1, from the poetry content.
Xie Lingyun's landscape poems are mostly about the experience of seeing the scenery in the mountains, and more about describing the wonders of the mountains and rivers. Xie Lingyun was the first to establish the independent position of landscape theme with successful creative practice, which showed unlimited development potential for landscape poetry. At the same time, on the basis of inheriting the artistic achievements of the previous generation of ancient poems, he created various expressions of "writing things with extreme appearance".
But Xie Tiao's landscape poems are richer than Xie Lingyun's. In the era when Xie Tiao lived, the political struggle of the ruling class was fierce. He expressed his fear and dissatisfaction with politics in his poems, which reflected the general psychological harmony of intellectuals at that time. Compared with Xie Lingyun, the social significance of poetry is more prominent.
2. From the perspective of poetry structure.
Xie Lingyun's landscape poems are mostly based on sightseeing, and the scenery seen along the way is included in the poems by step-by-step transformation. The scenery is described in detail and often used. The first sentence is about mountains, and the second sentence is about water. For example, "The Beginning of Crossing Shuning" wrote back a scene of visiting Shining Villa, and wrote down its topography and surrounding environment in the form of alternating mountains and rivers: "The mountains are exhausted and the water is rolling back. The rocky mountains are thick and overlapping, and the mainland is continuous. "
Xie Tiao's landscape poems often capture the most interesting part of natural scenery through careful observation and careful arrangement, which makes the landscape of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems return to the poetic realm. Xie Tiao inherited the advantages of Xie Lingyun's careful observation and vivid description, but also avoided the defects of metaphysical poems. The language was difficult and rigid, showing the characteristics of freshness and beauty. Xie Lingyun's landscape poems often focus on emotion, while Xie Tiao's landscape poems often focus on emotion, taking natural scenery as an integral part of his life and becoming a living scene.
3. From the characteristics of poetic language.
Xie Lingyun's language is fresh. Bao Zhao said: "Wu Xie's words are as lovely as the first hibiscus", and Xiao Gang also thought: "Xie Ke's words are natural" and "only high talents and rich words are difficult to describe". From the above two people's comments on Xie Lingyun's poems, we can see that the language characteristics of his poems are fresh and rich. Most of his poems are written in Han Fu, which pays attention to discussion. In addition, he likes to express his poems with complex rhetoric and colorful language, thus forming the characteristics of elegant, exquisite and rich poetic language.
Xiao Xie's poems are catchy and pleasing to the ear. Such as: "Yu Xia is scattered into a charm, Chengjiang is as quiet as practice", "From Sanshan to Wangjing Town", "Sunset is opposite Chengjiang" and "Scattered into a charm as quiet as practice", and the antithesis is very neat and smooth. Cadence, full of charm. The combination of the beauty of image and the harmony of melody constitutes the beauty of "round beauty" in his poems. As Liang Wudi said, "If you don't study for three days, you will feel bad breath."
4. In terms of thoughts and feelings.
Xie Lingyun's landscape poems are full of "metaphysical words". In the second half of his landscape poems, he always drags his tail in a straight line and always reveals the idea of being born negatively, which is of course a reflection of the decadent outlook on life of the aristocratic landlords, but it is also the poet's venting of his own uneven situation.
Xie Tiao's landscape poems express thoughts and feelings, and the influence of metaphysical poems has almost been eliminated. Xie Tiao's landscape poems naturally combine the description of scenery with the expression of feelings. It is an important feature of his poetry and an important contribution to the development of poetry art to achieve the realm of scene blending.
To sum up, Xie Lingyun's poetic style is rich and elegant, fresh and beautiful. Xie Tiao, on the other hand, sees new feelings from old knowledge and advocates the poetic realm of "round beauty is like a trickle". His poetic style is mainly beautiful and elegant, with a subtle and cold side. Their faces are different, but similar, and they are the best of landscape poetry.