The Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty represent the pinnacle of poetry creation. The best poet among the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty and the most representative creator of Tang poetry is of course Wang Bo. He was born in 650 AD and died in 67 6 AD.
Such a short life has to be lamented by future generations. His contribution to the subject matter and writing situation of Tang poetry is indelible, so today we will understand Wang Bo and the style and characteristics of his writing through his poems and his life experiences.
He was very smart when he was young. According to official historical records, he could write poems just after he started to remember at the age of 6. Moreover, the poems he wrote at the age of 6 were extraordinary, very novel, and well-known. The entire poem The style of the article is very clever, and the poetic form and artistic techniques used in it also impressed people at the time. His father's friends praised him as one of the three talents of the Wang family.
So he has stood out since he was a child, showing excellent literary literacy and poetry creation ability. Naturally, he was valued by his parents when he was a child, and became the focus of many teachers' training. He was 9 years old. By that time, I had already read all the Chinese books.
And I personally commented on some of the stories in the book. By pointing out the errors in the book and correcting them, he was already able to demonstrate his ability to comment on world events.
As a teenager, he had already mastered the Five Classics at a young age. After reading these books, he went to Chang'an to learn from his teacher how to practice medicine. He wanted to treat more people, and In the process of learning to practice medicine, he read the Zhouyi Huangdi Neijing and other books on medicine, and then gained a systematic understanding of the entire process of treating diseases and saving lives and injuries.
When he was 16 years old, he took the imperial examination and got the first place, and then he began to officially serve as an official. He returned to his hometown and wrote an article, looking for suitable opportunities to enter the official career. In 664, Wang Bo directly Write a letter to comment on the world's major events and criticize the current ills.
This surprised the officials at the time, because at such a young age he could have such a profound analysis of worldly issues, which was definitely wisdom that could be applied in the world.
So in 666 AD, he was appreciated for his high-level articles and officially entered the imperial court as an important official. In his position as an official, he did not stop writing poems. He continued to write very touching poems during his creation. At that time, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty saw that the poems he wrote were so beautiful and he had such insightful insights that he personally praised Wang Bo and considered him a child prodigy.
But the experience of a child prodigy is always so bumpy. Although Wang Bo was appreciated by many people and loved by the emperor at that time, because Wang Bo wrote an article about cockfighting, this article had a strong The irony made the emperor very unhappy when he saw it.
Naturally, he was demoted and expelled from the court. Moreover, Tang Gaozong believed that this article was intended to sow discord between officials at all levels, so he was exiled. This was the most embarrassing experience in Wang Bo's life, because the official position he had obtained through his talent and hard work was gone forever.
After Wang Bo was released from prison, he stayed in his hometown for nearly two years. During these two years, he felt that his talents were not appreciated and his ambitions were difficult to realize.
Although he had the opportunity to resume his official position and be re-employed by the imperial court, he refused the imperial court's warning and did not accept the position arranged for him by the imperial court. He followed the canal at that time to Starting from the south, I want to travel around the Yangtze River and Jiangnan area to spend my youth and enjoy the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
But in 676, Wang Bo met his father. He saw that his father's living situation was also very difficult, so he was emotionally moved by the situation. He was very sad and unhappy. During this period, Wang Bo became even more suspicious. He doubted the secular world in life, lost confidence in the court, and was even less willing to actively become an official and contribute to society. After visiting his father, he was filled with resentment and prepared to go home. However, due to the strong wind and waves in the summer, he unfortunately Drowned in water.
What we want to analyze and appreciate is Wang Bo’s poetic ability. His main thought in poetry is Confucian ethics, but at the same time he injects a positive and progressive spirit into Confucian ethics. The optimism, very open-mindedness and cheerfulness make the whole poem have a more majestic momentum and a broader mind.
For example, he once wrote a farewell to Du Shaofu who was appointed to Shuzhou. According to the story of confidants in the sea, we are as close as the world is apart, and it has become a good story passed down by later generations, because it does not express a sad farewell. It is a kind of yearning and sustenance for a better future, so this kind of artistic technique is enough innovation for Shi Wen's poems on another level.
Wang Bo is very good at using various artistic techniques to create artistic conception while traveling in the mountains and rivers, and then expresses his love for the motherland and his hometown through traveling in the mountains and rivers and his infinite love for natural landscapes. The longing, as well as the inner sadness and unfulfilled ambition.