Creation And Changes About The Concept Of "Gifted Poets In Tang Dynasty"

The Biography of Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty written by Wenfang Xin, include over 400 cultural elites in Tang society and show the evolution way of literature in Tang Dynasty. Even more remarkable is the fact that the social concept in Tang Dynasty which reflected by Gifted Poets and the times brand of Yuan Dynasty which reinterpreted by Wenfang Xin can make us touch the pulse of literature ideological trend in Tang Dynasty and discover the development of social ideas.First of all, we combine the opinion of the Gifted Poets images between Wenfang Xin and people in Tang. Although they have some differences in details, they still show the same idea with the key point that the Gifted Poets should have the outstanding ability of makeing poet. So, the Gifted Poets written by Xin conform to the general condition in Tang society. On base of this, the article discovers the location and movement of the Gifted Poets. The prosperity of regional culture is proportional to the number of population influx of the Gifted Poets. The fact shows that the Gifted Poets control the voice of Tang literature in some extent. The regional culture inspires the Gifted Poets, and it can be changed by the Gifted Poets’literary works. This interaction between human and region rely on the flow of the Gifted Poets. Various cultural activities are the native force to promote the Gifted Poets to move. We can see the utilitarian mentality and the hermit mentality through these cultural activities. Literati is always the first identity of the Gifted Poets wherever they are in temple or folk. Finally, through these cultural activities, the article summes up the general laws of social communication of the Gifted Poets in Tang Dynasty. In this communication system, the Gifted Poets is the only leader of social atmosphere. It means that emperor, officials and common people are just general audience in this system. Of course, their personal attraction-or-aversion to literature have influence on the works of the Gifted Poets, but in essence they are just consumers of literature.The social atmosphere of Tang Dynasty that people believe in the literature has the close relation to the Gifted Poets. Moreover, the measurement of the Gifted Poets’ talent also reflects the society concept of different era. From the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the concept has gone through "a good scholar will make an official" to "purely literary" transformation. This means that literature is no longer blindly rely on politics, but gradually become an independent feature exists among the civilian population.