Contemporary poetry is the golden age in the history of China's poetry and the peak of the development of China's ancient poetry. Outstanding poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Shi Gui Lihe and many other schools of poetry, such as pastoral poetry, frontier poetry and Han Meng poetry, have emerged.
First of all, in terms of quantity, the number of poets and works greatly exceeds that of the previous generation. According to the statistics of scholars in recent years, * * * has collected 2 125 works and more than 48,900 poems. Among them, there are 249 people who have saved more than one volume of poems, and some poets who have saved less than one volume but achieved high results, so there should be more than 300 truly influential poets in the Tang Dynasty.
In terms of quality, the breadth of poetry themes, profound thoughts, superb skills and diverse styles and schools are incomparable in any period in the past. The genre of Tang poetry is also rich and colorful. Five-character poems, seven-character poems, five-character quatrains, seven-character quatrains, five-character poems, seven-character poems, singing and new Yuefu are all very popular.
Poetry is not only the patent of nobles and literati in the Tang Dynasty, but also the common custom that ordinary people love poetry. Poems of different social classes, such as monks, nuns, Taoists, maids and geisha, are all included in the whole Tang poetry. Under the main tone of the strong tone in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poems are rich and varied, showing all aspects of the heyday of feudal society and brimming with self-confident and enterprising social features.
2. Prose innovation
Because? Liu Han's ancient prose movement? The victory broke the pattern of parallel prose dominating the whole country and created new essays such as biographies, fables, travel notes and miscellaneous notes. "All Tang Wen" * * includes prose works of writers in Tang and Five Dynasties 18488. Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan were members of the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, and they were also leaders of the ancient prose movement. Their profound skill, unique artistic style and concise language have conquered generations of readers, and there are also some outstanding prose masters around them. How much do you speak about these ancient articles? Gas? Heavy? Potential? With an extremely distinctive artistic personality, on the basis of innovation, prose creation is introduced into the development path of miscellaneous literature, and ancient prose is promoted to the aesthetic position.
3. Short classical Chinese novels? Tang legend? And the emergence of other styles.
This is a scholar? Becoming a novel in the new period marks the maturity of China's ancient short stories in classical Chinese, which is of milestone significance in the history of China's novel development. Especially during the period from Tang Daizong to Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the famous works were spectacular, and the legends of the Tang Dynasty reached unprecedented prosperity. The reasons are: firstly, the natural development of the legendary style in Tang Dynasty; Secondly, the mutual promotion of various styles under the background of economic prosperity; Third, it is related to the cultural fashion of the society at that time. Chen's Away from the Soul, Xu Yaozuo's Biography of Liu Family, Chen Hong's Song of Eternal Sorrow, Bai Xingjian's Biography of Li Wa and Yuan Zhen's Biography of Yingying all developed from a rough outline narrative to a story with complete structure. The plot develops from straightforward narration to tortuous and vivid narration; Language has developed from primitive simplicity to literary grace, which is fascinating; The content has also developed from simply describing strange things to reflecting social reality. In addition to the legends of the Tang Dynasty, there are new styles such as proverbs, variations and songs. The appearance of these new styles has enhanced the expressive force of literature, reflected the broader social life and various forms of human life, and provided good materials for the creation of later generations.
4. Calligraphy works are enduring.
There are many calligraphy works in the Tang Dynasty, and many famous artists come forth in large numbers, surpassing other dynasties, which shows the self-confidence and high spirits of the calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty under the background of social stability, economic prosperity and cultural openness. Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang made the highest achievements in calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty.
In the middle of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty changed his admiration for running script in the period of Emperor Taizong, and paid more attention to the grandeur of official script. For a while, other calligraphy styles also responded in time, and the realm was wide open, showing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the history of calligraphy. He, Zhang Xu, Huai Su's cursive script, Wang Yang wantonly, tense. Li, a famous seal script writer, is not only an uncle of Li Bai, but also an excellent seal script writer.
Cao Sheng? Zhang Xu, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, was open-minded and free-spirited. Zhang Xu's cursive script is quite famous, unrestrained and free-spirited, chic and elegant, which is different from the recognized calligraphy norms of the two kings in the calligraphy circle and injects new oxygen into the calligraphy circle. At present, we can see Zhang Xu's calligraphy works, such as Qian Zi Wen, Four Ancient Poems and Abdominal Pain Sticker.