People often comment on Wang Wei's poems with "paintings in poems", which really summarizes the artistic characteristics of Wang Wei's poems. There are many pastoral poems written by Wang Wei, and most of them have the characteristics of this combination of poetry and painting. The so-called "painting in poetry" refers to a high degree of visualization, that is, using language to describe a seemingly tangible picture of life.
Brief introduction of Wang Wei:
Wang Wei was born in the royal family of Hedong, and was a scholar in the ninth year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (72 1). Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the remonstrance, and made our time in Hexi. During the Tianbao period, he worshipped the official department as a doctor and a servant. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, he was forced to accept a fake post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was accused of granting Prince Zhongyun. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, known as "Wang Youcheng".
Wang Wei is proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting and music. His poems are famous for Kaiyuan and Tianbao, especially for five words, and he is also called "Wang Meng" with Meng Haoran. Because of his devotion to Buddhism, he was called "Shi Fo".
Calligraphy and painting are particularly wonderful, and later generations promoted it to the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. He is the author of Wang Youcheng Collection and The Secret of Painting, with about 400 poems. Su Shi commented on the Northern Song Dynasty cloud: "There are pictures in poetry, which are fascinating; Look at the picture, there are poems in the picture. "