Poetry is an appreciation of ancient poetry, right?
Zhong Rong was a literary critic during the Qi and Liang Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. His poems are the earliest works of poetry criticism in the history of China literature.
Zhong Rong was born in Yingchuan Changshe (now Changge County, Henan Province). Kistler once joined the army for Situ Hang, and was the archives of Hengyang King and Jin 'an King, so it is also called Clock Room. His poetry is another excellent masterpiece of literary criticism after Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long. The poem was written in the Liang Dynasty twelve years later (AD 5 13). At that time, poetry declined, formalism was serious, and allusion and taboo were emphasized blindly, while content was ignored. In his view, it is inevitable to recite the essays discussed and quote ancient things. Poetry is mainly lyrical, and it is not expensive to use things and classics. He was dissatisfied with Yan Yanzhi, Xie Zhuang and others' practice of reading extensively and quoting classics as poems. He said, "If it is a national script, it should be funded by Bo Gu. Writing an article refuting virtue should be from bad to strong. What's the use of feelings? Miss you like running water' is not just an end; There are many platforms on the high platform, but only you can see them; There's no reason why it's better to go to the dragon head in the morning. " The moon shines on the snow ",a step in history? Looking at the ancient and modern words, most of them are true and straight. "In terms of temperament, he emphasized" wind power ",advocated nature, and opposed the popular theory of four tones and eight diseases in poetry at that time. In his view, it is enough for a poet to pay attention to the rhythm of nature and achieve harmony and pleasure. If the tone sickness is strictly limited, the poet will become a slave to tone sickness, which will hurt the natural beauty of poetry. He is even more opposed to the "metaphysical style" of talking about philosophy in poems, because metaphysics and Taoism were all the rage at that time, and some works became dry unwritten songs. He pointed out: "In Yongjia, when you were old, you were a little vain. When you talk, ignoring it is tasteless. Love and the river watch, and the microwave still spreads. The poems of Sun Chuo, Huan and Yu are all similar to On Virtue, and the wind of Jian 'an is exhausted. "Poetry has become a reasoning prose like On Taoism advocated in Buddhist scriptures, which makes Zhong Rong feel very angry and sad.
Poetry is a three-volume book, which specializes in the origin, development and different schools of five-character poetry. The author comments on 122 poets from the Han Dynasty to the Qi and Liang Dynasties and divides them into three categories (hence the name "poetry"). In each category, each poet made a brief introduction and discussed the characteristics of his works and the relationship between the writers before and after. He put forward many insightful views on the origin of writer's style, the inheritance and development of poetry, and the language of poetry. However, due to the limitations of the times, the author's own thinking and artistic appreciation ability, there are also some improper evaluations of people in the three categories. For example, Lu Ji is listed as the top grade, Tao Yuanming as the middle grade, Cao Cao as the inferior grade, Cao (Zhi) and Liu (Zhen) as the sages of the article, and Lu (Ji) and Xie (Lingyun) as the talents. "This is unfair. At the same time, it is inappropriate for him to overemphasize the inheritance of history and ignore the decisive role of real life in writers. Nevertheless, Shi Pin is still a critical monograph with profound attainments in poetry theory, which has a great influence on later generations.