Introduction to Wang Wei’s works

Landscape and Pastoral Poetry

Most of Wang Wei's poems are about landscape and pastoral poetry. While describing the natural beauty, they also reveal the leisurely and leisurely taste of leisurely life. . Wang Wei's landscape poems often use the form of five rhymes and five uniques. They are short in length, exquisite in language, and have relatively soothing syllables. They are especially suitable for expressing quiet landscapes and the poet's peaceful mood. Wang Wei became increasingly depressed after middle age and sought sustenance in Buddhism and mountains and rivers. He claimed that "once he realizes silence, he will have more leisure in this life" ("The Busan Monk"). This mood is fully reflected in his poetry creation. In the past, many people praised Wang Wei's poems, not only because of their high artistic skills, but also because they were attracted by the leisurely mood and negative thoughts reflected in them. In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Yinglin said that Wang Wei's five masterpieces "have entered Zen Buddhism", and also said that the two poems "Niaosong Stream" and "Xinyiwu", "I have forgotten my life experience after reading it, and all my thoughts are silent" (Shisou), which is a clear proof. . The Story of Snow Scene was written by Wang Wei. Wang Wei's works on other themes, such as farewells and journeys, often contain beautiful lines about scenery, such as "The trees in the distance lead travelers, and the solitary city is illuminated by the sun" ("Send off to Qi, don't let it slip back"). "Hometown"), "A night of rain in the mountains revealed hundreds of springs under the trees" ("Farewell to Zizhou Li Shijun"), "The rivers and lakes are white at sunset, and the sky and earth are green when the tide comes" ("Farewell to Xingguizhou"), "The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river falls "Japanese yen" ("The Envoy to the Fortress") and so on are all famous sentences that have been passed down forever.

Frontier Fortress Military Poems

"March to the Army", "Longxi Journey", "Yan Branch", "Watching Hunting", "Envoy to the Fortress" with the theme of military and frontier fortress life ", "Out of the Fortress", etc., are all magnificent and flying works. "Longtou Yin" and "Old General's Journey" express the sorrow of generals who have not been rewarded for their merits, reflecting one aspect of the internal contradictions of the feudal ruling class. "Watching the Hunt" vividly describes the scene during hunting. In "Song of Yimen" Wang Wei sings about the chivalrous spirit of historical figures. The four poems of "Youth's Journey" express the hero's bravery and boldness, with vivid images and smooth writing. These works are generally believed to be Wang Wei's early works. There are also some poems, such as "Ode to the Four Sages of Ji Shang" and "Fable", "Ode to Unexpected Encounters" and "Ode to Lady Zhao Playing the Harp" written when he was demoted to Jeju, five of the six "Occasional Works" written in the later period. Expressing indignation at the unreasonable phenomenon of talented people being unlucky reflects some of the dark sides of feudal politics in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods. "A Daughter's Journey to Luoyang", "Ode to Xi Shi", and "Zhuli Pavilion" use bixing techniques to express the emotion arising from the injustice between the high and the low and the satire of the powerful. There are also works such as "Mrs. Xi" and "Ban Jieyu" that describe women's pain. They are deeply sad and have certain social significance. Some lyrical poems are written as gifts to relatives and friends and describe daily life, such as "Farewell", "Farewell to each other in the mountains", "Farewell to Li's Supplements at Lingaotai", "Farewell to the Second Envoy of the Yuan Dynasty in Anxi", "Farewell to Shen Zifu's Jiangdong", "September 9th" "Reminiscent of Shandong Brothers", "Lovesickness", "Miscellaneous Poems", "You Came from Hometown", etc. have been recited by people for thousands of years; "Send Yuan Er Envoy to Anxi", "Lovesickness", etc. were immediately broadcast as music at that time and were widely known. Sing. These small poems are all five-character or seven-character quatrains, with sincere feelings, clear and natural language, no need for decoration, and a simple and profound beauty. They can be compared with the quatrains of Li Bai and Wang Changling, and represent the highest achievement of quatrains in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.