Among the star-studded Poets of the Tang Dynasty, he can only be regarded as a "second-rate" poet, but at the end of the Tang Dynasty, he can be said to lead the poetry world, and he is the poet Zheng Gu. He is especially good at writing Jing Yongwu poems, which can be described as "all scenery is love language", and uses many natural scenes as a carrier of emotional sustenance. Because he is in a chaotic world, the poems reflect the words of danger, the thought of poverty, the sigh of old sickness, etc., and he likes to be with monks, and the Zen aesthetics are revealed in the poems. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of the late Tang Dynasty poet Zheng Gu, experience the beauty and profound connotation behind the words, and believe that you will like it.
Zheng Gu people called Zheng Partridge, he was born in Yichun City, Jiangxi, it is said that in his hometown, people highly respect him, the following will tell a few stories about Zheng Gu. It is said that Zheng Gu, Han Yu, Li Deyu and six other Tang people were called "Yuan Zhou Liu" by his hometown of Yuan Zhou. The Song dynasty ancestor Wuxue once built a "Hanwen Ancestral Hall" and painted zheng gu's elephant on the east wall for posterity to admire. Moreover, in ancient times, there was once a street in Yichun City called "Partridge Road" to commemorate Zheng Gu. In Yuanshan Park, there is a pavilion called "Partridge Pavilion", and the name comes from Zhenggu.
From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Fifth Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, Zheng Gu's poetry had a deep influence, and he was called the "giant" of the late Tang Dynasty poetry. He experienced the Tang Dynasty, a period when the Tang Empire was about to collapse, and under the chaos of the world, the literati were full of sorrow and mist, and they were dissatisfied and tearless in their poems. He uses scenery as a metaphor for his bumpy experience, reflecting the instability of the political situation, the country is in turmoil, and all kinds of signs reflect the gray style. The style and tone of his poetry were of course related to the external factors of the political arena at that time, and also had a great internal relationship with his experience.
It is said that Zheng Gu was able to write poetry at the age of 7, and embarking on a career path became his goal in life, so he worked hard and strived to eventually enter the world. Although the cold window is hard to read, but the family is pure, there is no foreign aid, so that his career is bumpy. After successfully entering the army, Zheng Gu, who was just and upright, could not bear the shortcomings in the official field, and his heart was extremely painful, there was no official resentment, and the internal contradictions of being an official made his heart full of boredom and emptiness. In addition, in the turbulent environment, the living environment is extremely difficult, and under the blessing of various circumstances, his gray poetic style has been created.
Zheng Gu writes that nature is really beautiful, and the nature he writes about is not pure nature, but the deeper level is the nature of philosophy, the nature of the soul. In order to vent his anger and settle his sad mentality, Zheng Gu turned his eyes to harmonious nature and sought the vitality of nature. Under the beauty of seeing the natural beauty, Zheng Gu threw off his sorrows, and under the fragrance of birds and flowers, he pinned it on the poem, conveying the spirit vividly and charmingly. This is the poet's yearning for a pastoral and secluded life, and it is also a medium for dispelling sorrow, getting life and liberation from the heart. Zheng Gu's kind of poetry, Qingwan understands, the realm is indifferent, the rhyme is long, the language is elegant, although it lacks backbone, it can reflect the poet's artistic pursuit and value, which is worth savoring.
It is worth mentioning that Zheng Gu lived in an active and prosperous stage of Zen Buddhism, so he was also deeply affected, in addition, he greatly admired liang candles, Fang Gan and other hermits, he admired their purity and knowledge, appreciated their secluded life, in the case of unsatisfactory career, Zen thought is Zheng Gu's bitterness, anxiety "tranquilizer", but also to get rid of the troubles of the world, resist the threat of the environment, let the soul soar, so that the heart to achieve balance. To this end, in the later poems of Zheng Gu, he deliberately pursues a leisurely life, pursues spiritual freedom, and reaches an otherworldly realm, reflecting a strong Zen meaning and Zen connotation. Moreover, Zheng Gu's poems deliberately show his affinity and tendency to practice Zen, and also show his perception of Zen aesthetics, he tells the world to pay attention to inner pursuits, not to stick to external forms, and to let the heart achieve complete freedom.
Overall, the early Zheng Gu was deeply influenced by Confucianism, which created its tension and anxiety, and Zen Buddhism was the best way to liberate himself, which was a way for the scholar-doctor class to see the future in the late Tang Dynasty and choose Zen meditation to "escape" from the actual situation. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of zheng gu, a famous poet of the late Tang Dynasty, and experience the beauty of his nature, as well as the strong Zen thought and aesthetics.