In terms of artistic style:
The sentimental mood established by the nineteen ancient poems "from Jian'an to the Jin and Song Dynasties, from the lower classes to the royal nobles, neutralized the space for a long period of time It spread and became the typical tone of the entire era." For example, Jian'an poets directly inherited the style of the nineteen ancient poems, which were characterized by generosity and sadness. Cao Zhi's poems were also deeply influenced by it. Cao Cao's "Singing over wine, the geometry of life, It's like morning dew, it will be more painful every day when it goes away." The artistic style of the nineteen ancient poems that pursue natural beauty has also had a profound impact on later generations. For example, Xie Lingyun's landscape poems have the most "fresh and natural" beauty and are highly praised. He also inherited the poetry tradition of imitating nature in his nineteen ancient poems.
Cao Zhi is a representative writer of Jian'an literature. "Cai Cai Hua Mao" and "body and quilt quality" are the distinctive styles of his poetry creation. "Cai Cai Hua Mao" refers to the gorgeous words used in his poetry creation. , pay attention to literary talent, polished, concise and vivid language, and also refers to the richness and gracefulness of its literary expression techniques. It embodies Cao Zhi's view of literary quality in his poetic thought, that is, emphasizing both emotion and prose, taking into account both literary quality and content, and paying equal attention to form. The height of the artistic style and value orientation of Cao Zhi's poetry directly or indirectly initiated the development and prosperity of the poetry of the Six Dynasties and even the poetry of the Tang Dynasty.
Comparison in terms of creative methods:
"Nineteen Ancient Poems" opened up a new way for the creation of literati's five-character poems, creating a new style of literati's five-character poetry that is both elegant and popular. . This artistic model of lyric poetry created conditions for the development of poetry in the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, and laid the foundation for the prosperity of Tang poetry.
"Nineteen Ancient Poems" is the beginning of the development of Chinese poetry from "expressing ambition" to "emotion", and the beginning of the transformation from narrative to lyrical direction. "Nineteen Ancient Poems" freely and unabashedly expresses personal feelings, opening up a new descriptive field for Chinese classical poetry. ”
Cao Zhi represents the style and highest achievements of the entire Jian’an literature. His works are divided into two periods, with Cao Pi proclaiming himself emperor. In the early period, he mainly sang about his ideals and ambitions, and in the later period, he mainly expressed his ideals. The grief and indignation aroused by the contradiction with reality. His early masterpieces include "The White Horse", and his later masterpieces include "The White Horse to Wang Biao" and so on. Cao Zhi has many innovative developments in the art of poetry, especially in five-character poems. His contribution to creation is particularly great. Most of the ancient Yuefu poems of the Han Dynasty are mainly narrative. In "Nineteen Ancient Poems", Cao Zhi developed this trend and organically combined lyricism and narrative. Five-character poems can not only describe complex changes in events, but also express tortuous psychology.