Late Tang Qiliang Body

The present article is concentrated on those poems in the Late Tang Dynasty whose subject tends to flamboyant matter and artistic means to objective description. These poems ranged over poets such as Li Shanyin, Wen Tingyun, Li Qunyu, Tang Yanqian, Wu Rong, Han Wo, ect., and were generally related with the Qi-Liang poetical style. Therefore, these poems were called "Late-Tanged Qi-Liang style" by the author. These poems participated in an important composition of Late-Tanged styles; however, have not been fully studied because of the negative evaluations on their flamboyant themes. Whereas, although these poems were located in an remarkable position representing the last stage of the dynamic system of Tinti-poems, the leaning objects of these poems, however, were those of Qi-Liang style representing the initial stage of the dynamic system. This phenomenon of head-rear-cycle may imply some essential or intrinsical factors in the dynamic system of Tinti-poems, which contains the potential significance for reevaluation of the "Late-Tanged Qi-Liang style". In present article, the author attempts to discuss essential dynamic positions in the Tinti-poems system rather than superficial subjects or imaginations of the Late-Tanged Qi-Liang style, and deeply compares the differences between Late-Tanged Qi-Liang and Qi-Liang styles. For this purpose, the author studied this poetical style in all-dimensional aspects such as the scope, forms, aesthetic attentions, organization of sentences, life consciousness, and figure creations. This study has developmental meaning in describing the characters of Tinti-poems, identifying the evolutionary stage of the poetical styles, and discussing how to inherit the historical cultures.