Jian'an style refers to the handsome and vigorous style of poetry by the Cao family and his son, the Seven Sons of Jian'an and others during the Han and Wei dynasties.
The literary giants of the late Han Dynasty and the Jian'an period were the "Three Caos" (Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi) and the "Seven Sons" (Kong Rong, Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Qian, Ruan Yu, Ying Jun, Liu Zhen) Inheriting the realistic tradition of Han Yuefu folk songs, it generally adopts the five-character form and is famous for its strong character and generous and sad masculinity. It has formed a unique style of "Jian'an character" in the history of literature and has been respected as a model by future generations. Both the "Cao father and son" and the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" have lived in Heluo for a long time. This refreshing and vigorous style is closely related to Heluo culture.
The term "character character" was first widely used in character reviews in the Wei, Jin, and Southern Dynasties, and was later cited in calligraphy and painting theory and literary criticism. As for literary criticism, Liu Xie's "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons: The Bone of Style" of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the most penetrating: "To describe one's emotions in a moodless manner must begin with the wind; to meditate on words must not precede the bones. Therefore, one's words should be treated with the bones, just like the body. The tree skeleton; the emotion contains the wind, just like the shape contains the spirit. If the words are straight, the bones of the text will be formed; if the spirit is refreshing, the style of writing will be born. "It means that the straight words combined with the spirit of the spirit will form a style. A "character" with strong vigor and artistic appeal. Wind refers to the vitality and inner appeal of the article, while bone refers to the expressive power of the article.
Zuo Si Fengli: This is Zhong Rong's evaluation of Zuo Si's poetry in "Shipin". Zuo Si's poems, especially his representative work "Ode to History", express his dissatisfaction and emotion about reality through chanting history. The sentiment is high-pitched, the writing is vigorous and the momentum is high. It is the inheritance and development of Jian'an style. This spirit of his poetry creation , which is what later generations called "Zuo Sifeng Power".