The Anshi Rebellion In The Poetry Of The Mid-Tang Dynasty

The Anshi Rebellion is an important turning point from prosperity to decline in the Tang Dynasty.The unprecedented political and military unrest is closely related to the literature of the Tang Dynasty.As far as the poems of the Middle Tang Dynasty are concerned,there are many reflections of the Anshi Rebellion.Specifically,there are many aspects,such as the record of suffering,the affirmation of national salvation,the exposition of evil,the summary of history and so on.The first chapter of this article firstly combs the historical facts,including the historical background before and after the Anshi Rebellion,the historical process of the Anshi Rebellion and its historical influence.As the natural watershed between the flourishing Tang Dynasty and the mid-Tang Dynasty,we need to know how the Anshi Rebellion brewed in the flourishing age,how it destroyed the flourishing age,what historical influence it left behind,and what hidden dangers and problems it brought to the mid-Tang society.In addition,as an eight-year-long historical event,the historical facts of the Anshi Rebellion itself also need to be sorted out and explained,which also provides convenience for the historical facts in the comparative poems.The second,third,fourth and fifth chapters are based on the chronological order of the Middle Tang Dynasty and mainly on poets.They analyze the writings of different poets about the Anshi Rebellion in the Dali,Zhenyuan and Yuanhe Dynasties of the Tang Dynasty.There are many poets in the Dali period,which can be divided into two camps:local official poets and Taige poets,which correspond to the content of the second and third chapters respectively.Generally speaking,because of their rich experience of official travels and grassroot work,local official poets wrote extensively and deeply about the Anshi Rebellion,which was rich in content and touching in emotion.Taige poets' work also mentioned the Anshi Rebellion in some occasional travels and farewell songs,which was full of personality and had a rather sad and graceful atmosphere in the Mid-Tang Dynasty.Zhenyuan's poets have transitional characteristics.Their poetry not only has historical records,but also pays attention to the reflection of chaos control.Yuan He poets are far away from the Anshi Rebellion.Because of the lack of personal experience and the precipitation of historical information,on the one hand,they draw materials from the ears and historical books.On the other hand,in their poems,they mostly reflect rational thinking and summary of history,explaining the prosperity and decline of the rulers.It often combines with the new historical events such as the rebellion of local military governor in the middle Tang Dynasty,showing the different features of the Yuan and the Tang Dynasty.Generally speaking,the writing of Dali poets pays attention to historical facts and themselves,while Yuan He poets pay attention to the times and historical reflection,Zhenyuan poets have both.The sixth chapter changes the narrative mode of the first three chapters,which is based on time and poets.The most representative battles in the Anshi Rebellion,the Battle of Suiyang and the Battle of Luoyang,are selected as the objects to collect the poems written by different poets in different periods and analyze the historical information and poets'emotional attitudes.Thus we can explore the close relationship between the focus events of the Anshi Rebellion and literature.From the above analyses,it can be seen that the writings of the poets of the Mid-Tang Dynasty about the Anshi Rebellion are an important part of the war realism and realism creation of the poetry of the Mid-Tang Dynasty,which have precious historical and literary values.This is also related to the literary movements in the Middle Tang Dynasty,such as the Ancient Chinese Movement and the New Yuefu Movement,which should be given sufficient attention and proper evaluation.