"Expressing ambition by poetry" is the earliest proposition of China ancients to explore the essence of poetry. Liu, a member of the Six Dynasties, said: "The source of teaching ancient poetry is not before the aspirant." This proposition runs through China's poetic history of nearly 3,000 years, so Zhu Ziqing said it was the "pioneering program" of China's poetics.
"Poetry expresses ambition" first came from "Yao Dian of Shangshu", which said: "Poetry expresses ambition, songs always say, voices always follow, and law is harmonious." The proposition of "expressing ambition with poetry" reflects the application of poetry in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is a theoretical summary of the functions of poetry by the Warring States, and reveals the essence of poetry. Poetry expresses ambition, that is, poetry expresses poet's ambition, which is the content of poetry. The mission of poetry is to express ambition, and the function of poetry is to express ambition. Therefore, poetry is based on "ambition". Without ambition, there would be no poetry. The core of "poetry expressing ambition" is "ambition"
As a hug, "ambition" is connected with the "ambition" of "poetry expressing ambition" in this sense. "ambition" mainly refers to people's aspirations, ambitions, thoughts, feelings and so on. This kind of "ambition" includes morality, political affairs, governing the body and the country, etc., which has great social significance and is related to the rise and fall of society, the prosperity of the country, the quality of fashion and so on. The earliest proposition of China ancients about the essence of poetry also grasped the most fundamental thing of poetry, that is, the essence of poetry lies in people's hearts, and poetry is the expression and externalization of people's hearts.
Poetry expresses ambition.