First, give gifts.
This was the most common way at that time, such as Li Bai's poem To Wang Lun, Dune Gate to Du Fu, Meng Haoran's Autumn Mountain to Send Zhang Wu, and Wang Wei's My Farewell Message from Wangchuan. Although some poems don't have the title of "send" or "give", they are also given to others, such as Li Jie's Farewell to Weiwan. Sometimes poets recite their new works directly to their friends. For example, Su Xun, a friend of Du Fu's poems, visited Du Fu's boat and read his poems to Du Fu.
Second, vote for celebrities.
In order to gain fame and success, many literati in the Tang Dynasty often dedicated their proud works to celebrities at that time to show their talents and improve their social status. For example, Meng Haoran's Letter from Dongting Lake to Premier Zhang is a poem dedicated to Premier Zhang. Another example is Zhu Qingyu's "Boudoir Sacrifice to Zhang Shui Department", which is a poem dedicated to Zhang Ji, a doctor of the official water department at that time.
Third, impromptu ode.
Many poets are brilliant, improvising, eloquent and brilliant in writing, such as Wang Bo's Teng Wang Ge and Zheng Gu's The Singer at the Dinner Table. Over the years, Lu Lun, Li Duan and other so-called "ten gifted scholars" often paid tribute to the banquets of princes and nobles, making them famous.
Fourth, the poems on the wall
The walls and pillars of public places such as post stations, kiosks and temples became the established poetry "publishing gardens" of poets in the Tang Dynasty. Such as Song's On the Wall of Dayu Beishan Inn and Luo's Political Prisoner Listening to Cicada. Bai Juyi said in the poem "Seeing the Nine Poems of Yuan Dynasty at Lanqiao Post": "Every post dismounts and follows the column around the wall to find your poem." Poets in the Tang Dynasty also like to "publish" their poems in places of interest. According to records, there are hundreds of poems inscribed by Ganyue Pavilion in Raozhou. Zhang Hu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, wrote poems in dozens of famous temples all over the country.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) A poem carved on a slate.
This is a popular way after the mid-Tang Dynasty, that is, to carve poems on slates and then hang them for people to read. During the period of Xian Tong in the late Tang Dynasty, the poet Xue Neng passed by the Chunting in the middle of Shu, and once saw "there are more than 100 tablets in the pavilion", which shows that poems inscribed on tablets were very common at that time. Most of the people who set up poetry boards are local county magistrates and temple owners. In order to add luster to the local and local temples, they asked passers-by to leave poems. For example, Ling Fanzhi of Zigui County, when he heard that Bai Juyi, a great poet, was going to Wushan, wrote in big letters on the wall of Wushan Goddess Temple in advance, "A person who is a scholar in Suzhou will have poems when he goes to Wushan", with the aim of asking Bai Juyi to leave poems.
Sixth, the poetry of painting
The poet inscribed poems on the painting, and there were poems and paintings beside it. Poetry and painting complement each other, painting is named after poetry, and poetry is named after painting. For example, Wei Zhuang's "Golden Ling Tu" is an inscription painting. The poet saw six paintings describing the history of the Southern Dynasties. He felt them and wrote poems on them.
There are many ways for poets in the Tang Dynasty to "publish" poems, such as singing and writing poems. More interestingly, Tang Qiu, a Taoist poet, put many of his poems in a gourd and let them float into the river so that more people can read his poems. Engraving printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty, and poets also printed poems. For example, Bai Juyi once printed a book, but it was difficult to spread it widely.
Generally speaking, ancient poetry is passed down from generation to generation in the following ways:
First, stone carving. For example, many walls and rocks of various places of interest have poet's handwriting.
Second, poetry collection. Poets are not necessarily poor, such as Yan Shu and Nalan. And the poems they wrote are all their own collections of poems.
Third, oral communication. Just like singing, you don't have to read the lyrics to sing, but you may just listen to others sing.
Fourth, sort out the comments of future generations. For example, Wang Guowei loves to do this. Put the poems together and add your own feelings.
Five, unofficial history's novels. In a novel, a poem suddenly appeared. The most representative is "full of absurd things and bitter tears" in A Dream of Red Mansions.