Metaphysics occupied a dominant position in the society during the Six Dynasties, and the aesthetic taste of literature was inevitably influenced by metaphysics. During this period, metaphysical poetry became an important form for people to talk about metaphysics. Metaphysical poetry attaches importance to reason and interest. Metaphysical scholars, through this literary form of poetry, are fascinated by wonderful Tao and connect heart with nature, forming a literary style with the same purpose as talking about metaphysics. Metaphysical poetry, as a poetic expression of metaphysics, is naturally more in line with the aesthetic taste at that time than other styles. For example, the last words in Xie Lingyun's poem were called "Little Tail", which was criticized by later critics, but people at that time liked Hyunri very much. He came from these words after learning about the mountains and rivers. Tao Yuanming's poems are full of emotion, scenery, events and reason, and find the meaning of life and poetic characteristics in daily life. Although it is more ingenious than the expression of metaphysical poetry, it is not understandable by the metaphysical thinking mode of contemporary people. Moreover, his plain and natural poetic style did not conform to the unconventional aesthetic taste at that time.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the national strength was at its peak and cultural exchanges with foreign countries were frequent. This social atmosphere also influenced the creation of literati. Frontier poems describing the magnificent mountains and rivers and frontier scenery of the motherland and fresh and free and easy pastoral landscape poems emerge one after another.
In fact, on the whole, the literati in the Six Dynasties were relatively unsuccessful, so there was a kind of melancholy in landscape poems that was difficult to resolve. On the other hand, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, due to the influence of social atmosphere, one's mind was broadened, which made pastoral poetry more fresh and lively, and landscapes were used to write landscapes instead of worries. . .