The Tang Dynasty enjoyed economic prosperity and rapid development of social productivity. Under such economic conditions, many famous poets were born. Wang Wei and Gao Shi were famous poets during this period.
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Speaking of Wang Wei’s contemporaries, the first thing to talk about is Wang Wei. Wang Wei, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was also a bohemian painter and monk. Wang Wei is also a talented man. He won first prize in the examination. He served as censor and envoy in Hexi. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei was also a middle-level doctor.
Wang Wei is good at pastoral poetry. These poems are fresh and natural, showing his free and easy demeanor. The mountains in his paintings are majestic and the water in his paintings is clear and agile. Su Shi once praised Wang Wei highly, thinking that Wang Wei's poems were both paintings and poetry, and he was a rare poet. Wang Wei has many handed down works, most of which are widely circulated, and his talent has been recognized.
So, what about Gao Shi, Wang Wei’s contemporary? Gao Shi, also known as Dafu, was from Bohai County. Gao Shi is a famous frontier poet. His frontier poems are excellent. In addition, Gao Shi also held many positions such as Minister of Justice, Governor, and Changshi. Gao Shi likes poetry and is also a friend of poetry.
Gao Shi’s style is different from Wang Wei’s. Most of his frontier poems are heroic. Many poems express his ambition and willingness to sacrifice his life for his country. Wang Wei and Gao Shi are the most representative poets of the Tang Dynasty. Their poetry reflected the economic and social development of the era.
Although Wang Wei and Gao Shi are poets of the same generation, they face different situations, which is the main reason for their different creative styles.
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The most suitable ones are the scenery related to the frontier fortress, and the most suitable ones are the frontier fortress poems. For example, "Ge Yanxing" was written by Gao Shi when he saw a man returning from the Great Wall. Ge Yanxing, at that time he felt as if he was guarding the border, so he wrote a song "Ge Yanxing" in response.
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This poem is very short, but it condenses the entire war process. The first thing to write about is the situation of the war, then the reasons for the defeat, and finally the end of the battle when the soldiers were surrounded by the enemy. This is not only the peak of Gao Shi's creation, but also the peak of frontier fortress poetry in the Tang Dynasty.
Gao Shi likes frontier fortress poetry, and other types of poetry are also representative. For example, "Farewell Toda" is a must-read poem in high school. The first two sentences use line drawings to describe the scene in front of you. It's snowing, the sky with yellow clouds is everywhere, and the scenery is very sad. Anyone would feel lonely in front of such a scenery, but Gao Shi turned around to comfort his friend. He is sure to meet his soulmate along the way. Everyone knows your name. There must be someone who looks up to you. Don't feel alone.
There are also poems reflecting the suffering of the people in normal universities. His greatest wish is to serve the country, to be able to do practical things for the people, and to express deep sympathy for the people's poor lives, such as "Dongping Road was flooded"; Gao Shi wants to serve the country, but does not want to be bound by the unspoken rules of officialdom. He hates rulers and officials who don't look down on ordinary people, such as "Google". There are also several poetic poems, such as "Don't Join the Army", which express the unachievability of my ideals and my dissatisfaction with reality.
In general, "Gao Shi" has a wide range of themes and rich content. He is a poet with great ideas and ambitions.
Gao Shi's poems
Gao Shi was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. It was one of the most glorious dynasties in the history of Tang Dynasty in China. It contains all the rivers, oceans and cultures of the world. Because of this, many talents emerged in the Tang Dynasty, and two famous poets in history both belonged to the Tang Dynasty. In such a culturally splendid dynasty, if Gao Shi was just an ordinary poet, he would definitely be overshadowed by the light of Li Bai and Du Fu.
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However, although Gao Shi's poems are not like Li Bai's Hundred Talents Fighting for Wine or Du Fu's Thousands of Households, he is concerned about the country and the people, but he has his own style. A desolate atmosphere at the edge of the desert.
Although Gao Shi also has many good poems, the most famous ones are Gao Shi's frontier fortress poems. Gao Shi's poems not only wrote about the scenery of the frontier fortress, but also about the barbarians and politics at that time.
For example, in Gao Shi's "Border Fortress", in just a few sentences, the horse-riding and shooting abilities of the Hu people in the frontier fortress are vividly portrayed.
For example, Gao Shi's "Record of Zhongzuo" describes the scenery of deserts and fortresses at the beginning, which reminds us of the loneliness and desolation of the frontier when we read the beginning. It also depicts the desolate scene of the frontier fortress and the anger of the barbarians. In the end, he "was disappointed with Sun Wu and closed the door." He expressed his dissatisfaction with the politics of the time.
Although the whole poem does not have gorgeous rhetoric, it can even be called simple. But it clearly expresses the author's dissatisfaction with the politics of the time and the magnificent frontier scenery.
There are also many classical poems, such as "Ge Yan Xing" and "Ji Men Wu Xing Ge".