Interpretation of nouns in palace poems

1. Palace-style poetry refers to the Eastern Palace in the Southern Dynasties when Emperor Jianwen and Xiao Gang were governors, centering on several palaces such as Chen Houzhu, Yang Di and Emperor Taizong. "Palace Style" refers to both the poetic style describing palace life and the poetic style formed in the palace, which began in Xiao Gang, Jian Wendi. When Xiao Gang was a prince, he often sang with literati in the East Palace. Its content is mostly palace life and affairs between men and women, but it pursues flowery rhetoric in form and is called "palace style". Later, erotic poems were called palace poems.

2. Palace-style poetry developed into a new poetry genre in the Qi and Liang Dynasties, with its content mostly praising women, gorgeous style and pale feelings, which has always been criticized as the expression of the life of the ruling class.

3. However, this kind of poetic style has started after Liang Wudi, Wu Yun, He Xun and Liu Xiaozhuo. The main author of palace poems is Xiao Ganghe, and some scholars gathered around them, such as Xu, Yu Jianwu and Xu Ling. Chen and his attendants can also fall into this category.

4. Xiao Gang and others vulgarized Buddhism, made palace poems to imitate Buddhist scriptures, and taught the world to see through the world of mortals by criticizing the description of melody. The progress of Buddhist scripture translation has also influenced the palace poetry from the rhythm of form, making it more gorgeous and decadent, but it was unexpected by its initiator.