Imperial Tang - Online Version: A Biography of Tang Poets

Author: Jianghu Night Rain
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: When it comes to the era like the Tang Dynasty, the mass foundation for poetry creation was truly excellent. A boatwoman might say, "Stop the boat and ask, perhaps we are from the same hometown"; a monk in the mountains would recite, "Every morning I don't see the sun, every year I forget the spring"; and a courtesan who wanted to secretly meet a scholar would write, "In the deep cave, the oriole's cry makes me resent Ruan Lang, stealing to the flowers to unfasten the pearl Wang." Tang poetry and Song lyrics have long been regarded as treasures in the cultural treasury of Chinese civilization, and the Tang Dynasty was a period of outstanding scholars. The splendid culture created by the Tang scholars left later generations in awe, feeling it was unattainable. How many scholars and lyricists were unique, extraordinary, unconventional, and unrestrained in expressing their personalities. Compared to some people today who think they are cool just by wearing long hair and sunglasses, the Tang scholars were far cooler and more unconventional. Let's find some time in our busy modern life to savor the colorful lives and talents of these Tang scholars. Although more than a thousand years have passed, many emotions in the world seem to have changed little. The poetry of the Tang scholars, spanning a thousand years of time, still moves our hearts.