Portrait of Xie Lingyun
Xie Lingyun is a famous poet in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and a descendant of Xie Xuan, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty poet. When he was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he inherited the title of Patriarch. Later, he held many important positions. After Liu Songjin, Xie Lingyun also suffered. First his title was cut, and then he was killed by Song Wendi at that time. He is only 49 years old. Although Xie Lingyun died early, his style of being indifferent to fame and wealth and indulging in mountains and rivers still had a great influence on later generations.
Xie Lingyun was born noble. He was a famous aristocratic family at that time. He grew up in a Taoist temple in Qiantang when he was young. It is estimated that this also had a certain impact on Xie Lingyun's later calm mentality. He read widely in his early years and was able to write poems in his early years. At the age of eighteen, he attacked the palace. At the age of twenty, he officially became an official and held many official positions. However, Xie Lingyun's mind is not in the official position. In order to facilitate sightseeing, he also specially designed a detachable clogs, which can remove the front teeth when going up the mountain and the back teeth when going down the mountain, making it convenient to go up and down the mountain.
Later, Emperor Song Wudi replaced the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie Lingyun was even less interested in power. The court urged him to be an official several times before he was willing to go. However, after taking office, he still didn't get into the business, thinking about traveling all day. If that's the case, maybe it's ok, but when the court wanted to arrest him, he dared to resist arrest, and even later plotted to let people save themselves in exile, so Song Wendi couldn't bear it anymore and killed him.
Characteristics of Xie Lingyun's Landscape Poems
As we all know. Xie Lingyun is an important poet in the history of China. Before him, landscape appeared as an ornament of poetry, and he was the first person to create on a large scale with landscape as the theme. He used exquisite and delicate words to integrate the beauty of nature into his poems, which is an important pioneer of China's landscape poems. Here is a brief analysis of the characteristics of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems.
The scenery of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems
First of all, the Wei and Jin Dynasties were the times when metaphysics flourished, and the creation of landscape poems was also carried out in the way of metaphysics. Landscape is a prop used by poets to appreciate the interest of metaphysics, and Xie Lingyun himself has good attainments in the field of Buddhism in Laozi and Zhuangzi, so the word Buddhism and Taoism often appears in his poems. Therefore, it can be said that Xie Lingyun's landscape poems did not jump out of the shackles of the times in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and were still deeply branded with metaphysics. But it is worthy of recognition that there are few abrupt metaphysical words in his landscape poems. Basically, Hyunri is well integrated with the scenery, so it is not vague at all.
From the artistic features, Xie Lingyun is beautiful, and the simple scene presents a beautiful artistic conception through his description. Some of these artistic conceptions are exquisite and refined, some are profound and beautiful, and so on, which makes readers immersive. Later generations often mentioned when praising his landscape poems: "If clear water produces hibiscus, it is naturally lovely." It can be seen that the most important artistic feature of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems is fresh and natural, without flowery words and artificial sentences. After careful tasting, they appear more pure and natural.
Looking at many of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems, although due to the limitations of the times at that time, some of them may appear to be neglected in tailoring and inadequate in preparation, paying too much attention to the blending of Hyunri, and some of them are obscure, but their flaws are not concealed. Many of Xie Lingyun's landscape poems still occupy a place in the history of China's poetry with their beautiful and refined style.
Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun
Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun were both outstanding poets in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and they also yearned for a life of seclusion and freedom. Although the poetic achievements of Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun are comparable, the themes and styles of their poems are still different. Tao Yuanming is the founder of landscape pastoral poetry, and Xie Lingyun is the founder of landscape poetry.
Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun
Tao Yuanming is good at writing poems describing rural life. Tao Yuanming's poems come from his leisure life and describe everything a farmer has experienced in his leisure life. After Tao Yuanming retired to the countryside, he got up early every day and worked hard to cultivate his own acres of fertile land. In my spare time, I have three cups and two lamps, enjoying the chrysanthemum sea in the afterglow of the sunset, and my life is very comfortable. Xie Lingyun is good at writing landscape poems. Xie Lingyun loves natural scenery and often travels around and appreciates the beauty of mountains and rivers, so Xie Lingyun's poems all describe the lakes and mountains he saw during his travels.
The style of Tao Yuanming's poems is simple, straightforward and simple, and the poems described are close to life; The language describing poetry is simple and the feelings are natural and cordial. Tao Yuanming's poems can give people a leisurely and ordinary feeling, and make you infatuated with its ordinary but extraordinary fun. The style of Xie Lingyun's poems is fresh, bright and delicate, and the language describing landscapes is gorgeous and atmospheric. Reading Xie Lingyun's poems is like bringing people into one beautiful scene after another, which is shocking and unforgettable.
Although the poems of Tao Yuanming and Xie Lingyun have different themes and styles, they all describe their own feelings and feelings and express their true feelings and life experiences in their poems.