Studies On Ouyang Lu And His Poetry Anthology Jian Dong

Ouyang Lu is a famous poet in the Huxiang area during the Jiadao period of the Qing Dynasty.He is a native of Hunan.As a well-known scholar,he is knowledgeable and productive.He is an important poet in Hunan,famous in China.The Jian Dong Poetry is not only the most important collection of Ouyang'poetry,but also the most important basis for the study of Ouyang'poetry.His life traveled all over the north and south of the country.In his early years,he spent more time with the fellow countrymen and made acquaintance with many literati who having superior abilities to write poetry and good in painting.He arrived in Guangxi in the south and Beijing in the north.He knew a lot,made friends widely,and his poetics became more and more sophisticated after the continuous consultation of the traveling life.After returning to Hunan in his later years,Ouyang was famous for his poetry.When he talked about poetry,he was very insightful.He was dissatisfied with the unhealthy style of the poetry at that time.He hoped that the younger generation could clarify the poetry.When he passed the provincial civil service examination under the old Chinese examination system,but he didn't obtain Tien Si(a person who passed all three examinations held by the government).Man y officials he had served as chief of staff.He contacted literary celebrities,junior officials and foreign envoys.Ouyang Lu's poetry was originally learned from Li Shangyin,and then learned from Du Fu,Han Yu,Su Shi.Finally,Ouyang Lu's poems absorbed the experience of predecessors and formed his own unique style.Ouyang Lu thinks that poetry should be written in the heart,his poetry often incorporates his own experiences,this makes the poetry's emotions very sincere,narrative,and has a strong artistic appeal.Ouyang Lu has a wide range of friends,more than half of the poems in The Jian Dong Poetry are related to friends,these poems recount his deep friendship with his friends.Because he traveled for many years,there are many poems that record traveling life,including his viewing of famous places,recording ethnic minorities,wandering homesickness,etc.Not only that,his poems reflect the social features of the Qianjia period.In his writings,there are descriptions of rural life,of post-war tragedies,of allegorical people,of praise for officials and so on.These poems use a variety of expression techniques and have selected many representative images,which are described in the perspective of the underlying literati and have a strong realism.These poems are the masterpieces of Qianjia poetry circle.