Tieya is the name of Yang Weizhen, a poet in Yuan Dynasty.
He believes that poetry is the expression of personal feelings, advocates the individualization of artistic creation, tries to break the poetic style of lacking vitality and similar shape in the mid-Yuan Dynasty, and pursues the transcendence of artistic conception, thus creating a unique "iron cliff style" in the poetry circle of the Yuan Dynasty. Yang Weizhen's Gu Yue Fu best embodies the characteristics of "Iron Cliff".
Most of these poems are works of reminiscing about the past and praising history, which combine the strengths of Yuefu, Li Bai, Du Fu and Li He in Han and Wei Dynasties. And broke through the sweet and smooth boundary of poetry in the mid-Yuan Dynasty with magnificent fantasy, giving people a feeling of rock-breaking.
In poetry, Yang Weizhen advocated writing personal temperament, opposed the simulated disadvantages of living in the prosperous atmosphere of Tang Dynasty since the early Song Dynasty, and pursued transcendental artistic conception and images. His ancient Yuefu has many innovative themes, renovating stories or describing the world, loving ancient rhymes and magnificent poetic style. His representative works include Poor Women's Ballad, Song of City Gate, Hongmenhui, Five Lakes Tour and so on. These poems are rooted in