How to understand the differences of Wang Meng's poetry writing styles?

Both Wang Wei and Meng Haoran are representative writers of pastoral poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and they enjoyed a high reputation and great influence in the poetry circle at that time. Cui Xingzong called Wang Wei a "contemporary poet" and Wang Shiyuan said that Meng Haoran's five-character poems were "all beautiful in the world". However, due to the different living environment and temperament, there are also differences in poetry writing and artistic style.

First of all, Wang Wei's pastoral poems are ethereal and quiet, and the poems are quiet and beautiful, while Meng Haoran's pastoral poems are closer to his own life, and the words "Yu" and "I" often appear in the poems. This is mainly because Wang Wei, who is greatly influenced by Zen thought, is used to taking quiet nature as the object of observation, entering the artistic conception of seeking images and caring for people in the environment, producing the feeling that everything is integrated, integrating the beauty of nature with the beauty of artistic conception, entering the selfless realm of the unity of man and me, and showing the emptiness and silence of the poet's mood. Meng Haoran's poems are not as otherworldly as Wang Wei's and closer to life. The scenery in poems is often a part of their own living environment, with the characteristics of improvisation and real carving, strong subjective consciousness and ubiquitous "I", which is quite different from Wang Wei's selfless realm of "the unity of things and me"

Secondly, Meng Haoran's description of scenery is impromptu, and his poetic language is natural and pure, which seems to be more simple than Wang Wei's poems and closer to the realm of Tao Yuanming's extravagant poems. Most of Wang Wei's poems have the Ming Xiu poetic scene of "painting in poetry and poetry in painting". He is good at capturing the light and color of natural things in the dynamic, showing extremely rich colors and layering, and creating a pure and beautiful poetic scene like a mirror. However, when Meng Haoran integrated the scenery into poetry, he often integrated casual scenery with faint feelings, leaving no trace of description, thus forming the characteristics of natural dilution and mellow poetry.

Thirdly, Wang Wei's folk songs are good at expressing the quiet beauty of empty mountains, while Meng Haoran's boat poems show the indifferent and pure beauty of mountains and rivers, with clear language and clear poetry. Wang Wei's Autumn Night in a Mountain and Meng Haoran's Sleeping at Jiande reflect their differences.