Tang poetry can be so excellent, which is mainly determined by the development law of poetry itself and the social factors in the Tang Dynasty.
The law of the development of poetry itself
Everything always has a process of origin, development and peak, and the development of poetry in previous dynasties laid the foundation for poetry in the Tang Dynasty. With the establishment of the Han Dynasty, various national cultures began to merge. The four-character style of the Central Plains established in previous dynasties began to be accompanied by music, but the four-character poem could not perfectly cooperate with Hu Le's music, so the seven-character poem appeared.
During this period, the cultural development of poetry entered a slow period. From the Book of Songs to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the mainstream of China's ancient poetry has not changed for nearly a thousand years. In addition, the elegant things such as poetry and ode are mostly circulated among rulers, and all those who love it are upper-class literati. Until the appearance of Cao Zhi, it was a turning point in China's poetry. This man of great talent man created a large number of poems, which made people at that time discover that poetry can actually be independent of music.
Later, Cao Zhi was not interested in the struggle for political power, and began to devote himself to the study of poetry, and he discovered the even and flat meter. Just like the current rhyme, poetry can be separated from music and become a separate individual. Through the pronunciation of the words themselves, poetry can also be recited separately, forming a kind of law of its own.
After that, the Tang Dynasty's poetry culture flourished completely, and the emergence of even and flat metrical patterns made poetry popular. Poetry was no longer something played by the upper class, and ordinary people could easily enter the threshold of poetry, and poets all over the world sprang up like mushrooms after rain. It is also a large number of poets who have the appearance of poets and saints. Without this large base as a foreshadowing, there would be no peak of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as the law of the natural development of poetry. At this time, the accumulation in front of it made the outbreak of poetry in the Tang Dynasty.
Times and social factors
Style reversal
Palace-style poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, although very exquisite in writing and luxurious to read, are very empty and have no substantive connotation. Coupled with the war in the late Northern and Southern Dynasties, the whole society was decadent, and those literary and artistic works were not only used for enjoyment, but also to express complaints to those decadent young people.
In the early days of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, everything was in ruins. In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Ziang's four outstanding intellectuals began to pour out, and literature was a hundred schools of thought contending. It was these people who dragged poetry back from the hedonistic and decadent schools and gave it new connotations. Natalie Tong recited everything in the world, recited national politics, and recited high spirits. Tang's positive attitude has also inspired every poet, and every poet has made efforts to bring Tang poetry to prosperity.
Enlightened Politics
The politics of the Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly prosperous and open, and the establishment of the imperial examination system made it possible for the disciples from all over the world to become officials in the DPRK. It is through this system that many people began to change their hopeless ideas about reading, and more and more people embarked on the road of reading, which also laid the foundation for the prosperity of Tang poetry and made civilization begin to progress. Especially in the period of Wu Zetian, in order to abolish the old ministers before and cultivate their own power, the imperial examination system was greatly reformed and became a paradise for scholars all over the world. With the support of the government, they freely wrote and expressed their thoughts, which made Tang poetry reach its peak.
In addition, it is precisely because of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty that those literati can pursue literature at will. Do you think that if it is a poor or war-torn dynasty, those poets have a problem with their survival, so how can they have extra thoughts to write poems?
Miscellaneous thoughts
Not to mention this, because of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the opening of the economic system, the cultures of various countries gathered in the Tang Dynasty, and the politics were enlightened, the court was confident, the people were cheerful, and the cultural collisions in various regions made the poems of the Tang Dynasty show various charms.