Wang Changling is known as the "Emperor of Poetists" and is known as the "Seven Masters".
1. Character introduction:
Wang Changling, courtesy name Shaobo, was born in Jinyang, Hedong Province, and was also said to be from Jingzhao Chang'an. He was a frontier poet and minister in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Wang Changling was born in the tenth year of Kaiyuan. In the fifth year, he was promoted to Jinshi and served as Secretary and Provincial School Secretary. In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, he was awarded the title of Erxue Hongci and was awarded the title of Lieutenant of Sishui County. In the 27th year, he was demoted to Lingnan due to some affairs. The following year, he returned to Chang'an from Lingnan and north, and was appointed as the Prime Minister of Jiangning County in the winter.
Wang Changling’s poems are powerful, open and unique. When Wang Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty discussed the Seven Wonders of the Tang Dynasty, he believed that only Wang Changling could compete with Li Bai and was listed as a divine product. Wang Changling’s frontier fortress poems are generous, heroic and powerful. With a high style, he created a large number of frontier fortress poems. Later generations called Wang Changling the founder and pioneer of frontier fortress poems.
Wang Changling is known as Wang Jiangning, the master of poets, and is also hailed as the Seven Masters by later generations. Wang Changling's poems are dense and clear, and he is as famous as Gao Shi Wang Zhihuan. He has six volumes of collected works and four volumes of poems. . His main representative works include "On the Military March", "Out of the Fortress", "Female", etc.
2. Poetry content:
The first category is the frontier fortress poems that follow the old Yuefu titles. The frontier fortress poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were always led by Gao Shi Cen Shen, both of whom were good at long poems. , The work is high-spirited and exciting, and the work is magnificent and majestic. Wang Changling, however, took a different approach and used short quatrains to express the various emotions of the conscripts, including his ambition to never return Loulan if he did not break it, and the joy of victory after having captured Tuyuhun alive.
The second category is the boudoir poems and palace poems that express the resentment of palace ladies missing their wives. On the other hand, Wang Changling's works such as "Palace" and "Girls' Resentment" demonstrated his high artistic ability in depicting the inner emotions of women under the feudal system.
The third category is farewell poems. Wang Changling had a wide range of contacts throughout his life and had contacts with many literati and hermits. Especially when he was demoted twice and lived in exile for many years, he expressed how much he needed the support of his relatives and friends. The comfort and warmth of friendship.
3. Artistic characteristics:
In terms of artistic style, Wang Changling's Qijue is characterized by euphemism and implicitness, with twists and turns and profound artistic conception. Many of them use Bixing sustenance techniques to express the poet's revelation and resentment of reality, so they are consistent in spirit with Qu Yuan's "Li Sao".
Wang Changling's poetry reflects the poet's pursuit of an elegant and vigorous language art style in three aspects, from the selection of language images and the use of sentence patterns to the combination of sentences. In terms of language selection, Wang Changling mostly uses large numerals, powerful verbs and accurate adjectives to express powerful scenes or bold thoughts, which reflects the power and beauty of language.