Meng Haoran (689 ~ 740), whose real name is Haoran, was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei), a famous pastoral poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was known as "Meng Xiangyang" in the world. Because he has never been an official, he is also known as "Buyi Meng Haoran".
Meng Haoran's poems are mainly characterized by seclusion, leisure, wandering and worrying, and his poetic style is light and natural, and he is good at five-character ancient poems. Most of his works depict natural scenery and beautiful poems, but they often reveal personal loneliness. Such as "Sleeping in Jiande" and "Xiao Chun", describe natural scenery with fresh language, and express lonely feelings and yearning for a leisurely life.
Meng Haoran, also known as "Wang Meng" with Wang Wei among poets in the Tang Dynasty, is famous for being good at writing five-character poems. Most of his poems are pastoral, with simple and natural language, distant and fresh artistic conception and similar style to Wang Wei. His poems are bold and unconstrained, and he has contacts with Wang Changling, Wang Zhihuan, Li Bai and others.
Generally speaking, Meng Haoran is one of the famous poets in Tang Dynasty, and his poems are famous for their fresh, natural and indifferent style.
Meng Haoran's poems;
Meng Haoran was one of the famous pastoral poets in Tang Dynasty. His poetry works include: Spring Dawn, Crossing the Old Village, Sleeping in Jiande, Letter from Dongting Lake to Premier Zhang, etc.
Among them, "Xiao Chun" is a poem describing the scenery in spring morning. It describes the scenery such as spring sleep, bird singing, night rain and falling flowers in fresh and natural language, and expresses the author's love and cherish for the beautiful scenery in spring. Passing through the Old Village is a poem describing the author's visit to a friend's house. By describing the beauty of natural scenery and humanistic feelings, the author expresses his yearning for rural life and cherishes friendship.
Sleeping at night in Jiande is a poem describing the night scene by the river. It expresses the author's lonely and wandering feelings by describing moonlight, rivers and passenger ships. "Dongting Lake to Premier Zhang" is a poem describing the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake. Through the description of lakes, mountains, autumn colors and clouds and dreams, the author expresses his praise for nature and his desire for friendship.
Generally speaking, Meng Haoran's poetry works are famous for their fresh and natural style, indifferent and lofty, depicting the beauty of natural scenery and humanistic feelings, and expressing the author's yearning for rural life and cherishing friendship.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Meng Haoran