What are the five schools of poetry in the early Ming Dynasty?

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were five schools of poetry according to the geographical division: Volume I of the Poem Sequel written by Amin poet Hu Yinglin said: "In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wu sent a visit to Gao, sent a visit to Liu Bowen, sent a visit to Lingnan, and You Jiang sent a visit to Gao Zi, a talented man with five talents, and an outstanding ancestor Xiong Yi, which was the first of its kind in the contemporary era." He means that, regardless of Yang Weizhen's several schools, there are five major schools of poetry in the early Ming Dynasty, among which Wu Poetry School is mostly influenced by Suzhou Gao Qi, Min Poetry School is mostly influenced by Fuqing, Lingnan Poetry School is mostly influenced by Sun Xu of Nanhai, Jiangyou Poetry School is mostly influenced by Taihe, and Yue Poetry School is mostly influenced by Qingtian Liuji. Of course, Hu Yinglin is divided into early Ming poetry schools by region. Whether this division is appropriate or not can be discussed separately, but he objectively saw the situation of poetry above the fifth district in the early Ming Dynasty and its influential figures, which still deserves our attention.

Wu poetry school: Wuzhong literati pursue a self-adaptive and self-entertaining lifestyle because they are less influenced by reception studies, and their works show a distinct personality of quick self-sufficiency;

Liu Ji is not only a founding hero in the early Ming Dynasty, but also a famous poet and writer with outstanding achievements. In Ming Dynasty, Hu Yinglin believed that there were five schools of poetry in the early Ming Dynasty, and praised Liu Ji as the representative poet of "Yue Poetry School" in the early Ming Dynasty. Yue Poetry School, located in the hometown of Neo-Confucianism in eastern Zhejiang, advocates that politics should be discussed by poetry, and its works have a strong feeling of helping the world. After the establishment of Zhu Ming regime, faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, literary inquisition and courtiers' struggle, Yue Poetry School gradually moved away from politics, and poetry turned to lament aging and the passage of time.

The leader of Min Poetry School is Lin Hong of Fuqing. Their origins are all in Fuzhou, and their poetics are guided by Min Yan in Song Dynasty. Their creative practice is guided by Zhang Yining, Lan Ren, Lan Zhi and Lin Bu, aiming at imitating the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Their simultaneous appearance marked the end of Fujian poetry style in Yuan Dynasty and opened a new atmosphere of Fujian poetry school in Ming Dynasty.

As an influential force, Lingnan Poetry School and Lingnan Poets Group have risen in the poetry circle, and the poetry creation in this area has become increasingly prosperous, which is manifested in the large number of poets involved in the creation and the huge number of works, and almost every important period has its recognized leading figures. Lingnan poets have always been "legalizing the Tang Dynasty" and "bold in poetic style", and their works have distinct local colors and generally consistent aesthetic purport.

Jiangyou Poetry School, represented by Liu Song (a native of Taihe, Jiangxi Province), flaunts Tang Yin, but actually has the deepest influence on him, such as Yu Ji, Fan and Jie Si. Later, Taige style was a direct product of Jiangxi School. According to the Summary of Sikuquanshu, Liu Song "was enlightened by the voice of purity and grace, and later Yang Shiqi and others were the heirs, which became a broad-minded body." As the founder of TAG style, Yang Shiqi was a cabinet minister in the Four Dynasties and a prime minister during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Jiangxi's simple and natural poetic style is suitable for works that praise saints and peace. Therefore, Qian said, "The study of Jiangxi has fallen from the middle to the east and is moving towards the cabinet. It is too humble and slow to live in the world.