First of all, the Tang Dynasty, as the royal family that ruled this dynasty, was the leader of the Tang Dynasty and had an unprecedented mind and vision. More importantly, the Tang Dynasty was an unprecedented ethnic integration in the history of China. Even Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was of foreign descent, so the ethnic policy of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedented and enlightened. "It is precisely because of this political background that the Li Dynasty can face foreign civilizations with unprecedented confidence, and such confidence is difficult to achieve. The national policy pursued by Datang is "China is safe, and the outside world is four-self", and foreigners are treated equally. Many foreign cultures have been integrated into China culture, showing China's great power. The self-confidence of the Tang Dynasty gave the poet the mentality of "reaching the peak, the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky.". ",the national culture is prosperous.
Secondly, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to poetry. Yan Yu's Cang Lang Shi Hua said: "Or ask:' Why does Tang poetry win over our court?' The Tang Dynasty learned from poetry, so there was a lot of specialized knowledge, so my poetry was not as good as mine. Although it is not comprehensive, it is also one of the reasons that cannot be ignored. In the fourth year, Gaozu Wude took the senior high school entrance examination. In the first game, he took an examination of poetry and prose, and each poem required 12 sentences. Emperor Taizong opened the [Literature Pavilion] and the "Hong Wen Pavilion" to recruit writers. As the saying goes, "the top is better, and the bottom is more effective", "The courage of the king is lighter than that of the people." King Chu Ling has a thin waist, but there are many hungry people in the country. "The rulers of the Tang Dynasty even went to North Korea. More than 48,900 poems were recorded in The Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty compiled during the Kangxi period, among which Li Shimin's Ten Poems of Imperial Capital ranked first. Later Gaozong, Zetian, Zhongzong, Zong Rui and Xuanzong master Li Longji all attached great importance to this point. Moreover, there are many poems of harem beauties and princesses in the royal family, and their leading and promoting role can not be ignored.
Moreover, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty paid more attention to poetry and poets, and rarely publicized literary ci prisons, grandstanding. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty "hoped to send Wei Zhi to be buried", Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty "sent He Zhang to Siming" and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty "hanged Bai Juyi". Even poets who have committed capital crimes have compiled and published them for them to show immortality. Such tolerance is rare in all previous dynasties. Poems chanting epic poems and allegorical poems in Tang Dynasty are straightforward and sharp. Compared with Su Dongpo, who was demoted in the previous generation, or the massacre in the Qing Dynasty, the poets in the Tang Dynasty were very lucky. Their king was not particularly neurotic or overly suspicious, otherwise, with the writing at that time, he would be beheaded in nine cases out of ten.
The third point is culture, which is also one of the indispensable conditions for the prosperity of Tang poetry. Here, culture refers to the cultural background. First, everything from the secrets of the Tang Dynasty to the court to the scenes of life can't be entered into poetry, which is a hundred times richer than the previous generation. Metrology is more mature and complete, realism and romanticism coexist, and ancient style and modern style coexist. Rich cultural background has brought colorful performances to Tang poetry. That is to say, the poets in the Tang Dynasty are not limited to princes and princes. In The Whole Tang Poetry compiled in the Qing Dynasty, there are writers and emperors, as well as "Shu Ren, a peddler, a monk and nun, a child molester, a fisherman, an artist with a stick of God, and even a beggar". In addition, the Tang Dynasty was a very free and open society, which provided an opportunity for the unprecedented development and prosperity of Tang literature. In this cultural atmosphere, the vigorous development of Tang poetry is completely understandable and an inevitable trend.
The last reason is that the relatively poor historical accumulation has laid a good foundation for the dominance of Tang poetry. Before the Tang Dynasty, although there was the song of The Book of Songs, it was in the style of Chen Gongliang, but there was no peak to look up to. You can draw with a blank sheet of paper, do what you want, and naturally feel free to write freely. This makes future generations look like Mount Tai in sight, covering the sky, keeping an eye on everything, and sometimes feeling sad. Mr. Lu Xun once said
To sum up, there are reasons for the prosperity of Tang poetry. No matter from the economic, political, cultural, historical and other aspects, the Tang Dynasty was more qualified than the European Renaissance, which provided an unprecedented excellent environment for poetry creation and made Tang poetry shine like a bright pearl in the cultural history of China.