"Rain Ji" by Feng Ban
Feng Ban (1602～1671) was a poet of the Qing Dynasty. The word is Dingyuan, and the late name is dull and the old man sings. A native of Changshu, Jiangsu. In the late Ming Dynasty, Zhusheng was as famous as his brother Feng Shu when he was young, and they were known as "Haiyu Erfeng". Entered the official position in the late Qing Dynasty.
Feng Ban is a disciple of Qian Qianyi and is known as one of the descendants of the "Yushan School of Poetry". On poetry, he opposed the "wonderful enlightenment" theory in Yan Yu's "Canglang Poetry Talk" of the Song Dynasty, thinking that "it is specious and false, and it is the most confusing to people" ("Yan's Correction of Fallacies"). He advocated "poetry based on Taoism and temperament", but in the end it came down to gentleness and honesty. He also advocated being good at studying the ancients, "Those who are not good at studying the ancients do not focus on the beauty of the ancients, but look for the tone and style of the ancients. If they are similar but not similar, it is unknown. If they are similar one or two, it is like a puppet." Dogs have image ears" ("Preface to the Collection of Ma Xiaoshan Stopping Clouds"). He advocated "hidden and beautiful words", "hidden words are those that are expressed outside the image, and the words are exhausted but the meaning is not complete; showy words are those that are forced out of the chapter and have vivid images" ("Buyin Miscellaneous Records"). His ideas on poetry had a great influence on Zhao Zhixin, who opposed the theory of Shen Yun. Feng Ban wrote poems in the late Tang Dynasty, especially in Li Shangyin, striving to refine the beauty. Some of his poems are about sadness and confusion, and have a certain depth of content, such as "Miscellaneous Poems": "Reciting your mourning book, chanting your poems about millet and leaving, and thinking about things for a long time, who should know if he is a hundred years old". "Reflections on the Abandonment of the Garden by an Old Friend at the Qi Gate of the County after the War": "The birds and crows cried and the swallows did not return, and the Quchi was destroyed and turned into ashes after it was leveled. ... There is no limit to hatred when the Mancao River is flooded, and there is more sorrow for the green maple and Song Jade." Another example is " Chapters such as "Under the Tomb of Uncle Gui" and "Jiangnan Song" all express the thoughts of the motherland.