Etymologically, the meaning of "poetry" can be "ambition", that is, the expression of the soul; "Poetry expressing ambition" was put forward for the first time in Shangshu Yaodian, which shows that in people's understanding, "poetry expressing ambition" is people's obvious cognition of the meaning and function of poetry. The phrase "Poetry is based on emotion" comes from Lu Ji's Wen Fu, that is, "Poetry is beautiful because of emotion". Mr. Zhu Ziqing also elaborated the relationship between "poetry" and "emotion" in "Distinguishing Poetry". In the part of "writing poems to express one's aspirations", poets are advised to write poems for themselves, express their thoughts and sing their own understanding of life. The lyrical factors in poems are gradually increasing.
Zhu Ziqing analyzed the meaning and development symbol of "poetry expressing ambition" from four aspects in "Poetry expressing ambition". They are sending poems to Chen Zhi, sending poems to express their aspirations, teaching poems to express their aspirations, and writing poems to express their aspirations. In Zhu Ziqing's view, "giving poems to express ambition" and "giving poems to express ambition" mainly occurred in the pre-Qin era when poetry and music were integrated; On the other hand, "teaching poetry and expressing ambition" and "writing poetry and expressing ambition" are gradually developed on the basis of poetry and music, and the meaning category is expanded according to the development of the times.
In Mr. Zhu Ziqing's view, there are many ways to express one's ambition in poetry, which can be "expressing one's ambition by offering poems" (the person who gives poems is often the author himself, and the meaning expressed is very clear), "expressing one's ambition by giving poems" (often expressing one's ambition by borrowing poems, with irony more than praise) and "expressing one's ambition by teaching poems" (an expert publicizes his intention through poetry teaching). The above three methods of "expressing ambition with poetry" are inseparable from political education. Even in the aspect of "teaching poetry to express ambition", the superiors try to educate the lower classes and guide customs by "teaching poetry". With the changes of society, each era has its own essence. In the branch of "writing poems and expressing aspirations", the ci writers headed by Qu Yuan "sang themselves" before other poets. Taking Buju and Fisherman as examples, even if we express our personal feelings, it is mainly based on our own poverty sources, and its lyricism occupies an important position.
After several developments, the meaning of "poetry expressing ambition" has been expanding. In order to adapt to its development, "taking emotion as poetry" has become the power of "expressing ambition through poetry" to innovate life. When commenting on poetry, people in the Six Dynasties mostly showed the sentimental function of their poems, but they did not break away from the tradition of "expressing their aspirations with poems". At this time, "poetry expressing ambition" and "poetic sentiment" are complementary and interactive. The article "Wen Xin Diao Long Shi Ming" also said, "It is human nature that people can have seven emotions, respond to things, feel things and express their aspirations." The "ambition" here refers to the "seven emotions", and what is sung is what is felt. The role of "fate" has been fully reflected here.
In a word, "poetry expressing ambition" and "poetry expressing emotion" are important ways to comment on the development of poetry, which have different characteristics at different stages and are mostly influenced by the cultural atmosphere and political religion needed by society. With the changes of the times, we pay more attention to "expressing ambition in poetry" and "feeling in poetry" from the overall perspective. After all, "ambition" and "emotion" belong to people's inner psychological activities and are the sublimation of people's inner feelings, which are extremely rich in value.