The word "Wu Miao" was not first put forward by Yan Yu, but as a theoretical category of poetic aesthetic quality and thinking paradigm, it was undoubtedly he who took the lead in systematizing it. The category term "Miao" originated from Taoism, and as a definition, it embodies the infinity, profundity and uncertainty of "Tao" to illustrate the sublimity and profundity of the Tao of the universe.
Yan Yu's ""here emphasizes the level of "martial arts", which fundamentally stipulates that the aesthetic paradigm and thinking mode of poetry are intuitive and illogical.
"Shallow, limited and thorough understanding, but a little knowledge" (analysis of poetry). In Yan Yu's consciousness, only "Miao Wu" is the artistic thinking method that is closest to the essence of poetry to the greatest extent.
Introduction to Yan Yu:
Yan Yu was a poetry theorist and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. The word Dan Qiu, the word Yi Qing, is a guest of Canglang, known as Yan Canglang in the world. Shaowu Juxi (now Yanfang Village, Nakou Town, Shaowu City, Fujian Province) is a native. The year of birth and death is unknown. According to his poems, he mainly lived during the reign of Li Zong and was still alive when Du Zong ascended the throne.
In his early years, he studied under Professor Bao Huimen from Guangze County, a neighboring county. Baoyang, the father, studied under Zhu. He has never been an official in his life, and most of them live in seclusion in his hometown, just like Yan Ren and Shen Yan, who are of the same clan and strict in number three; Also with eight people, such as severe and Shen Yan, the number is nine strict.
Yan Yu emphasized that Han, Wei and Tang dynasties flourished and advocated learning from ancient times. Canghua is famous all over the world and is known as the first person in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. His Cang Lang Shi Hua also influenced Gao Yun, a famous literary critic in Ming Dynasty, and the first seven sons in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. There is also a collection of poems, Cang Lang Yin Juan.