The four great poets of Zhongxing refer to the four great poets of China in the early Southern Song Dynasty, namely, You Mao, Yang Wanli, Fan Chengda and Lu You, also known as the four great poets of Southern Song Dynasty. They can get rid of the prison of Jiangxi poetry school and write works with their own characteristics in thought and art, which has great influence and represents the second most prosperous period of poetry in Song Dynasty.
You Mao was born in a scholarly family and could write poetry at the age of five. He was famous for his words when he was 15 years old. He was also a minister and a famous bibliophile in the Southern Song Dynasty. You Mao collected a large number of books and compiled the earliest edition catalogue in China. His poetry style is simple, natural, smooth and fresh.
Yang Wanli was an outstanding poet and minister in the Southern Song Dynasty. He usually likes to learn from teachers everywhere, and is deeply influenced by many teachers, and strongly advocates the patriotic spirit of resisting gold. He is a major figure.
Fan Chengda was a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He inherited the realistic spirit of the new Yuefu movement advocated by Bai Juyi and others, and his style was simple and natural, fresh and charming. His poems are diverse in style. Some of them reflect the painful life of the people in the north, expose the cruelty of feudal exploitation and have a high degree of patriotic feelings. Some poems also describe farmers' lives and local customs.
Lu You was a writer, historian and famous patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. In poetic style, he learned the characteristics of Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi. Lu You is eager to liberate the Central Plains. Among them, the famous sentence "Sleeping in the middle of the night listening to the wind and rain, the characteristics of study of dreams Li Bai of Tiema Glacier, is imaginative and romantic.