The artistic characteristics of Yu Xin’s poems
The artistic characteristics of Yu Xin’s poems can be divided into two periods, and the early and late works are different. The artistic characteristics of Yu Xin's early poems are mostly based on happy themes, while the characteristics of his later poems are a bit sad, which is also related to his personal experience.
Portrait of Yu Xin
Yu Xin was a great writer during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Due to the turmoil of the current situation, the artistic characteristics of Yu Xin's poems have also changed. According to historical records, Yu Xin was young, handsome, and extremely intelligent. Taking advantage of his father's prominent position and his own intelligence since childhood, he often visited the court. Later, he and Xu Ling served as Xiao Gang's bachelor of the East Palace. Both of them were talented men with outstanding literary talents. Most of their works were inclined to the court, and they became representative writers of palace-style literature. Their literary style is called Xu Yu style.
Early poems showed elegance and elegance, and were also short-length works about women's beauty or lovesickness and separation. Most of them fell into the category of palace-style literature. Its language is gorgeous, it pays attention to syllables, and it has strong musical effects. The most representative one is "Spring Fu". His early works have achieved quite high achievements in language skills, but the living environment he was exposed to was limited, and the reflected content was too narrow.
Yu Xin's early works showed the palace style, which was his foundation, so that his later works did not abandon this style. His twenty-five poems "Inscribed on the Screen" reflect the characteristics of Yu Xin's later poems. He is very good at using the techniques of landscape poetry to combine the content he wants to express with the picture, without losing nature or breaking away from the picture. However, in his later works, what is most valued is his self-expression of feelings and nostalgia for his homeland.
Yu Xin's courtesy name is Zishan
Yu Xin's courtesy name is Zishan, and his minor courtesy name is Lancheng. He is a native of Xinye, Nanyang (now Xinyang, Henan). Yu Xin's courtesy name Zishan once appeared in "Southern History" and was recorded in biographies. His grandfather was Yu Yi and his father was Yu Jianwu. They were both famous figures at that time and his father was also a famous writer.
Portrait of Yu Xin
Yu Xin was very smart and talented in literature since he was a child. He also read poetry and books, and was especially good at "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period". Yu Xin was also a talented person in life. He was eight feet tall, strong in build, and very submissive in his behavior. His father, Yu Jianwu, was an attendant of the prince. His father also admired him very much and brought him into the palace when he was fifteen years old. He also gave lectures to the prince's east palace. When he was nineteen years old, Yu Xin became the doctor of copywriting of the Eastern Palace, and both father and son were employed by the Eastern Palace. Later, he and Xu Ling served as bachelors of the East Palace. Both were talented and became representatives of palace style literature. Their works were known as Xu Yu style. As soon as their works come out, they will be recited by the descendants who follow him. They can be said to be literary talents at that time.
Yu Xin was talented and had been promoted to officials and titles. Later, he was forced to flee to Jiangling due to the Hou Jing Rebellion, and later supported Emperor Yuan of Liang. It is said that people are reflected in the shadow of famous trees. Although Yu Xin is from the south, his reputation is outstanding. During a mission to the Western Wei Dynasty, Liang was destroyed by the Western Wei Dynasty. The emperors and ministers of the Northern Dynasty admired the literature of the South, and Yu Xin was famous in both the north and the south. Therefore, he was left in the north.
When he was in the north, he was also entrusted with important positions, and he was also promoted to a higher position. He once served as a general of chariots and cavalry and the third division of Kaifu Yitong. After Emperor Xiaomin ascended the throne, he made Yu Xin the son of Linqing County. Later he was appointed governor of Luozhou. Because the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty liked Yu Xin very much, when the Chen Dynasty requested the release of people from the Southern Dynasties, everyone else was released, but Yu Xin and Wang Bao continued to stay in the north.