Cui Rong, Li Qiao, Du Shenyan.
In the poetry world of the early Tang Dynasty, there were four people who were called the "Four Friends of Articles" by people at the time. They were: Cui Rong, Li Qiao, Su Weiwei, and Du Shenyan. The styles of the works of the four are relatively similar, and the content is nothing more than singing praises of virtues and enjoying banquets in palaces and gardens. However, in some of their other works, they sometimes reveal news of changes in poetry.
Some of them also made positive contributions to the construction of the poetry system. From the late Emperor Gaozong onwards, they became friends with poetry and prose, hence the name "Four Friends of Articles". Among the four, Du Shenyan was the most accomplished, while Su Weiwei and Li Qiao were also known as Su Li.
Main influence
Su Weiwei and Li Qiao are equally famous, and are collectively known as "Su Li". Together with Li Qiao, Cui Rong and Du Shenyan, they are collectively known as the "Four Friends of Articles" in the early Tang Dynasty. . Among the poets of the early Tang Dynasty, "Su Li" is often compared with the "Shen Song Dynasty" (Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen). They both vigorously created modern poetry and played a role in promoting the development of verse poetry in the Tang Dynasty.
The achievements of "Su Li" were not as good as those of "Shen Song", but because they held high positions, they had a greater influence at the time. Su Weiwei's poetry style is pure and upright, elegant but not gaudy. Many poems about things. His famous work "The Night of the Fifteenth Day of the First Month" (first work "Shangyuan").
It chants the grand scene of the Lantern Festival night lanterns in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, "Fire trees and silver flowers bloom together, and the iron locks of the star bridge open". The gold carvings are staggered, and the charm is overflowing. It has been passed down for generations. In addition, the description of the rainbow in the poem "Yong Hong" is also worthy of praise.