The main method of discussing poetry in Yan Yu's Canglang Poetry Talk is to use Zen metaphor poetry
1. Introduction
Canglang Poetry Talk was created by Yan Yu, a poetry critic in the Southern Song Dynasty His poetry theory works were written probably before Shaoding (1228-1233) and at least before Chunyou (1241-1252). Volume 1 of "Canglang Poetry Talk". The book is divided into five parts: "Poetry Debate" expounds the theoretical issues of ancient and modern poetry creation, and discusses the approaches and methods of learning poetry; "Poetry Style" focuses on the clues and outlines of the development of ancient Chinese poetry, and the styles and schools of writers; "Poetry Methods" Talk about poetry practices and artistic characteristics of poetry.
Poetry criticism is a review of ancient and modern poems and poets from the perspective of the times and personal styles; "Critical Research" is the analysis and research of the poet's creator and specific source. At the back of the book is "Reply to the Letter of Wu Jingxian of Lin'an by His Step-Uncle", which is a reply text. The book is systematic and theoretical. It uses Zen as a metaphor for poetry, advocates enlightenment, praises the prosperous Tang Dynasty in poetry, attaches great importance to the artistic characteristics of poetry, opposes the argumentative and prose tendencies of Song poetry, and proposes "different materials" and "different interests". , regarding "interest" as a quality of poetry.
Canglang Poetry Talk makes an in-depth discussion and summary of the evolution of ancient poetry, especially Tang poetry and Song poetry, puts forward the aesthetic characteristics of poetry art and the particularity of poetry creation, and emphasizes poetry creation His characteristics of image thinking and rich emotion directly influenced the later poetic schools such as "Ge Tiao School", "Xing Ling School" and "Shen Yun School". Some literary theorists of later generations, such as Wang Fuzhi, Ye Xie, Wang Guowei, etc., all drew on his theoretical thinking to introduce new ideas.
2. Content introduction
Canglang Poetry Talk is divided into five parts: "Poetry Bian" (one work "Poetry Bian"), "Poetry Style", "Poem Method", "Poetry Criticism" and "Critical Research" Chapter, appended at the end is "Reply to the Book of Wu Jingxian of Lin'an by his step-uncle". "Poetry Debate" is the center of the book, mainly showing the author's theoretical insights on studying and criticizing poetry.
Poetry Styles lists various poetry genres formed by time, people, or different content, sentence patterns, etc. from the pre-Qin to the Song Dynasty, and uses small notes to briefly explain the meaning of each style's name, so that Discussing the history of the evolution and changes of poetry style system and genre can, to a certain extent, outline the clues and outlines of the development of ancient Chinese poetry. "Poetic Methods" instructs beginners on some basic techniques and methods of poetry writing.
Poetry reviews evaluate the quality of various poems since "Chu Ci", further elucidating the reasons why poetry in the Han, Wei and Tang dynasties is the "first meaning". There are many surprising and pertinent comments. The article "Critical Examination" mainly uses the means of appreciation to examine the author, paragraphs, variations, writing time, etc. of certain poems. Sometimes it also reflects the author's literary thoughts.