Han Yu’s Poetry By Theory Of Expressing After Discontentment

Poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty had reached a very high level. To the future generations, they have to face a distress situation that "Although strongly changes, but no way out." But the poetry of Mid-Tang Dynasty brought a new opportunity to the development of poetry through exploration of new poetic form and breaking the previous poetry theory. Han Yu who is famous in the literary field world with his magnificent and weird poetry style was regarded as a pioneer. Han Yu brought the poetic revolution in the Mid-Tang Dynasty which cannot be separated from his poetry theory.Although Han Yu’s poetics scattered in his poems, it has their own main line and core which is "Theory of Expressing after Discontentment." Theory of Expressing after Discontentment is not only to reveal the motivation for writing, but also recognizing the essence of lyric poetry. It extended the connotation of traditional poetic idea that Poems Can Express Strong Feelings, and certainly enhanced the value of individual life and the emotion value. These ideas must enhance the main self-consciousness and allow literary expression to return to their own."Writing for fun" promoted the independence of the process of literature. As the psychological basis and mental factors of Theory of Expressing after Discontentment, the concept of "qi" in the poetics of Han Yu also plays an important role. Han Yu recognized moral cultivation, literary accomplishment and works structure arrangement are all keys to achieve arrogant. Han Yu emphasized the function of knowledge. He advocated that poets should make constant innovation through learning the previous generation of poetry. This idea also made Han Yu’s view of literary development is more comprehensive. Theory of Expressing after Discontentment affirmed the creator’s subject position, which let Han Yu recognize the importance of creator’s mind. Relation of subject and object in Han Yu’s poetic had changed. Han Yu emphasized the creator’s rebellious consciousness and participation consciousness in the objective world. He paid more attention to the reconstruction object image through subjective mind. The encomium of language and aesthetic effect contributed to break through the old aesthetic mode. Han Yu finally formed a new aspect of aesthetic ideal...