A brief analysis of Tao Yuanming’s poetic style
Tao Yuanming was influenced by the thoughts and customs of the times and had a nature-loving side in his early years. Therefore, after his political ideals were shattered, he chose to stay clean and keep his ambitions. , living on the pastoral road. After Tao Yuanming returned to seclusion, he personally participated in labor, had wider contact with the lower class people, and at the same time became more passionate about nature. On this basis, he wrote a large number of poems praising the pastoral scenery and praising the simple working life in the countryside. Because he was the founder of pastoral poetry, later generations called him a "pastoral poet".
The most prominent feature of Tao Yuanming's poems is the unity of plain nature and profound mellowness. His pastoral poems write about plain pastoral scenery and daily rural life, reflecting the peaceful mood and taste after retreating into seclusion. In terms of expression methods, these poems mostly use line drawing techniques, and the language is simple and natural, rarely gorgeous, but this does not mean that it is dull and tasteless. The plain description of the pastoral poem contains Tao Yuanming's love for life and nature, showing his beautiful personality and lofty ideals. At the same time, Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems are also full of artistic conception. Most of the selected scenery have distinctive characteristics and are full of the poet's emotions, reflecting the poet's personality.
Tao Shi is also good at integrating profound philosophy into the images of poetry, making ordinary materials show extraordinary artistic conception. The artistic conception formed by the blending of emotion, scenery and reason is very harmonious and often fascinating. . These artistic features are prominently displayed in the five representative works "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields". The language in the poem is simple and natural, and the expression is implicit and euphemistic. It is called "the pearl of Tao poetry".
Although Tao Yuanming lived in the countryside, he still did not forget reality, nor was he depressed or decadent. This unremitting spirit of persistence in his pursuit was reflected in his poetry creation, which formed another style of Tao's poetry: bold and open-minded His "King Kong Angry Eye Style", such as "Ode to Jing Ke" and other poems, have an impassioned, tragic and majestic style.