1. Who is Meng Haoran?
Meng Haoran (689 -740) was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. His father Meng Jiao is also a famous writer, which has a great influence on Meng Haoran's growth. Meng Haoran likes a free and unrestrained life. I studied in Luoyang and Chang 'an before returning to my hometown. His poems often show personal feelings such as detachment from things, anecdotes and interesting things, as well as the expression and description of nature, and are regarded as one of the representatives of the "pastoral poetry school".
2. The masterpiece Autumn Wind
Autumn Wind is one of Meng Haoran's representative works, which reflects Meng Haoran's thoughts and creative characteristics. The first sentence in the poem "Where is the autumn wind going? Xiao Xiao's seeing Ye Juan off is straightforward, showing the characteristics of crisp autumn, which is very romantic. The subjective emotion of "advising the monarch to drink more wine" in the poem is very strong, which shows the characteristics of Meng Haoran's poetic style.
3. The author's life
Meng Haoran lived in Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty, and his family was superior. His family learned from famous cultural masters such as He Du. He was born in Jiangling (now Yingcheng, Hubei). He used to be an assistant to Hanlin and a book writer in China, but he resigned many times because he didn't like official life.
Finally, he retired and returned to his hometown, where he spent the rest of his life growing fruits, writing poems and painting. In his later years, he was framed by his neighbors and was demoted to the state capital. Meng Haoran's excellent poetic brushwork left many immortal works for later generations, which had a far-reaching impact on later literature.
4. Historical background
The poem Preface to Autumn Wind was written by a scholar-bureaucrat in the Tang Dynasty, which was the golden age of China's culture and art. At that time, the mountains and rivers south of the Qinling Mountains were beautiful, and things were transformed, which was the peak of China's history. The Tang Dynasty attached great importance to the creation of natural landscapes and formed a unique school of landscape poetry. Meng Haoran is also one of the representatives of the pastoral poetry school, and this poem can be said to be one of his masterpieces.
In a word, Meng Haoran is the representative of landscape poetry school in Tang Dynasty. His masterpiece "Autumn Wind Guide" vividly shows the autumn scenery and emotions, and brings the characteristics of landscape poems in Tang Dynasty to the extreme.