Today I will tell you about Appreciation of Tang Poetry. Because many students here have rich knowledge of Tang poetry, I just want to talk about some influential poems in Tang poetry. Due to time constraints, I only choose short poems. I will say it from three aspects. First, the basic clue of the development of China's poetry before the Tang Dynasty; Second, the basic situation of the development of Tang poetry; The third is to talk about some small topics, such as poems praising spring, poems farewell friends, poems homesick and so on. Our Chinese nation is a nation with splendid culture. In the treasure house of our splendid culture, poetry is undoubtedly very wonderful. If poetry is compared to the vast starry sky, then Tang poetry is the most brilliant galaxy in this starry sky. The glory of Tang poetry is not sudden, it has a process of development. My first question is a brief review of the history of poetry before the Tang Dynasty. Before Qin dynasty, it was pre-Qin, mainly referring to Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. There are two climaxes in the development of poetry in this period: one is The Book of Songs, and the other is Chu Ci. The Book of Songs is a summary of the poems from 1 100 to 600 BC. Chuci is mainly represented by the poems of the great poet Qu Yuan (about 340-277 BC). Qu Yuan was the first great poet in the history of China. As descendants of Chinese people, we should remember him. We should remember a historical coordinate, that is, before 300 BC, this was the mid-Warring States period, which was a good period for a hundred schools of thought to contend in China's history, and many great thinkers appeared, such as Mencius, Zhuangzi and Han Feizi. More than 300 years have passed between The Book of Songs in 600 BC and The Songs of the South in 300 BC. This is the low point of China's poetry development, but it is the high point of China's prose development. The Book of Songs and Songs of the South are two great rivers that irrigate the literary garden of China in later generations. Geographically, The Book of Songs is mainly the crystallization of Central Plains culture in the Yellow River Basin. Chuci is mainly the crystallization of southern culture in the Yangtze River basin. The book of songs is the product of collective singing, and the songs of Chu are sung independently by individuals. The development of China's poetry from collective singing to individual independent singing is a great leap. Since then, the mainstream of China's poetry has been the independent singing of poets. The description of poetry in The Book of Songs is nothing more than two aspects: first, it reflects the objective world outside people, such as war, labor, military service, etc. One is the subjective world inside people, such as thoughts, emotions and so on. These are two universes, one is an infinite universe and the other is an infinite small universe. When reflecting these two universes, folk songs are rich and vivid. Many in The Book of Songs reflect reality, such as Vatan. Everything else is the expression of feelings, mainly the singing of love between men and women. We open the Book of Songs, and the first one, Guan Yu, is an eternal swan song that praises the love between men and women: "Guan Yu's dove is in Hezhou. My fair lady, a gentleman is good. " There are also many beautiful poems, such as Jian Peijun: "Jian Peijun is pale and the white dew is frost. The so-called Iraqis are on the water side. Tracing back and forth, the road is blocked and long. Swim back from it in the middle of the water. " I wrote about the pursuit of the emotional state of Iraqis, which is unattainable and unattainable. Hope, longing, unremitting pursuit, and finally unattainable disappointment are intertwined, which is beautiful and moving. The most representative "national style" in The Book of Songs; The most representative of Chu Ci is Lisao, which mainly expresses Qu Yuan's thoughts and feelings of loving the motherland, hometown and pursuing truth. With more than 2,740 words, it is the longest and greatest political lyric poem in the history of China's ancient poetry. It was also called "wind" and "Sao" in ancient times. Coquettish and literary talent is also a good word, which has different meanings from now. Wind and Sao are two rivers that run through our later literature, especially poetry. Corresponding to the simple feelings of the authors of "National Style", Li Sao is full of the bright spots of Qu Yuan's thoughts, and many poems have always been appreciated by us, such as "I love my heart so much that I have no regrets when I die nine times": as long as I feel that things are beautiful in my heart, such as beautiful things and beautiful emotions, I will not regret pursuing them. This spirit of pursuing good things without regret has been integrated into our great national spirit and is the immortal spirit of our Chinese nation. Others, such as The Book of Songs and its artistic features and achievements, will not be discussed here. The third is Han Yuefu. Han Dynasty is the longest-lived dynasty in China. For more than 400 years, the main achievement of Han Dynasty is Yuefu poems, which mostly reflect social life and love. Reflect social life, such as Journey to the East Gate and Battle of the South of the City; Reflect love, such as "evil". Among them, Shang Xie sings: Shang Xie, I want to know you, and I want to live a long life! There is no mausoleum in the mountains, the river is exhausted, the winter thunder bursts, the summer rain and snow, and the heavens and the earth are combined, so you dare to be with you! Originally, "evil, I want to know you, I want to live a long life!" " I express my feelings to the extreme, but if I stop here, it is not a good poem; Fortunately, the poem lists five things that are absolutely impossible to happen in nature in one breath, saying that I will not end my relationship with you until these things happen. It is precisely because of this that it has become a masterpiece through the ages and is called a short chapter masterpiece.