"On Poetry"
Li Du's poems have been passed down by thousands of mouths,
so far they are no longer new.
Talented people have emerged from generation to generation,
each has been leading the way for hundreds of years
Author: Zhao Yiqing
Zhao Yi advocates innovation in his poems , against mechanical simulation, this poem reflects this. In order to illustrate the reason why poetic styles change from generation to generation, the poet cited two great masters in the history of poetry, Li Bai and Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, as examples. I think that even for great poets like Li and Du, their poems have been circulated for thousands of years and have been widely circulated, so they no longer feel fresh to people. From the perspective of historical development, every era has its leading figures, and you don’t have to just follow the ancients. "There are talented people from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years" is a famous saying that is widely recited.