论萧颖士、李华的诗序

On the Poetic Preface of Xiao Yingshi and Li Hua

萧颖士与李华齐名,他们力追古道,变革文体,是盛唐向中唐过渡的重要文人,也是诗序变革的关键性人物。萧颖士诗序多表现盛世景象,歌咏盛世情怀,与他没有充分体味时世苦难有关;李华是古文家,有复古文化观念,其诗序描写形象生动,朴实无华,流畅自然,情感深厚,有些诗与序相互映照、互相补充,达到水乳交融的境界。

Xiao Yingshi is as famous as Li Hua.They strived to pursue ancient style but also transformed the poetic style.They are important literati in the transition from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the Middle Tang Dynasty,and also the key figures in the transformation of poetic preface.Due to his lack of full understanding of the suffering world,Xiao Yingshi’s prefaces show and think highly of then prosperous world.While Li Hua is an ancient culture advocate whose poetic descriptions are vivid,unpretentious,smooth,natural and affective,with his poems and preface complementing each other harmoniously.