The forms and styles of Tang poetry are colorful and innovative. It not only inherited the tradition of Han and Wei folk songs and Yuefu, but also greatly developed the singing style. It not only inherited the five-character or seven-character ancient poems of the previous generation, but also developed into a long and huge system of narrative romance; It not only expanded the use of five-character and seven-character styles, but also created modern poems with particularly beautiful and neat styles.
Modern poetry was a new style of poetry at that time, and its emergence and maturity was an important event in the history of Tang poetry development. It pushed the artistic features of China's ancient poems with harmonious syllables and refined words to an unprecedented height, and found a typical form for ancient lyric poetry, which has been especially loved by people so far.
However, the metrical poems in modern poetry are easy to be bound because of their strict metrical restrictions, which is a major defect brought by their advantages.
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Tang poetry and Song ci are not only the general names of the two dynasties' poems, but also represent two poetic methods and poems in the history of China's poetry. Their differences are as follows: Tang poems are mainly lyrical, and even if they are reasonable, they are mostly expressed in lyrical ways; Song poetry likes reasoning and advocates discussion. Tang poetry is more implicit; Song poetry is more straightforward and poor in words. Tang poetry pays more attention to the direct description and expression of life feelings; The excellent works of Song poetry also come from life, but they are often grasped rationally before choosing the appropriate form.
Therefore, even if the sentences in Song poetry are vivid and concrete, there is always some undercurrent of logical thinking running through them, unlike the artistic conception in Tang poetry, which is mostly expressed in an intuitive form. In short, Tang poetry always grasps reality with perceptual images, while Song poetry dissects reality with rational thinking. Shishi Tang is rich in flavor, while Song poetry is light in flavor, but it is compensated by meticulous and profound thoughts and refined technical language. Because of this, Song poetry is easier to learn than Tang poetry.
Tang poetry relies on inspiration, while Song poetry relies on talent; Talent can be acquired through hard work, but inspiration cannot be forced. Tang poetry relies on sensibility, while Song poetry relies on rationality. Rationality can be obtained through careful consideration, but sensibility (thinking in images) is more difficult to capture. Moreover, people who study the Song Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty do not exclude Tang poetry, and often peep at the Tang Dynasty from the Song Dynasty, which makes it easier to exert their strength without causing the disadvantages of rough skin and flesh. Therefore, Zong Song's achievements are often greater than Tang Zong's.