Wang Yucheng (954- 100 1), born in Juye, Jeju (now Juye, Shandong), was a famous writer and politician in the early Northern Song Dynasty. His poetry style is simple and natural, and his language is easy to understand, reflecting people's lives and describing natural scenery. His poetry works are highly representative of three-body poetry in the early Song Dynasty, and are known as the crown of white body.
Su Yijian (958-997), born in Tongshan, Zizhou (now Zhongjiang, Sichuan), was a famous writer and official in the early Northern Song Dynasty. His poetic style is fresh and refined, and his language is concise and clear. Most of his content is to express personal feelings and describe natural scenery. His poetry works were also highly respected at that time, and were known as the show of white body.
Lin Bu (967- 1028), a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), was a famous hermit and writer in the early Northern Song Dynasty. His poetry style is fresh and elegant, and his language is simple and natural. His content is mostly to describe natural scenery and express personal feelings. His poems were also highly respected at that time, and he was known as an Englishman in white.
Characteristics of Three-body Poetry in the Early Song Dynasty;
1. Imitating the pre-human body: One of the main characteristics of three-body poetry in the early Song Dynasty is imitating the poetic style of predecessors. White-style poetry mainly imitates Bai Juyi's poetic style in Tang Dynasty, which is characterized by simplicity and naturalness, and is easy to understand. The style of late Tang Dynasty mainly imitates the poetic style of Jia Dao and Yao He in Tang Dynasty, which is characterized by freshness, elegance and simplicity. On the other hand, Quincy style mainly imitates Li Shangyin's poetic style in the Tang Dynasty, which is characterized by gorgeous rhetoric and neat antithesis.
2. Pursuing plain and natural: Three-body poets in the early Song Dynasty pursued plain and natural poetic style when creating. They emphasize that poetry should reflect real life, express real feelings and avoid overly flowery or abstract poetic language. This pursuit of plain and natural style reflects a change in literary thought in the early Song Dynasty and is also related to the social atmosphere and aesthetic taste at that time.
3. Pay attention to ideological content: Three-body poets in the early Song Dynasty also paid attention to the ideological content of poetry. They not only pay attention to the artistic value of poetry, but also pay attention to the reflection and criticism of social reality by poetry. For example, the poems of Wang Yucheng, a white poet, often reflect the suffering of people's lives and the dark side of social reality; On the other hand, Kunxi poets expressed their criticism and reflection on the social atmosphere and aesthetic taste at that time through gorgeous poetic language.