Poet Master.
Some people say that Wang Changling's nickname should be "poet master" rather than "poet emperor", although Liu Kezhuang of the Song Dynasty said in Volume 3 of "New Collection of Houcun Poetry": "Historically, he called (Chang) "Ling") poems are dense and clear. The Tang Dynasty "Liu Li Tang Tu" regards Chang Ling as the emperor of poetry, and he respects him as such. "
However, some people have researched and said that it may be because the characters for "Master" and "Emperor" are similar. The phenomenon of "shape corruption" occurs. In the old days, the title "Emperor" was not given casually. "Poetry Immortal" could be called, but the title "Poetry Emperor" seemed to be more taboo and suspected of overstepping.
As for Master, it is generally used as an honorific for teachers or virtuous people. Like Li Bai said "I love Master Meng" and so on. Moreover, according to research, "Liu Li Tang" was the former site of Wang Changling when he was appointed Jiangning Cheng. Wang Changling once taught poetry to students there, so he is known as "Wang Jiangning, the poet's master".
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Influence on later generations
1. Mid-Tang Dynasty
Wang Changling’s poetic style and poetic conception first influenced the poetry of the Mid-Tang Dynasty Jiaoran, after Wang Changling, took the research on artistic conception a step further. His discussion on artistic conception was multi-faceted and his research was quite in-depth. He inherited Wang Changling's way of discussing poetry with "jing" and put forward such things as There are important propositions such as "the endless predestined environment is love", "the purpose outside the text", and "taking the environment".
2. Late Tang Dynasty
The second is Sikong Tu in the late Tang Dynasty. Inspired by the concept of artistic conception proposed by Wang Changling, he made a comprehensive summary of artistic conception and put forward the concept of "image outside". "image", "scenery outside the scene", "rhyme beyond the cause", "taste beyond the purpose" and other viewpoints.
3. Song Dynasty
The most accomplished person in the theory of artistic conception in the Song Dynasty was Yan Yu of the Southern Song Dynasty. In view of the tendency of some Song poems to focus on reason rather than artistic conception, he wrote in memory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty Poetry also put forward the theory of "interest" inspired by Wang Changling and all the aesthetic experiences of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. This theory is found in his treatise "Canglang Shihua".
4. Qing Dynasty
Wang Guowei in the late Qing Dynasty was the last summarizer of the development history of the category of artistic conception, the terminator and the master of it. His book "Human Words" based on exploring the creative gains and losses of poets of all ages, drawing on Wang Changling and other literati's discussions on the category of "artistic conception" and combining the author's own personal experience of art appreciation and artistic creation, put forward the theory of "realm", which provides a basis for The center and essence of Wang Guowei’s art theory.
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