Who is the poet that Li Bai most admires and admires? It is estimated that this problem is difficult to guess. Li Bai once mentioned a poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period in 12 poems, and the "poetry immortal" greatly appreciated him, and he was the Southern Qi poet Xie Shuo. History refers to Xie Shuo as "Xiao Xie" because he belonged to the same sect as the previous poet Xie Lingyun, who was known as "Da Xie". Xie Shuo had a great influence on Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei, and his new style poems had a certain influence on the formation of Tang Dynasty rhythmic poems and absolute sentences. Today, we will enjoy Xie Shuo's ten poems, especially landscape poems, which are very distinctive and fascinating to read.
From the perspective of birth, Xie Shuo was born in the famous Xie family, his life was stable, his early career was smooth, and his mentality was extremely relaxed. However, in the early days, his career was far away from the political center, so he also lived away from strife, spending a long time in the Chujun shogunate, during which his poetry was mainly based on chants and Lefu poems, which can be regarded as emerging in the literary world. Later, due to the infighting in the Xiao family, his career began to fluctuate. Due to Xiao Luan's suspicious nature, Xie Shuo was sent out of Xuancheng and left Kyoto, and his heart was mixed.
The reason for the worry is that he has no political ambitions, but he is suspected and tragically released. The joy is that the beautiful landscape of Xuancheng has soothed Xie Shuo's soul, and in more than a year here, he has created a large number of landscape poems, which is the peak of his creative life. However, Xie Shuo still did not escape political strife, because Xiao Yaoguang wanted to depose the successor Marquis of Dongxiao and stand on his own, Xie Shuo was grateful to his old lord in his heart, and was tragically imprisoned for various crimes and died unjustly in prison. His life at just 35 years old came to an abrupt end, and he should have created higher achievements in the literary world, but his helplessness eventually became a regret.
Born in the "era of self-consciousness" of the classical culture of the mainland, Xie Shuo's personality and emotions are truly reflected in the poems. There are 16 extant poems by Xie Shuo, including objects seen in daily life, plants, birds, etc., which are strongly transformed into life. Although the poems are slightly small, from the text, we can glimpse the poet's delicate mind and keen observation, outlining a vivid "sketch". Of course, chants should be based on emotions, and Xie Shuo is no exception. The poetry of the chanting utensils, composed of things and people, reflects the frustrated emotions of the complaining woman. The poetry of the yong plant opens up a rich and resolute realm, and the frustrated emotions of the talents are pinned on.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xie Shuo's Lefu poems were extremely representative, especially in the Qi Liang period, the creation of Lefu poems produced the "Assignment Method", and Xie Shuo was a practitioner of this creative form. In terms of content, closely following the theme, new things and new ideas, aesthetics are not limited to the old tones and old words, all adopt the form of five words, in addition to the praise of the ruling class, but also express their own emotions. Yongqing, emotional fusion; Yongshi, point to the end; Yongwu, perceptive, can reflect Xie Shuo's innovative spirit. Overall, Xie Shuo's Lefu poems are lofty, majestic, magnificent, and very representative of the times.
Landscape poetry is the most accomplished by Xie Shuo, who is also one of the most famous landscape poets in mainland history, and more than half of the existing landscape poetry accounts for more than half of the total. His landscape poems can show the natural scenery to the extreme, highlight the awareness of time and space in creation, and use words to highlight the changes of landscapes in the four seasons. In addition, Xie Shuo is good at describing the characteristics of landscapes at specific times, especially at dusk, creating a quiet and low atmosphere. Spatial consciousness is another major feature of Xie Shuo's landscape poetry, using words to make the landscape far and near self-satisfied, the sense of layering is clear, and the landscape is more flexible.
In landscape poetry, Xie Shuo can allude to the scene, the scene is born together, and after tasting it, people feel very deeply. Due to the encounters on his career, Xie Shuo has left his hometown twice, although he is extremely reluctant, but also helpless, so in a foreign country, Xie Shuo always misses his hometown, so in his landscape poems, he can feel his longing for his hometown, and at the same time reveal a faint sadness. Also because of the ups and downs of life, the frustration on the road and the sense of freedom between the mountains and rivers, in sharp contrast, in the poem he deliberately escapes the career, strongly reflecting the intention of seclusion.
Xie Shuo is also a poet who attaches great importance to emotion, and this emotion is fully reflected in some of his landscape poems. He drank and sang harmony with his friends, traveled in the mountains, bid farewell to friends, missed them from afar, and recorded the love between him and his friends under the thick ink. In short, Xie Shuo's landscape poems have simple words describing the beauty of landscapes, and there are also poems that use landscapes to send affection, and he is based on mainland poetry with landscape poetry, so it is no wonder that Li Bai worships him.
Today, we will come together to appreciate the ten poems of Xie Shuo, a famous artist who cherished kindness and was good at writing landscape poetry during the difficult period, experienced the beauty of words, deeply understood the poet's love, and believed that you would gain something.