This paper argues for the very foundation of Chinese poetry, that is, nature itself. To this end, I have chosen three well-known poets, Wang Wei （706-761） in Tang Dynasty （618-907）, Su Shi （1037-1101） and Zhou D...This paper argues for the very foundation of Chinese poetry, that is, nature itself. To this end, I have chosen three well-known poets, Wang Wei （706-761） in Tang Dynasty （618-907）, Su Shi （1037-1101） and Zhou Dunyi （1017-1073） in Northern Song Dynasty （960-1127）. All three poets were also high ranking governmental officials. They were leaders of high personal integrity.展开更多
CHAO Chong zhi,a poet in the Northern Song period,advocated the vigorous style of Tang poetry and injected vigor and vitality into Song poetry with bravery and chivalry embodied in his poems.His poems,steeped in roman...CHAO Chong zhi,a poet in the Northern Song period,advocated the vigorous style of Tang poetry and injected vigor and vitality into Song poetry with bravery and chivalry embodied in his poems.His poems,steeped in romanticism,are characterized by great aspirations,imposing grandeur,bold imagination and ornate language.In describing scenery and objects,he was good at true to life depiction as well as depiction based on imagination.By learning from writers before his day from different angles,he was skillful at writing 5 character and 7 characer poems in the forms of both pre Tang poetry and modern style poetry.Lü Ben zhong holds that the poet“has carried forward DU Fu’s style”,which is quite true with regard to his 5 character poems of eight lines.CHAO Chongfzhi could be regarded as an outstanding poet with distinctive artistic personality in the late Northern Song Dynasty.展开更多
文摘This paper argues for the very foundation of Chinese poetry, that is, nature itself. To this end, I have chosen three well-known poets, Wang Wei （706-761） in Tang Dynasty （618-907）, Su Shi （1037-1101） and Zhou Dunyi （1017-1073） in Northern Song Dynasty （960-1127）. All three poets were also high ranking governmental officials. They were leaders of high personal integrity.
文摘CHAO Chong zhi,a poet in the Northern Song period,advocated the vigorous style of Tang poetry and injected vigor and vitality into Song poetry with bravery and chivalry embodied in his poems.His poems,steeped in romanticism,are characterized by great aspirations,imposing grandeur,bold imagination and ornate language.In describing scenery and objects,he was good at true to life depiction as well as depiction based on imagination.By learning from writers before his day from different angles,he was skillful at writing 5 character and 7 characer poems in the forms of both pre Tang poetry and modern style poetry.Lü Ben zhong holds that the poet“has carried forward DU Fu’s style”,which is quite true with regard to his 5 character poems of eight lines.CHAO Chongfzhi could be regarded as an outstanding poet with distinctive artistic personality in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
