What is the reason for the prosperity of poetry in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the heyday of China's poetry and literature. The literary forms at that time were mostly five-character or seven-character poems. At that time, the country was in turmoil, but it did not affect the cultural creation of literati. For example, Tao Yuanming started his own pastoral school, and of course there are a number of poets such as Cao Zhi, Yu Xin and Ruan Ji. These outstanding poets decorated the literary history of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties very brightly, and those literary works were also very wonderful and classic.

1. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Yuanming's poems were the most successful. Tao Yuanming was an influential pastoral poet in Jin and Song Dynasties. He didn't like his official career all his life, but only loved to live in seclusion in the countryside and live a leisurely life. His poems are full of vitality and will make people read smoothly. At that time, no one had created misty poetry. Compared with misty poetry, the closest and most typical one was pastoral poetry, that is, the poetry created by Tao Yuanming. His poems, such as Returning to the Countryside, have a strong guiding force for the creation of Li Bai and Du Fu in later generations, so more than 100 poems by Tao Yuanming in the Jin and Song Dynasties are very representative works. Tao Yuanming was also regarded as a master of pastoral poetry by poets at that time.

Second, Tao Yuanming didn't like to go with the flow, and finally had to retire to the countryside. Tao Yuanming used to make a living as a county commandant in a small county, but his superiors knew that Tao Yuanming had become a county commandant and deliberately embarrassed him, asking him to visit the yamen and humiliate him. Tao Yuanming couldn't stand it. He even said that he wouldn't bend over for a bucket of rice. Since then, Tao Yuanming has completely lost confidence in his career, and officials protect each other.

Perhaps it was the political chaos in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, so many literati had to express their inner resentment and injustice through writing. Therefore, in that period, a group of poets and poets appeared, who created many well-known classic poems with pen and ink and wisdom, and also created the most prosperous era of poetry and lyrics in China history.