At the turn of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, the most outstanding poets were none other than Chen youyi. Although he was not a native of Jiangxi, he was one of the representatives of the Jiangxi poetry school, and promoted the development of the Jiangxi poetry school in poetry creation and poetry theory. He is known as "Shi Jun", and the poetry creation honors Du Fu and Wang Wei, and there are similarities with Du Fu and Wang Wei in terms of sentence style, topic selection, style, and spirit of the poems. Today, we will enjoy Chen Youyi's ten poems together and experience the profound connotation and artistic conception behind the poems.
Because he was in the stage of the change of times, when the Jin people invaded the south, the country was destroyed, and Chen Youyi was forced to go south, so his poems were representatives of the Nandu poets, and in terms of poetic connotation and poets' inner feelings, they were extremely relevant to the predecessor Du Fu, so Chen Youyi was the poet who followed Du Fu the most prominently and the most quintessential.
What cannot be ignored is that Chen Youyi's poetry and Wang Wei's poetry are also similar. First of all, they were both versatile literati, both of whom had experienced war and were quite similar. Moreover, both of them revered the Buddhist family and were quite accomplished. Finally, their ideological character is also very representative, reflecting the character of the literati. Therefore, in terms of poetry creation, there is a close connection between Painting into Poetry, Paying Attention to Spirit, Diluting Form, Zen Into Poetry, Strong Philosophical Reason, Light and Natural Poetry, etc., and Wang Wei.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Youyi is the representative of the Jiangxi poetry school, and the Jiangxi poetry school takes the life of the book as the main theme of creation. But Chen Youyi's poetry made a great breakthrough for the Jiangxi poetry school, and he broadened his horizons, leaving the life of the study and turning to the broader "nature". Therefore, Chen Youyi's favorite poems are his description of natural landscapes, the poems flow naturally, fresh and intimate, and they place their own lives and encounters in the scenery, so that the poems are full of deeper meaning.
He is a poet of Nandu and had to leave the comfortable life of a bookstore, and it is precisely because of Nandu that he opened his eyes. During the journey, he felt the breath of nature, experienced the beauty of the scenery, leisurely walked in the tired journey, and enjoyed the endless fun that nature brought him. In addition, Nandu made Chen Youyi closer to life, and the creative inspiration came from life, so he broadened the poetic style and theme of the Jiangxi poetry school, and made immortal contributions to the mainland poetry circle.
In addition, Chen Youyi's poems also broke through the inherent pattern of the Jiangxi poetry school. His poems are approachable, well connected, and not conformist in terms of words and rules. In addition, Chen Youyi is good at using white painting techniques to describe the natural environment in a quiet and elegant way, and the reader will not have traces of the poet's painstaking management after tasting, which is very different from other poets of the Jiangxi Poetry School. Similarly, Chen Youyi's poetic connotations also transcended the usual path of the Jiangxi poetry school and had a great influence on the creation of Yang Wanli in later generations.
According to records, Chen youyi has written hundreds of poems throughout his life. When Fang Dang was a teenager, as a scholar who read poetry and books and had ideals and pursuits, he also had the idea of making a name for himself as soon as possible. But he was indeed born in the wrong era, although he worked hard to succeed in entering the army, he witnessed the dark situation of collusion between friends and parties, internal and external troubles, and the idea of returning to the mountains and forests and pursuing physical and mental freedom appeared in his heart. And because Chen Youyi was deeply impressed by Buddhist thought, Guitian's intention became more and more obvious, which was clearly reflected in his poems.
The Jin people went south, Chen Youyi personally experienced the pain of war, witnessed the hardships of the people's livelihood during the journey, and wrote a large number of poems with reality in mind. On the one hand, Chen Youyi used poetry to inspire soldiers to bravely kill the enemy and serve the country. On the other hand, it is precisely because of the chaotic world that his idea of retreat is more intense and urgent.
Chen Youyi was born in a special period, and his poetry has special characteristics and is a microcosm of the times. His landscape poems are the most distinctive, and they are also the most concerned. Today, we will enjoy Chen Youyi's ten poems together, and experience the deep meaning and philosophy behind the words, especially the poems of the scene writing, which are worth savoring.