Is Zhang's "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" really "an isolated piece overwhelming the whole Tang Dynasty"?

Moonlit Night on the Spring River is a poem by Zhang, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. Wang Zhi commented on this: "The solitary article is absolutely unique, but it is for everyone." Formally, A Moonlit Night on a Spring River changed the five-character short style of Yuefu poetry and created a precedent of seven-character Long song. The old palace poems are flowery and full of fat, while "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" is beautiful and natural, and its artistic conception is ethereal. Throughout, poetry and philosophy merged into one, changing the gaudy atmosphere of palace poetry in the Six Dynasties. There are thirty-six sentences in the whole poem, each sentence is a group of four, and the rhyme changes, starting with the rhyme and ending with the rhyme. Where is the rhyme, the mood is ups and downs, and the waves are beginning to rise.

This is not only a tribute to the beauty of natural scenery. It is also the answer for the ancients to explore and think about the eternal problems of the universe. Buddhism prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, and Zen thought had great permeability to the formation of China literati's overall concept of life and way of thinking, which gave birth to their unique aesthetics. Under such a cultural background, Moonlit Night on a Spring River has also formed the aesthetic characteristics of ethereal, ethereal and natural harmony. Poetry depicts a quiet and wonderful moonlight scene on the riverside for us, bringing readers into a quiet atmosphere. Think silently, feel the beauty of nature and experience the smart beauty of the river rippling with the waves. By describing the clarity and clarity of the moonlit night, the poet initiated philosophical thinking about the bright moon in the sky.

The eternal mountains and the boundless romantic moon have brought these poets the philosophy of youth, the encouragement and joy of sadness and depression. In the contrast between the change of the world and the eternal nature, the poet suddenly realized that life is finite and eternal. Then think about how to transcend the opposition between finite and infinite, so as to grasp the eternal moment of the beauty of time. This poem is like a painting, a three-dimensional painting is slowly unfolding in front of people. From the universe to the sea, and then to the people by the river, it extends layer by layer. There are also questions about time, eternity and insignificance, which have gone far beyond the whole era. Its feelings are neither bold nor lingering. But with the whole time and space as the background, it brings infinite reverie and lasting aftertaste.

Wen Yiduo said in The Redemption of Palace Poetry: "That is a more unique cosmic consciousness! Deeper, wider and quieter realm! In the face of magical eternity, the author has only consternation, no longing and no sadness. There are mysterious and cordial conversations here, such as an interview with a dream, and some are strong universal consciousness, pure love sublimated from universal consciousness and sympathy radiated by love. This is the poem in the poem, the peak on the peak. "