Wang Wei is an outstanding poet and painter in the literary history of the Tang Dynasty, and also one of the representatives of the "pastoral school". This school of poetry was gradually formed in the early Tang Dynasty, which showed the fusion of natural scenery and quiet feelings, and embodied the pursuit of simple nature, artistic conception of life and primitive unspeakable realm. This school of poetry is fresh, concise and implicit, and pays attention to expressing the poet's feelings with artistic conception. Wang Wei's poems represent the highest level of this poetic style and are highly praised by later poets.
The characteristics of Wang Wei's poems are simplicity and naturalness, the pursuit of artistic life and the pursuit of primitive and unspeakable realm. He uses images and lyricism to express his thoughts and feelings. Wang Wei's poetic language is fresh and refined, and he is especially good at arousing readers' senses through natural scenery. Wang Wei's poems often describe natural scenery and people, such as landscapes, idylls, quiet green shade, bell and drum towers and so on. It embodies the integration of natural beauty and humanistic spirit.
His poems often reveal the feelings of tranquility, leisure, indifference and seclusion, reflecting the poet's direct feelings about nature and life and his indifference and aversion to secular life. Wang Wei's poems are known as "landscape in poetry, poetic sentiment in painting", and poetry and painting promote each other and complement each other. His paintings also take birds and beasts, flowers and trees, landscapes as the main themes, and the colors are elegant and simple, which enriches the imagery and artistic conception of poetry.
What is the pastoral school;
The school of pastoral poetry is a school of poetry in China from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty. It takes the creative talent of landscape pastoral poetry as the theme, expresses the beauty of nature and human feelings, and reflects the cultural atmosphere of the society at that time and the poet's understanding and thinking about social reality from the poet's sentiment, aesthetics and philosophy of life.
The main characteristics of pastoral school are: firstly, it highlights the beauty of nature and the charm of scenery, and shows the poet's understanding and reverence for natural life and the mysteries of the universe. Secondly, pay attention to people's emotion and life, express people's emotion and ideal pursuit, and describe people's life and social reality. Finally, the aesthetic concept is emphasized, and the understanding of beauty and nature is not only aesthetic but also cognitive. These characteristics have shaped the unique style and artistic charm of the pastoral poetry school.