First, the background of pastoral poetry
Pastoral poetry is a genre of China literature, which originated in ancient Greece and later spread to other parts of Europe. In China, the main development period of landscape pastoral poetry is the Tang and Song Dynasties. As an outstanding representative in the history of ancient China literature, Tao Yuanming is one of the important representatives of landscape pastoral poetry.
Second, the characteristics of Tao Yuanming's poetry
1. Return to nature
Tao Yuanming's poems take nature as the theme, promote the pastoral beauty of mountains and rivers, vividly describe the mulberry trees in the mountains, clear springs near the water, grass gardens, cool breeze and drizzle, and show a return to nature, unpretentious attitude and emotional tendency.
2. Advocating truth
Most of Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems focus on describing the truth and simplicity of life, advocating a simple and natural way of life, showing the author's disgust and disappointment with society and politics, as well as his yearning for pastoral life.
3. Sincere feelings
Tao Yuanming's poems are sincere in emotion, which shows the author's beautiful feelings and open mind. While describing the pastoral scenery, it also conveys the author's self-expression and reflection on the true meaning of human nature, so that readers can deeply appreciate the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature while feeling the beauty of nature.
Third, the significance of Tao Yuanming's poetry
Tao Yuanming's poems mainly reflect people's yearning for rural life and pure feelings from ancient times to the present, and show the cultural characteristics and historical background of the Chinese nation.
His works profoundly reflected the social malpractice and people's heavy mood at that time, which not only had realistic critical significance, but also promoted the beauty of landscape and countryside, and had a far-reaching impact on later literary and artistic creation.
Tao Yuanming was a great thinker in the Middle Ages. His literary thought is an important part of the literary thought in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. His understanding of truth not only pays attention to the truth of history and life, but also pays attention to the truth of thoughts, feelings and ambitions, which is a perfect artistic truth.
At the same time, his understanding of nature also shows the uniqueness of his literary thought. He doesn't talk about enlightenment, he doesn't carve things, he pays attention to the free expression of emotions and the naturalness of poetry, which is a very high realm.
However, both advocating artistic truth and advocating literary essence are for the free expression of life. This is the soul of Tao Yuanming's literary thought.