In mainland Guangxi, Guilin to be precise, two famous poets emerged, of which the late Tang Dynasty poet Cao Yi can be called a generation of masters. He is the pioneer of poetry in Guangxi, and the content of his poems is a mirror of the late Tang Dynasty society, with distinct characteristics of the times. Cao Yi represents the group of cold poets, and he observes the poor life of the people with a keen perspective, forming a simple and cold poetic style, which still has a certain status in guangxi and even in the poetry circle of the late Tang Dynasty. However, it was less studied by later generations, which was extremely incompatible with its position in the literary circles at that time. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of the late Tang Dynasty Guangxi poet Cao Ye and experience the sense of the times behind the text.
According to records, Cao Yi participated in ten scientific expeditions to successfully enter the army, because of the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty, he chose to resign and return to his hometown in Guilin. Ten years of wandering life of scientific expeditions, Cao Yi wrote a large number of poems about scientific expeditions, and according to statistics, one-third of the works are about scientific expeditions. Judging from the progress bar of time, it is possible to spy the change in Cao Ye's psychological state of participating in the scientific expedition. In ten years and nine failures, repeated failures have made him discouraged, and his heart is bitter and full of doubts, and he is attached to poetry, which reflects his hardships in seeking to enter the world. In the process of chasing the country to serve the country, he is very eager to be recommended, and reflects the poet's ideal of joining the army and the determination to win the list in the poem. In addition, he wandered in Chang'an for ten years, and it was inevitable that he would miss his hometown, so some of his poems would highlight a strong sense of homesickness.
During the scientific expedition, although Cao Ye's emotions appeared negative, on the whole, his heart was still peaceful and optimistic, because he had experienced so many failures and had already looked at life. Therefore, Cao Ye's poems about the scientific expedition are emotionally different from the poems of other poets, because what he embodies in the later stages is more motivation, is to fight against fate, and maintain an optimistic attitude to face the failure of the scientific expedition. After successfully landing, Cao Ye finally raised his eyebrows and breathed out, and he was going to show his grand ambitions and realize his lofty ambitions. During the excitement period, he will use poetry to tell the hardships of his scientific expedition, and the successful entry makes him excited, which is overflowing in the poem. However, after the excitement, he went deep into the official eunuch, he saw the narrowness and darkness of the late Tang Dynasty, saw his own slim life path, lamented the bad luck and fate, missed the landscape and relatives of his hometown, and the thought of retreat surrounded his heart.
Moreover, after ten years of scientific expedition experience, under such a tragic fate, Cao Yi used his own experience to write poems to comfort those who participated in the scientific expedition linked to their lives. He encouraged them and hoped that they would not be discouraged, an optimism that was not found in the scientific poems of other poets of the same era. Cao Yi's epic poem is a mirror of the history of the late Tang Dynasty, and his epic poem embodies the thick plot of "History of Qin", focusing on the people and events of the Qin Dynasty, facing the corrupt atmosphere of the current Examination of the Li Tang Dynasty, the difficult status quo of the entry of literati into the army, the fierceness of the party struggle in the imperial court, the fact that the Li Tang Dynasty fell, etc., can't help but lament that state affairs are hopeless, the poet's ambition is not rewarded and the future is uncertain. Therefore, Cao Ye's epic poem has a historical background of the gray and dark era, and the color is mainly sad.
It is worth mentioning that Cao Ye has more than ten poems on the theme of marriage and love, and the poems of this kind of theme do not specifically refer to the vision of yearning for love, but more are to excavate women's delicate inner activities of marriage and love and speculate on women's feelings about the self-perception of marriage and love. In the marriage poems, Cao Yi denounces the behavior of seeing different thoughts, satirizing the husband who has not returned home for many years, the text is solemn and serious, some are playful and witty, showing a wife's complex heart of loving and hating her husband, and Cao Yi strongly advocates equality between men and women in the poems, this progressive idea is worth affirming in the feudal dynasty, or it is extremely advanced. It can be said that Cao Yi is not only a poet, but also a sociologist, he can understand the family problems in society, he uses poetry to reflect problems, expound views, poetry literature value is super high.
Satirical poetry is the most common in the period when the Li Tang Dynasty was about to be wooden, in the low fortunes of the country, the people's morale was low, the chaos of the court, the people's suffering, etc., many problems made the poet unable to escape, so the poet used the exclusive "weapon" - poetry to express his inner feelings, they pinpointed the shortcomings of the times, satirized the chaos, and so did Cao Ye. Satirical poetry has practical significance, but also can spy the style of the times, Cao Yi is also a poet who dares to be angry and dare to speak, often his satirical poems are straightforward, do not contain insinuations, deep understanding, can appreciate the personality charm of poets, let people give a thumbs up.
Overall, Cao Yi maintained his original intention, and when the near-body poetry was popular, he insisted on the creation of ancient poetry, especially the five-word ancient style poetry had the highest achievement, but also because he did not follow the trend of close-body poetry, his poetry was not valued. His poetic language is simple and plain, which is extremely valuable compared with the beautiful and light poems popular in the late Tang Dynasty. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of the late Tang Dynasty poet Cao Ye together, and experience the sense of the times behind the words and the poet's ideological feelings.