Introduction of Meng Haoran

Meng Haoran (AD 689 ~ 740) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Xiangyang Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei) Xiangyang is known as Meng Xiangyang in the world. In the first half of my life, I mainly stayed at home to study and adapted my own poems. Once lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain.

I lived in seclusion for a while and wanted to make a difference, so I went to Chang 'an to look for opportunities. His poems were highly praised, and his fame spread all over the capital for a while. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles in official career, and it has never been valued by the court. Meng Haoran was badly hit and had to return to Lumen Mountain in frustration and travel all over the mountains and rivers. After that, I had one or two opportunities, but unfortunately I failed to display my talents.

In 740 AD, his good friend Wang Changling came to Xiangyang. At this time, Meng Haoran had gangrene on his back and had basically recovered. The doctor warned him not to eat fish and shrimp, but his old friends got together and drank and chatted. He was so happy that Meng Haoran forgot the taboo and ate fresh fish. The virus broke out and died. Live to be fifty-two years old.

Meng Haoran's poems are mostly five-character short stories with limited themes. He writes more about landscapes, pastoral areas, seclusion and travel. Although it is not without cynicism, it is more of a poet's self-expression. He and Wang Wei also said that although his poems were not as broad as Wang's, they had unique artistic attainments, and he was the pioneer of the pastoral poetry school in Tang Dynasty after Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao. Meng Ke's poems are unpretentious, cordial and true, full of life and Miaomiao's self-satisfied interest. Such as "Autumn Boasts Send Zhang Wu", "Passing the Old Village" and "Spring Dawn", which are light and elegant, integrated and elegant. Meng's poems are based on broad-mindedness and broad-mindedness, but there is also a vigorous and free spirit, such as Dongting Lake Newspaper, Clouds and Clouds, and Yueyang City Trapped, all of which are vigorous and free, overlooking everything. But this kind of poem is rare in Meng's poems. Generally speaking, the content of Meng's poems is thin, and it is inevitable to be embarrassed by the length. Meng Haoran's Popular Collection contains 263 poems, but some of them are the works of others. All the old and new books in the Tang Dynasty have been circulated.