The twelve quatrains in "Twelve Quatrains on Poetry" by Zhang Wentao of the Qing Dynasty.

Sounds of nature: the sounds of nature. Tianqu: natural taste. The general idea of ??these two sentences is that poetry should describe the true sounds of nature and full natural interest. The standard of good poetry is just being close to human feelings.

The author advocates that poetry should respect nature, oppose artificiality and metrical restraint, truly write about people's true nature, emotions and embrace, eliminate falsehoods and retain the true, and not artificially carve them. Only in this way can the sound be considered "natural sound" and "natural interest". A good poem that is "almost human". ~Reveals a basic artistic rule in poetry creation-natural feelings, which is an important revelation to writers.

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Poetry expresses ambition, and song expresses forever.

"Shangshu" "Shangshu Yaodian"

The poet is noble and vigorous.

The third part of "Ten Wonders of Poetry" written by Dai Fushi of Song Dynasty. Poet: refers to the poet's works. Meteorology: Scenery. Vigorous: Vigorous and powerful. The general idea of ??this sentence is: the scenery in poetry is more important than being vigorous (not too polished or simple). The full text of Dai Fuxu's poem is: "I once asked the ancients to Yin Bian, ~. The carving is too injurious to skill, and simplicity is better to be afraid of the nearby villages." The author believes that if the language of poetry is too polished, it will be superficial, if it is too simple, it will be close to village customs, and if it is vigorous and vigorous, it will be the best state. This is the author's requirement for poetic diction, and this literary proposition can be used for reference.

Dai Fuxu, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, "On the Ten Wonders of Poetry"

Zi Meiji opens up the world of poetry.

Song Dynasty Wang Yucheng's "The Day Is Long, Jian Zhongwei". Zimei: The poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty had the courtesy name Zimei. The main idea of ??this sentence is: Du Fu's poetry collection opens up a world of poetry to people. The poems of the great realist poet Du Fu not only have a wide range of themes and rich content, like a glorious historical picture, showing the complicated social life before and after the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty from all aspects; they are also all-encompassing in form. long. As for the expression techniques and artistic styles, they are even more diverse. Therefore, a Duji is an artistic treasure house of poetry. It is not an exaggeration for Wang Yucheng to summarize it as "the world of poetry". This famous sentence can be quoted when evaluating Du's poems.

Wang Yucheng, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, "The Day Is Long, Jian Zhongwei"

The words are endless but the meaning is endless.

Song Dynasty Yan Yu's "Canglang Poetry Talk·Poetry Debate". The main idea of ??this sentence is: the language is finished but the meaning is endless. What the author emphasizes here is an implicit poetic state, which is full of words but has endless implications, which is thought-provoking and thought-provoking. Liu Xie's "Wen Xin Diao Long" says that "emotion is outside the words", that "the scenery (scenery) is exhausted but there is more emotion", "the words are exhausted but there is more power", which refers to this kind of implicit beauty. Regardless of whether you write poetry or composition, you should pursue a depth and thickness to avoid being superficial due to being too explicit.

Yan Yu, a poetry critic and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Canglang Poetry Talk·Poetry Debate"

In the late section, the rhythm of poetry gradually becomes more detailed.

Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty "The Play of the Nineteenth Cao Chang" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty. The main idea of ??this sentence is: Lailai has stricter requirements for poetry rhythm. Careful and meticulous, Du Fu's poems have worked hard on the refinement of language and the use of music and rhythm. He once said: "Composing poems with new lines is stable, and you can recite them slowly without realizing it." It was through repeated deliberation and chanting, and the spirit of "I will never stop until my words are amazing" that he made his poetic art reach a high degree of exquisiteness.

Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, "The Nineteen Cao Changs on the Road"

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New silkworms are one inch long and thousands of The heads are covered with mulberry trees.

"Sulberry Picking Song" by Zhang Wentao of the Qing Dynasty. Yi (yì meaning): to cover. The general meaning of these two sentences is: The new silkworms are already an inch long, with thousands of them, in piles and balls, squirming, burrowing in and out under the cover of mulberry leaves. This is a scene of silkworms eating mulberry leaves. The words and sentences used by the poet are accurate and vivid. "worm" is used to describe its waist, "cluster" is used to describe its multitude, and "wear" not only vividly depicts the silkworms crawling in and out under the mulberry leaves, but also accurately depicts the group of silkworms crawling while eating. The sight of mulberry leaves eaten through and crawled all over. These descriptions are very realistic and cannot be described without seeing them with your own eyes.

Writing down one’s true experience is better than writing about the ancients.

The third part of "Twelve Quatrains on Poetry" by Zhang Wentao of the Qing Dynasty. True experience: what you have seen with your own eyes and experienced in life. 饤饾 (dīngdòu Dingdou): also called "饤饾", originally refers to food for display but not for consumption, and later used as a metaphor to list words and pile up allusions. The main idea of ??these two sentences is: write your own personal experience vividly Experience and true feelings are the only good poems. They are much better than imitating the ancients, following the same steps and copying books. Zhang Wentao was a Jinshi during the Qianlong Emperor's reign. He inherited and developed Yuan Mei's "Spirit Theory", advocating that poetry should express temperament and oppose imitation. This quatrain on poetry, "The prejudices in my chest are eliminated, and I feel like a cloud." It not only criticizes many shortcomings in poetry creation at that time, such as searching for chapters and excerpts, imitating the ancients, and sectarian opinions, but also points out the general points that should be paid attention to in poetry creation. question.

Dare to talk about it as the saying goes, it is natural after a hundred refinements.

One hundred percent peach blossoms and one thousand percent willows, the smelt red and enchanting green paint the south of the Yangtze River.

"Yanghu Daozhong" by Zhang Wentao of the Qing Dynasty. Ye (yěye) red: bright red. Yao Cui: Yao burnt emerald green. The general idea of ??these two sentences is: The blooming peach blossoms and swaying weeping willows decorate the spring scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and the eyes are filled with bright reds and greens, just like the pictures. The poem praises the beauty of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, giving people a warm and bright feeling, and can be used to praise the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.