Characteristics of Tang poetry

Poetry in the early Tang Dynasty is the preparatory stage for the prosperity of poetry in the Tang Dynasty, showing the characteristics of transition and innovation. Poetry in this period is still in the afterglow of Sui Chen period, and the rulers in the early Tang Dynasty adopted a more tolerant attitude towards literature and art. The poems of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong and the literati around him are gorgeous and soft.

The representative figures of court literati in the early Tang Dynasty were Yu Shinan in the reign of Emperor Taizong, Shangguan Yi, Wuhou and Du in the reign of Emperor Taizong, and Song and Shen Quanqi in the reign of Emperor Zhongzong. Most of their creations are the content of singing praises and feasting in the palace.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty was the golden age of the Tang Dynasty, and the poetry in this period was extremely prosperous. From Kaiyuan of Xuanzong to Tianbao, poetry flourished in an all-round way, and a large number of famous artists appeared. Their works are exquisite and beautiful, vigorous and fresh, and their rhythm is fantastic and harmonious, showing the common artistic characteristics of the times. Frontier poems and pastoral poems occupy a large proportion in the poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Poetry in the late Tang Dynasty went into decline. The first 30 years of the late Tang Dynasty is the early stage of the late Tang Dynasty. During this period, the Tang Dynasty declined further, and the poetic world had lost its grandeur in the middle of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The main poets are Li Shangyin and Du Mu. These two people are called "Little Du Li".

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The last fifty years of the late Tang Dynasty were the late Tang Dynasty. It was a period of complete collapse of the Tang Dynasty. During this period, there were no great poets who could occupy a first-class position in the history of Tang poetry. Most of the poets imitated their predecessors and made no great breakthrough in art.

Wei Zhuang was an important poet in this period. He is the fourth generation grandson of Wei and the fifth generation Huajian poet. The style of Wei Zhuang's poems is beautiful and vivid, and he is good at vividly expressing people's happy life and parting feelings by line drawing. His long narrative poem Fu Qin Yin is the longest narrative poem in the Tang Dynasty.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Tang poetry