Wang Wei, the great poet and painter of the Tang Dynasty, was revered as the "Buddha of Poetry", and it was not for nothing. His poetry works are like a spring flowing and nourishing people's hearts. His paintings, on the other hand, are like vivid landscape paintings, which are thought-provoking. Wang Wei's works, whether poems or paintings, are based on landscapes and pastorals, showing a fresh and refined artistic conception and far-reaching artistic conception.
Wang Wei is a representative of the Landscape Idyllic School, which occupies a pivotal position in classical Chinese poetry. The poets and painters of this genre devoted themselves to depicting natural scenery and pastoral life, emphasizing the poet's personality expression and perception of nature. Wang Wei's poetry is an outstanding representative of this genre. Wang Wei's poems give people the deepest impression of the fresh and refined artistic conception. He has a knack for capturing the subtle details of natural landscapes and painting soothing images with concise words. In his works, whether it is "after the new rain in the empty mountain, the weather is late in autumn" in "Autumn Dusk in the Mountain House", or "the moonrise frightens the mountain birds, and the spring stream sings" in "Birdsong Stream", they all show a quiet and tranquil picture, as if people are in a paradise.
In addition to the fresh and refined artistic conception, Wang Wei's poems are also full of awe and perception of nature. In Wang Wei's eyes, nature is not only a beautiful scenery, but also his thoughts and perceptions of life and the universe. He often uses mountains and rivers as a carrier to place his emotions and thoughts on natural scenes. In "Lu Chai", "I don't see people in the empty mountains, but I hear people's voices", through the empty mountains and forests and the voices of people in the distance, it conveys the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Wang Wei's poems also often use profound metaphors. In "Acacia", he wrote: "Red beans are born in the south, and a few branches are sent in spring", red beans symbolize the feelings of longing, and through the growth and withering of red beans, he expresses his longing for distant relatives. The use of this metaphor gives his poetry more depth and connotation.
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Wang Wei's poems are not only far-reaching, but also beautiful in language and harmonious in rhyme. He is adept at using techniques such as flattening and rhyme, which makes his poems highly artistic. For example, in "Sending Yuan Er Envoy Anxi", "Weicheng is light and dusty, and the inn is green and willow-colored", the rhythm of the poem is harmonious, and it is catchy to read. In general, as an outstanding representative of the Tang Dynasty landscape idyll, Wang Wei's poetry works show remarkable characteristics such as fresh and refined artistic conception, awe and perception of nature, profound metaphors, and beautiful poetic rhyme. His poetry works not only show the unique aesthetic taste of the literati of the Tang Dynasty for nature, but also leave us a valuable cultural heritage.