He was originally a Song Dynasty Hongru, stationed with his father in Yanshan Province, because the Song army was defeated by the Jin Dynasty, the soldiers were defeated and captured, he entered the Jin Dynasty as an official, he was the famous poet Cai Songnian of the Jin Dynasty. In the literary circles of the Jin Dynasty, Cai Songnian was a famous artist in the literary circles, who transferred the literary style of the Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, promoted the integration of literature, and made indispensable contributions to the development of Jin Dynasty literature. Cai Songnian's poems are particularly famous, on a par with Wu Ji, and his son Cai Jue is also a world-famous literati, really a tiger father without a dog. Today, we will enjoy The Ten Poems of Cai Songnian together and feel the style of jin dynasty poetry.
Cai Songnian was born into a family of scholars in the era of dynastic change, and due to the background of the era, surrender to the Jin Dynasty was an irreparable situation. In order to win over the Song Dynasty immigrants, the rulers of the Jin Dynasty were extremely kind to the remnants of the Song Dynasty, and for this reason, Cai Songnian entered the Jin Dynasty court and was prosperous throughout his life. However, as a remnant of the Song Dynasty, he had a national consciousness lurking in his heart, and he was also a person who knew the grace of the Jin Dynasty in his later years, and the grace of repaying the encounter surrounded him at the same time. Therefore, in Cai Songnian's poems, national consciousness and the complex thoughts and emotions of repaying gratitude are intertwined, and the poet cannot extricate himself from the heart.
Although he was born in the Song Dynasty, why is Cai Songnian defined as a poet of the Jin Dynasty? This is mainly because of his upbringing. During the Song Dynasty, he mainly studied to accumulate knowledge, and worked as a secretarial petty official under his father for many years, which was not valued by the Song Dynasty. The Battle of Song and Jin broke his regular life, and the loss of Yanshan, where he was stationed with his father, became a turning point in his fate. In the first few years of the Jin Dynasty, Cai Songnian harbored a reclusive thought, because his heart was toward the Song Dynasty, adhering to his own national concept and yearning for a peaceful life in the countryside. Therefore, in the poems of this period, he embodies that he is concerned about the world, and his body and mind are not easy, indicating his helplessness.
However, the development of things and the poet's thought still took a turn. As readers, becoming an official is of course their ultimate goal. During the Song Dynasty, Cai Songnian was only a minor official, while the Jin Dynasty gave him a high-ranking official, and it is recorded that Cai Songnian's highest official rank in the Jin Dynasty was Right Minister, which is a world of difference compared with the minor officials in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, for the literati with great ambitions, the officials given to him by the Jin Dynasty could not be rejected, and slowly his heart was shaken, and after years of inner struggle, the strong desire for career finally made him swear allegiance to the Jin Dynasty.
Judging from the theme of Cai Songnian's poetry, it is mainly Based on Mu Yin, Singing and Socializing, Detention Travel, and Chanting. Mu Yinshi was written after being captured by the Jin, because of the neglect of the Song Dynasty, the great ambition could not be realized, deep regret for his own encounters, and because of the chaos of the period to seek a way to protect himself, so the heart of retreat is his best choice, but also reflects his envy of the helplessness of the life of retreat. Singing and poetry reflect the character of the poet, Cai Songnian has a bold personality, good at making friends, the poem depicts a deep courtyard, surrounded by mountains and rivers, people are harmonious, drinking and making fun of the peaceful scene, this is his pursuit of life, but also another theme to continue to write the consciousness of retreat.
The poems are also because the homeland no longer exists, the Song and Jin wars, the hometown is a scorched earth, the people do not talk about life, witness too many life and death parting scenes, occasionally express the sigh of worry about the country, and the heart of retreat is overflowing with words. His poems do not reflect too much concern for the suffering of the people, nor do they have the heart to care for the world, but they have a strong personality of attention, the practical significance is not strong, and the artistic value is not high. Yongwu poems are more representative, fresh and natural, euphemistic and unpretentious, giving people a scene of business, compared to Mu Yin, singing and socializing, and traveling poems, Cai Songnian's Yongwu poems are unique and have strong artistic value.
Overall, Cai Songnian's poems are mainly simple and plain, beautiful and bright artistic style, which has a lot to do with the poet's inner show and moral cultivation. Cai Songnian was deeply influenced by the Confucian idea of blandness and neutrality, and because he was originally a Song Dynasty, but had to rely on the Jin Dynasty, this reality prompted him to protect himself wisely, and his thinking was mainly based on retreat, so he had little sense of hostility. However, the simple style makes his poetry easy to understand, there is no trace of whitewashing, and the pursuit of dragonflies and dots can naturally reflect a different artistic style.
Cai Songnian's poetry influenced the Literary Circle of the Jin Dynasty, while he was influenced by Tao Yuanming and Su Shi. He admired Tao Yuanming, because the latter's life was free and leisurely, and he was very similar to Tao Yuanming in terms of inner pursuits. And Tao Yuanming's name also appears in his poems many times, which shows his respect for Tao Yuanming. Su Shi is also Cai Songnian's favorite poet, because they all have a life of ups and downs, and there are certain similarities between encounters and emotions. In addition, the personality charm of Tao and Su is well known, and Cai Songnian has a higher personality pursuit and respects the first two predecessors, so naturally there is no doubt.
In short, Cai Songnian's poems have certain artistic characteristics, play a great influence on the literary circles of the Jin Dynasty, and also play a vital role in the integration of national culture. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of Cai Songnian, the great poet of the Jin Dynasty, and experience the thoughts and feelings of the ancients together.