all one's life
Tang Dynasty poet, Xiangyang people; Created a lot of excellent poems; Known as the "pastoral poet"; Also known as "Wang Meng" with Wang Wei.
works
In the Lodge of Herons describes the magnificent scenery in the distance. Expressed the author's love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
"Spring Dawn" describes the early morning scenery in spring; Expressed the author's feelings about nature.
Wang Dongting described the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake. Expressed the author's awe of nature.
Night Sleeping in Jiande describes what you saw and felt on the Jiande River. Expressed the author's yearning for his hometown
Passing through the village for the elderly describes what the author saw and felt when he visited the home for the elderly. Expressed the author's treasure of friendship.
trait
Beautiful language, good at using natural scenes and natural sounds to express emotions.
Think deeply and think about the meaning and value of life.
Rich in emotions, expressing deep feelings for nature, hometown, friendship, etc.
brief introduction
Meng Haoran (689-740), whose real name is Haoran, was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei), a famous pastoral poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was known as "Meng Xiangyang" in the world. Because he has never been an official, he is also called Monsanto.
Meng Haoran was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He was eager to use the world in his early years. After experiencing the hardships and pains of his official career, he was able to respect himself, not flatter the vulgar world, practice for life and live in seclusion. Once lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Traveling to Chang 'an at the age of 40 should be promoted by Jinshi. He once wrote a poem named Gong Qing in imperial academy, and he wrote for it. In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), Zhang Jiuling became a shogunate general and later lived in seclusion.
Meng's poems are mostly five-character short stories, mostly pastoral poems and secluded poems, and most of them are in the mood of serving immortals. Although it is not without cynicism, it is more of a poet's self-expression. Meng Haoran's poems have unique artistic attainments. Later generations called Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, another landscape poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, "Wang Meng". Meng Haoran's collected works handed down from generation to generation have three volumes.
Meng Haoran's poems mainly show seclusion and leisure, wandering and worry, as well as his love for rural life and description of natural scenery. His poetic language is light and natural, and he makes good use of natural sights and sounds to express his feelings. Moreover, his poems are full of awe of nature and cherish friendship.
Meng Haoran also has some representative poems, such as "I wake up easily on this spring morning, and birds are singing everywhere" in "Spring Dawn". But now I think of that night, that storm, I don't know how many flowers I folded. "These poems express emotions with simple language and natural scenes, which have profound implications and make people feel the beauty of nature and the preciousness of life.
In addition, there are some poems in Meng Haoran's poems that express the philosophy of life and think about the meaning of life, such as "How wide the world is, how close the tree is to the sky, how close the water is to the moon!" One night on the Jiande River. These poems make people feel the impermanence of life and the beauty of nature, with profound implications.
In a word, Meng Haoran's poetry is one of the important works in China's ancient literature, with profound implications and sincere and natural emotional expression.