Comparison of Works: Tao Yuanming's biography is a work * * *, including 120 poems and 10 poems and essays. According to Biography of Wang Wei in Old Tang Dynasty, there are more than 400 poems handed down by Wang Wei, which are more popular than Tao Yuanming. In his early years, Wang Wei was associated with all the powerful people in Zhumen, and his life was very proud. He wrote many poems about frontier fortress and ranger. Or write about the heroic spirit of youth, or the bravery of generals, or the suffering of defending, or the joy of triumph, showing the heroic spirit and patriotic enthusiasm of the people at that time. He lost his wife around the age of 30, and his attitude towards life changed greatly. Since then, he has never married again, which can be described as multiple lovers. Living alone for 30 years, indifferent to the world, no longer concerned about official career and official life, dressed simply, and worshipped Buddha for a long time. Play the piano and write poems, burn incense and recite scriptures every day. Therefore, the poems made show a completely different realm from others; Win the reputation of "Shi Fo". Besides, Wang Wei has many talents, such as poetry, calligraphy, painting and music, which are praised by people. Tao Yuanming's poems are mainly pastoral descriptions. In addition to the pastoral scenery, Wang Wei's poems also describe "paintings in poems and poems in paintings". In his later works, he often reveals a lot of Zen, which is quite a portrayal of Buddhist thought. Tao Yuanming has a profound understanding of life observation, but he has no religious color. Comparison of work styles: Tao Yuanming created a new form of landscape pastoral poetry with his simple and natural artistic style, introduced ordinary pastoral life into the artistic garden of poetry, opened up a new world of poetry, and made outstanding contributions to the development of China's poetry. His poems are plain and colorful, and their simplicity contains infinite charm. In other words, Tao Yuanming's poems have both a peaceful and diluted side and a generous and resentful side. His fifth poem "Drinking" vaguely reveals his disdain for Liu Song regime, which not only satirizes the lofty aspirations of real life, but also eulogizes the lofty aspirations of Jingwei, prospering the field and dying without regret by using ancient expressions. And he was deeply influenced by Confucianism. He holds a firm sense of reality and rational spirit, and emphasizes moderation and rationality, which determines that his "pleasure" is not an animal desire. Fundamentally speaking, he has always joined the WTO. Many of Wang Wei's works in seclusion are full of Zen and Zen. At the same time, a large number of his poems are full of praise for the beautiful mountains and rivers in Guanzhong and the quiet life of farmers. Or open atmosphere, or quiet and elegant, are full of great artistic charm, spread through the ages, and have a great impact on future generations. With Tao Yuanming in Jin Dynasty as an idyllic recluse. Wang Wei is a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, who is as famous as Li Bai and Du Fu. Later scholars who studied Wang Wei also called him "Shi Fo". This title not only has the Buddhist meaning and religious tendency in Wang Wei's poems, but also expresses the affirmation of Wang Wei's lofty position in the field of Tang poetry by later generations. As for Wang Wei's thoughts and poems, it has become a subject worthy of study, which can also explain Wang Wei's position in China literature and even in the cultural history of China. Comparison of writing skills: In Tao Yuanming's time, China's poems were not very mature, but in the Tang Dynasty in Wang Wei's time, the requirements for writing rules were very common, so they were naturally different in creation. Tao Yuanming's words are plain, but there is a feeling of chewing them carefully, while Wang Wei's poems (landscape poems) are often in the form of five laws and five sentences, with short length, delicate language and soothing syllables. His five laws and five seven words are the most accomplished, and other subjects are also good, which is quite outstanding in the whole Tang Dynasty poetry circle!
I think Tao Yuanming's poems are more inclined to people's hearts, or more inclined to the emotional catharsis of inner feelings caused by external environmental factors, while Wang Wei's poems are full of picture sense.
There are poems in the painting. Reading his poems, there seems to be a picture in front of me. I feel more inclined to shoot scenery or people.
Or feelings as the theme. This is my personal experience.