Seclusion, wandering, trouble. The poetic style is light and natural, and he is good at five-character ancient poems. Most of his poems are landscape poems, which are close to his own life and true. Poetic language is natural and pure, concise and meaningful, and poetic landscape is plain and clear, endless. Natural simplicity, quietness and elegance are the style characteristics of Meng Haoran's landscape poems.
Meng Haoran's life has always been in the contradiction between seeking an official position and retiring, but in the end there is no chance for a career. Although he lived in seclusion in the mountains, he was familiar with Zhang Jiuling and other dignitaries at that time, and also had friends with poets Wang Wei, Li Bai and Wang Changling. Meng Haoran's poems got rid of the narrow realm of response system and chanting things in the early Tang Dynasty, expressed more personal embrace, and brought fresh breath to Kaiyuan poetry circle, which was highly praised by people at that time. Li Bai praised him for "the mountains, how I long to reach you, and you only express his pure fragrance here", and Du Fu praised him for "the poems and songs of Qing people are no less than others". Wang Wei once painted a portrait for him in Yunzhou pavilion, titled "Haoran Pavilion"; Later generations respected him and didn't want to call him by his first name, so they changed it to "Meng Ting" and became a local scenic spot. Less than ten years after Meng Haoran's death, his poems were edited twice and sent to the "secret room" for preservation. There are more than 250 existing poems, including 220 five-character poems written by Meng Haoran.
Meng Haoran (689-740) was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei), known as Meng Xiangyang in the world. Because he has never been an official, he is also known as Monsanto, and he is a famous pastoral poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Meng Haoran was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and he was determined to use the world in his early years. After experiencing the hardships and pains of his official career, he was able to respect himself, not flatter the vulgar world, and practice seclusion for life. Once lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Traveling to Chang 'an at the age of 40 should be promoted by Jinshi. He once wrote a poem named Gong Qing in imperial academy, and he wrote for it. In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), Zhang Jiuling became a shogunate general and later lived in seclusion. Meng's poems are mostly five-character short stories, mostly pastoral poems and secluded poems, and most of them are in the mood of serving immortals. Although it is not without cynicism, it is more of a poet's self-expression.
Meng Haoran's poems have unique artistic attainments. Later generations called Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, another landscape poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, "Wang Meng". Meng Haoran's collected works handed down from generation to generation have three volumes.