Reading Zhong Rong's "Poems" has a feeling

Zhong Rong (468-518 AD) was born in Qiliang during the Southern Dynasty

The whole book of "Poetry" takes the five poets of the past generations as the object of commentary, selects one hundred and twenty-two well-known poets since the Han Dynasty (and there is a "ancient poem" without a name), and divides it into three products according to the level of creation, such as upper, middle and lower, and gives concise and concise comments respectively.

Zhong Rong has these few remarks in the "Preface to Poetry": "The animals of qi, the touching things, so the swaying temperament, the form of the song." Illuminate the three talents of the candle, and the huili is all-powerful. língqí treats it to the point of feasting, and the subtle is used to reveal it. Moving heaven and earth, feeling guǐshén, mo close to poetry. He gave a high degree of inroadation to the production and effect of poetry. In addition, he also made a brilliant exposition of the inner mood of the poem and the creation of the poem: "Therefore, the poem has three meanings, one is xing, the second is compared, and the third is endowed. The text has been exhausted and the meaning is more than enough, Xingye; because of the metaphor of the object, than also; straight to the book, allegorical writing, endowment also. Hongsi Sanyi, use it according to your own, dry it with wind power, run it with Dancai, make the taste of the infinite, smell the heart, is the poetry of the supreme. ”

Zhong Rong commented on Xie Lingyun's poems with the following remarks: "The famous chapters and sentences arise everywhere; the new voice of the Lidian is rushed to the meeting." For example, the plucking of the shrubs of the green pine and the dust and sand of the white jade are not enough to degrade its purity. In addition, there are a few sentences in the poetry review of Fan Yun and Qiu Chi: "Fan Shiqing is gentle, like a flowing wind and snow." Qiu Shi is embellished with beautiful flowers and grass. There is also a comment in the commentary on "Ancient Poems": "The fourteen poems proposed by Lu Ji are gentle and beautiful, the meaning is sad and far-reaching, thrilling, and it can be said that it is almost a thousand words." In commenting on Zhang Xie's poems, there are these words: "Xiong is in Pan Yue, and jing is in Taichong." Wind and currents are adjusted, and the masters of the real wilderness are replaced. The words are colorful and the sound is sonorous. Make people taste it, and be tireless. Zhong Rong is both a poetry critic and a poetry connoisseur. The beauty of his writing is the first person in ancient times and in the present! Of course, his "Poetry Review" was also dissented by a small number of posterity. It can really be described as "no slander or hero in history".

Zhong Rong had a profound influence on the poetry creation and aesthetics of later generations, and he made great contributions to the prosperity and development of Xiahua national poetry.