1. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the society was stable, the national strength was strong, and the social politics, economy and culture were prosperous in an all-round way. The rich material life of the scholar-officials provided conditions for roaming and enjoying the mountains and rivers. The popularity of Buddhism and Taoism in society, Taoism's pursuit of advocating nature and returning to simplicity, and the pure and clear realm of Buddhism and Zen provide a cultural and aesthetic psychological foundation for poetry. The recluse feelings of literati are also closely related to the formation of pastoral poems, but at this moment, they are not recluse for the sake of recluse, but have formed a cultural mentality of yearning for nature, pursuing detachment and independence, and advocating natural aesthetic taste. In addition, the creation of landscape pastoral poetry and landscape pastoral poetry since the Jin and Song Dynasties has undoubtedly provided artistic reference.

The pastoral school is represented by Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, as well as Chu Guangxi, Chang Jian, Zuyong, Qi and others. They inherited the creative traditions of pastoral poems and landscape poems of Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao since the Jin and Song Dynasties, and formed poetry schools with the same theme and similar artistic styles. Their poems depict natural landscapes and idyllic scenery, show the interest of returning to simplicity and love for raising, and express the leisure and ambition of seclusion. Their poetic style is fresh and natural, and their artistic conception is far away. They write landscapes vividly, which improves the artistic skills of expressing natural scenery in poetry and is a wonderful flower in the garden of Tang poetry art.

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