Don't say that people in the ruling and opposition parties and "heroes in the world" (both scholars) are monks, and they have a constant relationship with poetry.
Because it can't be exchanged for fame and gain the future, monks' poems have more non-utilitarian color of "art for art's sake".
The poet Luo followed the rebellion against Wu Zetian and wrote the famous "Dedicated". Wu Zetian was surprised and asked, "Who wrote it?" Then he said, "How could the Prime Minister miss such a talent?" Later, the dedication failed, and he didn't know what to do. Legend has it that he hid in Lingyin Temple. Song Wenzhi visited Lingyin Temple and got two poems: "Nine Ridges are desolate and Dragon Palace is lonely." After two sentences, it got stuck. At this time, an old monk continued: "Look at the sea, the door is facing the tide in Zhejiang." Magnificent, turning stone into gold. Song was very surprised. When he went to see him the next morning, he was gone. A well-informed monk said, "That's King Robin." When the great poet was amused, he exposed the loose-packed and had to hide elsewhere.
There are also many people who write poems, more pure monks than Wang Luobin who became a monk halfway. Jiao Ran, Guan Xiu and Miracle are the representatives. The evaluation of Jiao Ran, Guan Xiu and Miracle, a group of poets and monks in the Tang Dynasty, is as follows. Jiao Ran is light, the maintenance is thick and noble, and Miracle ... has a unique style. " The Qing Dynasty made such a list: "There were dozens of poets who spread poems in the Tang Dynasty, but they came from outside Jiao Ran, so they should be cleared up. Miracle and Guan Xiu are the most important people, so there is no spirit in their poems. " (He Shi Raft) These dozens should also include Hanshan and Jing Yun.
Jiao Ran, the tenth grandson of Xie Lingyun, a poet in the Southern Dynasties, had a great influence on the poetry circle at that time, and Wei, Liu Yuxi and Lu Yu all made friends with him. Because of the saying that "a bottle and a bowl grow old, Qian Shan can get 1000 water", Guan Xiu is called "a monk who gains enlightenment". He is not afraid of power and repeatedly appeals for resentment. Miracle's "Morning Plum" is a famous work, but what is even more rare is the poet's consciousness of the value of the poem: "I know the Qing Dynasty endlessly, who can return it?" After three hundred Zheng Sheng have been handed down from generation to generation, five thousand truths are in the world. "("ode to a bosom friend ")
Don't talk about people, even ghosts in the Tang Dynasty are obsessed with poetry.