You can reflect. Song poetry is the inheritance and development of the critical art of Tang poetry. The art of evaluation was initiated by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Song Dynasty poets with high cultural and artistic accomplishment made use of the progress and expansion of poetry functions to make it develop. There are three specific manifestations: First, the richness of the works. This kind of works covers almost all famous writers. Second, the description is more vivid. In Su Shi's novel Fourteen Horses in Han Gan, "Two strokes and eight hooves, two horses with necks and temples. After a horse took the lead in lifting it twice, a horse avoided screaming for a long time. " The six horses written in the first four poems are lifelike on paper, and the description of fourteen horses in the whole poem reflects the meticulous description. In Huang Tingjian's "Five Pictures of the Founder's Painting", "Hui Chong's misty rain returned to the wild goose, sitting in my Xiaoxiang Dongting, wanting to call the boat home, so the old man said it was Danqing". This is the description of misty rain returned to the wild goose painted by Hui Chong monks who are good at poetry and painting, which makes people feel like a magic mirror and presents vivid freehand brushwork. Third, the artistic taste is high. In Du Fu's Introduction to Dan Qing and Bai Juyi's Pipa Travel, the characteristics of Tang people's themes are reflected. However, the Song people changed the characteristics of the Tang people, and linked and communicated some works with various arts, such as Su Shi's "Two Broken Branches Painted by Wang Yan Ling Shu": "Fine bamboo is like a secluded person, quiet flowers are like virgins, and the branches are low and the birds shake. Double feathers will rise and many leaves will guide. Poor flower-picking bee, send two wisps of clear honey. If people are rich and clever, spring scenery is beautiful. I know you can write poetry, and I'm asking for a punch line. " As well as his own "teaching platform" and "giving advice", all show the Song people's exploration and interpretation of the essential law of art.
It is not difficult to see from the above contents of Song poetry that its main feature is rational poetry which focuses on discussion. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, from "Seeing the Son at Night" to "Mei" by Ouyang Xiu to evaluate friends' poetic style, to "After the Cliff Monument" by Huang Tingjian, from "Gan Xing" to "Shu Tan" by Lu You to describe the illness, from Mei's "Farewell to Wang Zhi Piling" to Liu Kezhuang's "Farewell" Song people always seem to express their political views, implied intentions or political opinions through poems. They probably realized that poetry is to express their views on social politics, to conduct theoretical discussions and to reflect their own thoughts and opinions. Of course, it is better to say it directly.