Gao Qi was a poetic genius, one of the three most important poets of the early Ming Dynasty, and he was jointly known as the "Three Great Poets of the Early Ming Dynasty" together with Liu Ji and Song Lian. In the history of the mainland, Gao Qi was known as "poetic obscenity" and was honored by later generations as the three-hundred-year poetry giant of the Ming Dynasty. His poetic style is ancient, ethereal and majestic, and at the same time shows the personality and personality of the poet, making him stand out with his superb poetry. Today, we will enjoy the ten poems of Gao Qi, one of the most famous poets in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and experience its writing skills and the profound connotation behind the text, I believe you will like it.
According to legend, Gao Qi had an unforgettable ability to read, especially proficient in mainland history, he was fond of poetry, and often exchanged poetry with poets of his contemporaries. According to historical records, Gao Qi was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the world was in chaos, and he was favored by Zhang Shicheng, one of the heroes of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and summoned him as a staff member, when Gao Qi was only 16 years old. However, Gao Qi naturally hated the officialdom, and at the age of 23, he found an excuse to leave and lived a reclusive life. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world and Gao Qi was summoned, but his upright and arrogant personality made him retreat, and he left the government and the opposition and lived a free life of teaching and farming.
Known as "the greatest poet of the Ming Dynasty" by many later generations of famous artists, Gao Qi has written more than 2,000 surviving poems in his short life of 39 years old, which can be described as prolific. He was only an official for three years in his life, he preferred a free life to a confined official life, and in the later stages of his life, although he was far away from the officialdom, he still did not escape the emperor's close attention, and finally Gao Qi was also brutally killed, at the age of 39. Gao Qi pinned all his life's emotions on poetry, he pursued poetry as a sacred cause of his own, and used poetry to reflect his own value and spiritual appeal, and his first masterpiece withstood the test of time and endured for a long time.
In terms of poetry creation concept, Gao Qi has his own ideas. Because he was in a period of dynastic change, the poetic atmosphere at that time was somewhat subservient or flattering, and it was his poetic ideas that freed literature from political appendages and restored the original characteristics of literature. He will be his own perception of life, the feeling of life, etc., in the spirit of poetry to pursue the freedom of the subject, therefore, Gao Qi's poems are more literary, the poems reflect his personal life value and artistic value, at the same time, in the context of the times, his poems and personalities are uniquely charming and sexy.
In terms of poetic style, Gao Qi's poems have shifted from "fresh and subtle" to "expanding and expanding", which of course has a lot to do with the background of the times and the environment in which he lives. He lived in the Wuzhong region, and during the war years, his life was almost unaffected, so in the poems created during the Yuan Dynasty, the water town life in Jiangnan made him feel loved, and the theme and connotation were fresh and bright, with a local atmosphere.
In addition, the Wuzhong area is originally a brilliant spirit, where the cultural background is deep, so its poetry also has an ancient, simple, and bold side, reflecting the diverse cultural characteristics, and generally speaking, it is mainly fresh. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, under the influence of another dynasty, poets had a strong sense of distress, so the poetic style was more diverse, and at this time, Gao Qi, wild and uninhibited, imitated Li Bai and other famous poets of other dynasties, so the poetry of the early Ming Dynasty was mainly based on Tuo Xionghun.
If you carefully taste Gao Qi's poems, it is not difficult to find that the poet's personality is exuded in the poems. He spent his life in the midst of retreating from the hermit, and finally returned to the countryside. He stayed away from the officialdom because he saw the darkness of the officialdom and the sinister path of his career, withdrew to protect himself, and returned to a life of seclusion to allow him to enjoy freedom, and he was able to embody a sense of freedom in his poems. Under the chaotic world, Gao Qi advocated Zhuangzi thought, put aside the interests and stakes in life, discarded distractions, maintained inner peace, emotionally based on freedom, and a casual attitude towards life, so that his mentality and life were "rambling". It is worth mentioning that Gao Qi is sleepy and takes pleasure in sleep, and there are many poems about sleep in his surviving production, which can also fully explain his indisputable attitude towards life.
In Gao Qi's poems, there are too many uses of imagery, coupled with the background of allusions, so that his poetry has a strong expressiveness and appeal. He uses imagery to match personal style, and at the same time expresses his understanding and aesthetic pursuit of society and life through meaningful imagery. In his poems, he does not express his mind directly, but through appropriate imagery to express it, leading the reader to deeply understand his intentions. Of course, the creation of poetry in this way can show that Gao Qi is a super high pursuit of poetry art, and can feel the poet's delicate inner world.
In short, as the most well-known and influential poet in the early Ming Dynasty, Gao Qi's poems have an indelible position, and they have profound meanings, and they benefit greatly after tasting them. Today, we will appreciate Gao Qi's ten poems, experience the profound connotation behind the words and the personality of the poet, I believe you will feel something.