In the mid-Qing Dynasty, many famous poets emerged in the poetry circle, among which Yuan Mei was the most successful and influential poet. In addition, there were Shen Deqian, a poet with "mode theory", and Weng Fanggang, a poet with "texture theory".
Yuan Mei's poems advocate the theory of "nature and spirit", in which "nature" means temperament and emotion, and "spirit" means spiritual thinking and interest. His more than 4, ancient and modern poems have tried to embody the aesthetic pursuit of his theory of soul.
Yuan Mei advocates that poetry should have true temperament, personality and poetic talent. Temperament is the root of poetry, and there is no poetry outside temperament; Temperament should show the poet's unique personality, and poetry can't be without me; Poets must be talented. "Poets have no talent, they can't serve classics and transport their souls."
Yuan Mei has created many poems with real, moving, interesting, fresh and lively spirit, which is not only a new school of poetry at that time, but also has an impact on the new changes of modern poetry. His travel poems are truthful, natural, fresh and smart. In addition, he also has a large number of poems.
Shen Deqian, who flaunts "mode theory" on poetry. The so-called "ge" refers to the conformity of the poetic system; The so-called "tune" refers to the tone and rhythm of poetry.
Shen Deqian's "Theory of Modality" worships Tang poetry and pays attention to the system style, which determines that he respects the magnificent realm in his poetic style. He was very dissatisfied with Qingyuan's diluted poetic style advocated by the "verve theory", but highly praised Du Fu's "great talent and strong spirit".
Shen Deqian believes that the attitude towards poetry should be "gentle and sincere" and "complaining without anger"; In the method of writing poetry, we must pay attention to comparison, "implication" and not "revealing".
Weng Fanggang, who talks about the "theory of texture" of the poet, is a patriarch of Song poetry, and emphasizes that writing poetry focuses on reading, learning and methods. Weng Fanggang's "theory of texture" has certain significance to correct the emptiness of "theory of verve" and the empty set of "theory of mode", but he overemphasizes the role of knowledge in creation and ignores the writer's talent and real life, which also makes his poetic theory have no great achievements.