A Research On The Tang Dynasty Jidi Poetry

As a kind of official selection system, the Imperial Examination was originated in theSui Dynasty and it gradually improved after entering the Tang Dynasty, so that the ImperialExamination increasingly became an important way of intellectuals into the official career.With such a series of activities: attendance at the Imperial Examinations, announcement ofthe list of successful candidates, and tour in Qujiang and apricot orchard, the poetry ofsuccessful Imperial Examination in the Tang Dynasty came into being.The so-called poetryof successful Imperial Examination poetry refers to those poetry about the intellectuals’psychological changes because of the good news of passing the Imperial Examination and aseries of activities after the success. According to the statistics of the author, among morethan48900poems in the Entire Tang Poetry, there are more than600poems written by thefailed intellectuals, while the number of those by the successful intellectuals is only morethan200, one third of the former one. The intellectuals always spent several years or decadesor even the whole life time on the rough imperial road.To study the poetry of successful Imperial Examination, the method of literature andhistory expounding each other: history can be demonstrated by poetry and poetry can bedemonstrated by history can be used to understand the value pursuit of scholars in the TangDynasty, the life phenomena, and the impact on society after passing the ImperialExamination. On the basis of the previous studies, we should conduct a comprehensive studyon the poetry of successful Imperial Examination in Tang Dynasty. From the unique feelingof intellectuals after the announcement of the successful candidates, we can realize theinfluence of the Imperial Examination system on the intellectuals; From a series of activitiesafter the success, we can feel their subtle emotional changes facing his teachers, friends, andfamily; From the unique artistic style of the poetry of successful Imperial Examination, wecan see the particular character of the theme of this kind of poetry.The complex mentality of scholars was reflected by the poetry of successful ImperialExamination in the Tang Dynasty: giggling rhapsody, joy mingled with surprise, usual mind, and high-jinks. It also revealed a series of activities after the success: extending gratitude tothe teachers, the feast tour with peers, congratulations and a valediction to the success storyand the unique artistic style of the poetry of successful Imperial Examination: scenery,allusions and language features.