The representative figure of the Optimist School is Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty.
1. Poetry style:
Bai Juyi's poetry style is unique. His views on everything in the world are optimistic and have a very strong color of optimism. What he focuses on is the true meaning of life. He believes that people should be positive and not follow the crowd. He believes that people should accept their destiny and not pay too much attention to its changes. Therefore, it can be said that the core idea of ??Bai Juyi's poetry is optimism.
2. Poetry expression:
In Bai Juyi's poems, he often expressed his philosophy of life, and these philosophical thoughts are in line with the idea of ????optimism. For example, he wrote in the poem "Farewell to the Ancient Grassland": "The grass in Liliyuan grows wither and withers every year. The wildfires are endless, but the spring breeze blows and grows again. The distant fragrance invades the ancient road, and the clear green connects to the desolate city. And Send the king and grandson away, full of love."
The phrase "one year old and one prosperous" here shows the impermanence and changes in life, but he does not feel depressed, but likes this change. "Wild fire cannot burn out, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates" is his expression of vitality. In his view, the power of life is infinite. He expressed his love for the world in "The distant fragrance invades the ancient road, and the clear green meets the desolate city."
Introduction to other genres:
1. Landscape Pastoral Poetry School:
The poetry school of the Tang Dynasty is the successor to the Landscape Pastoral School of Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Its representatives include the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Chu Guangxi, Chang Jian, etc., Wei Yingwu, Liu Zongyuan, etc. in the middle Tang Dynasty. The main content is to reflect rural life and depict landscapes.
Among them, Wang Wei has the highest achievement. He is a poet and a painter. He can understand poetry through painting. There is painting in poetry and poetry in painting. Apart from Li Du, he is unique. One case had a great influence on future generations.
2. Frontier Poetry School:
Poetry school of Tang Dynasty in China. There were some frontier poems in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, and the number continued to increase in the Sui Dynasty. They were further developed by the Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty and Chen Ziang, and they were fully mature in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The most famous poets of this school are Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Li Qi and Wang Changling. Gao and Cen have the highest achievements, so they are also called the Gao-cen School of Poetry. Their poems mainly describe the frontier war and the customs and customs of the frontier, as well as the various conflicts brought about by the war, such as parting, homesickness, resentment, etc. Most of their poems are in the form of seven-character song lines and five or seven-character quatrains. The poetry style is tragic and the style is majestic. , which can best express the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.