The overall achievement of Song poetry is not as good as that of Tang poetry, but it has its own characteristics. In contrast, Tang poetry is mainly emotional, cheerful and healthy, and wins with the environment; Song poetry is based on reason, profound and tortuous, and wins with meaning. Su Shi is a writer with the most comprehensive literary and artistic achievements in the Song Dynasty. His poems are lyrical and free, which develops the tendency of argumentative and prosaic culture in Song Dynasty.
After the Ming Dynasty, the "first seven scholars" led by Li Mengyang and He Jingming and the "last seven scholars" led by Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen successively launched the retro movement, arguing that "literature must be in the Qin and Han Dynasties and poetry must flourish in the Tang Dynasty", but they blindly respected the ancients and blindly imitated them, which was criticized by people of insight.
After the mid-Qing Dynasty, the wind of textual research was very strong, which influenced the poetry circle and appeared the style of being far away from reality, attaching importance to form and taking learning as poetry. Only Zheng Xie's works that reflect people's feelings, Yuan Mei's works that express temperament directly and Huang Jingren's works that express her mind alone are more distinctive.
During the reign of Daoguang Xianfeng, internal and external troubles became increasingly serious. Gong Zizhen used poetry as a weapon to expose social darkness and express his ambition to serve the country. He became the first great poet in the history of modern poetry and won the reputation of "first-class in 300 years".
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Poetry is the oldest and most literary style, which comes from ancient labor songs (later developed into folk songs) and sacrificial eulogy. Poetry used to be a general term for poetry and songs, and poetry combined with music and dance was called poetry.
China's poems have a long history and rich heritage, such as The Book of Songs, Songs of the South, Han Yuefu and the works of countless poets. European poetry originated from Homer and Sappho in ancient Greece, Virgil and Horace in ancient Rome.
Poetry is the lyrics. In actual performances, it is always sung with music and dance. Later, poetry, song, music and dance developed independently and became independent adults. Distinguish songs from poems by entering music or not. Music is a song, but poetry is not.
Poetry is a kind of language art, which is differentiated from songs, and songs are a kind of music literature with a long history. The Book of Songs is sung with music. Technically, it is a song. Because of this, The Book of Songs is regarded by scholars as a symbol of the maturity of China's music literature.
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