Shen Deqian's "Talking about Poetry" says: "As for the Song Dynasty, the temperament gradually faded, the melody was wide open, and the operation of poetry was also closed. Recreation works silently, and it's far away and honest, and it's said that it's two wonderful things. "Huang Ziyun's Poems of Yehong also said:" Recreation is different from the Han and Wei Dynasties, and it's comfortable and beautiful, and it's smooth to reach the purpose, and it's both good and long, and it's worthy of a lifetime. " Xie Lingyun has always been the origin of landscape poetry, which needs to be explained first.
The Six Dynasties was a period when metaphysics flourished. Xie Lingyun's life experience led him to seek the comfort of mountains and rivers, which of course made him deeply influenced by Taoist cultural thoughts. Because he is inextricably linked with Buddhism, for example, I mentioned his contact with Hui Yuan in the article "Hui Yuan and His Buddhism", and because he once wrote "On Differentiating Zong", some people think that the emergence and development of landscape poetry has something to do with Buddhism.
This actually ignores Xie Lingyun's own unspeakable contradiction. I think that he fled to Taoism and Buddhism, in fact, he was "reflexive" and pursued mountains and rivers with the same mentality, just seeking comfort, which is not necessarily a belief. For example, as the so-called "Lonely Island in the Middle of the River" says: "When you start to believe in safety, you have to spend all your health years", even if he wants to seek immortality, it is just a "reason" found in the exploration of mountains and rivers.
"The climate changes suddenly, and the mountains and rivers contain qinghui. Qinghui can entertain people, and the wanderer forgets to return home "("The Stone House is Back in the Lake "), and only qinghui in the landscape can make the poet linger. "Love with reward is beautiful, but who knows what to do? Look at this relic and worry, and you will be sent away when you realize it ("Crossing the Ridge Stream from Jinzhujian"), and only in the mountains and rivers can the poet's worries be sent away and "reason" be discovered.