Tang Dynasty Seven-character-quatrain Artistic Characteristics

In the Height of the Tang Dynasty, quatrain with seven characters per line had been developed mature gradually. It made a breakthrough both at its' ideology and at their expressing ways, so, the quatrain had researched a perfect state. This kind of quatrain is widely known as having meaningful artistic conception. At the same time, poets took the feature of poem's art seriously, stimulated the deepening of the theory of poem's conception. Researching the artistic conception of the quatrain, we can get deeper understanding of the artistic conception and the society scene of the Tang Dynasty. It will be enlighten us to learn the poems of the Tang Dynasty in varied direction.In the first part, the author introduces the history and literature background of the prosperous of the quatrain. At the same time, this part summarized the whole feature of the quatrain of the Height of the Tang Dynasty. In the following parts, the author analyses the quatrain of Wangwei, Libai, Wang Changlin and other delegate poets, adopting the conception of Mr. Yuan Xingpei. On this base, the author summarized the feature of the quatrain.Wangwei was good at mixing the poem, the drawing and the music, and expressing his mind by describing the image. He also taste life by dhyana. And his poems are rich in intellect. The pursuing of the artistic conception of Wangwei and Meng Haoran'poems are unconscious. For this reason, their poems have more attraction.Libai used personification, hyperbole and other skills in his quatrain. He always expressed vivid feelings by constantly changing image. Finally, he realized the leap between history, philosophy and life. Meanwhile, Libai's quatrain had ingenious artistic conception and reflected the thought of poet and the insight on life philosophy.Wang Changling had already recognized and pursed poem's conception intentionally. His quatrains have wider theme and style. They have strong practical significance as well. The frontier quatrains of Wang Changling have tactful tone, create solemn and stirring artistic conception original. Concerning the imperial court poems of Wang Changling, he changed abstract ideas to specific images. So, his poems contain plentiful sense and provide food for thought. As for the leave poems of Wang Changling, they exceed the sigh of reality and acquire philosophy reflections. In a word, the quatrain of Wang Changling not only reflect the bright and hopeful times' taste, but also sign that his poems have reached finished art state at the creation of artistic conception.The last part of the article deals with the summary of the concept of the quatrain through three levels. It pointed out that the essence of quatrain of the Height of the Tang Dynasty. The essence is the recognition and comprehension of the freedom of life and the yearning for the beautiful of life.