the specific impact of the "Anshi Rebellion" on society and people's livelihood cannot be understood from the numerous official historical records. However, from "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells", from the sentence "To feel the flowers of time" In the poem "Splashing tears, hating other birds and frightening the heart", people today can also relate to that magnificent and turbulent history.