The early Tang Dynasty was the pioneering period of Tang poetry, and the expressive field of poetry gradually moved from the palace pavilion to the desert of Shan Ye. In the emotional style of poetry, the vitality and vigor of the literature in the Northern Dynasties combined with the freshness and brightness of the literature in the Southern Dynasties, leading to a heroic and cheerful and bright realm.
On the basis of eternal style, the form of poetry creates a new poetic style-metrical poetry, which has both procedural constraints and broad creative space. During this period, Yang Jiong, Lu, Luo and others played an important role in the transformation of poetic style.
The legal construction completed by Shen Quanqi, Song, Du and others prepared sufficient conditions for the prosperity of Tang poetry. The prosperous Tang Dynasty is the peak of the development of Tang poetry, when the stars in the poetry circle shine. Wang Wei and Meng Haoran are good at expressing the beauty of landscape and countryside, as well as the quiet and peaceful state of mind in which man and nature live in harmony.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there appeared some poets who took frontier life as their theme, such as Wang Changling, Gao Shi, Cen Can and Zuyong. Most of them have been to the frontier fortress, enjoyed the magnificent scenery of the frontier fortress and yearned for the merits of the frontier fortress.
In their poems, the magnificence of the mountains and rivers of the motherland and the lofty sentiments of defending the country are all vividly displayed. The representative figures of frontier poets, as well as Cen Can. He wrote about the magnificence of frontier fortress scenery and the heroic and unrestrained soldiers. Deserts and sufferings have become magnificent pictures full of lofty sentiments in his works.
Li Bai, a great poet, can best embody the spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and represent the high artistic achievements of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Another great poet at that time was Du Fu, who was called "Poet Saint" by later generations. From Tang poetry to Du Fu, it is a great change, and the theme turns to writing about current events and the lives of the people at the bottom.
Writing adopts narrative and detail description, and lyricism is expressed in narrative and detail description. It is generally believed that in the history of China's poetry development, Du Fu is comprehensive and has a far-reaching influence on later generations.
Scholars in the late Tang Dynasty longed for revival, and there was an atmosphere of innovation in the poetry circle, and poetry creation reached another climax. With innovative spirit and courage, they opened up a new world of poetry and formed a colorful "Yuanhe Poetry Circle" under the extremely difficult situation of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Among them, Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Li He and others have developed Du Fu's innovative skills, such as whimsy, prose and word refining. This is a simple, bold and secluded poetic style in Leng Yan, which formed the Han and Meng Poets.
Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen consciously carried forward Du Fu's realistic spirit, absorbed nutrition from Yuefu folk songs, and made poetry easy to understand, forming the Bai Yuan School of Poetry. In addition, Liu Zongyuan's preciseness and Liu Yuxi's truthfulness are also praised by the world.
Poetry in the late Tang Dynasty changed again, the spirit of reform in the middle Tang Dynasty disappeared, and the poet went to himself. At this time, a large number of well-written epics appeared, among which Tu Mu and Xu Hun were the representatives.
Du Mu is a great writer who sings epic poems. Thinking about history is actually a feeling of reality. The sense of history and realism are integrated in the beautiful natural images and feelings. One of the poets with the highest artistic achievements in the late Tang Dynasty was Li Shangyin.
He is a poet who is good at expressing his mental journey and has strong and delicate feelings. His love poems are affectionate, ambiguous, unforgettable and difficult to understand. His artistic skills reached a superb level, which greatly expanded the emotional capacity of poetry and made a final contribution to the development of Tang poetry.