Study On The Ancient Chinese Novel And Biography Allusions In The Poems Of Li Shangyin And Du Mu

In the Chinese ancient poems,allusion is a very common form and technique of writing.In one sense,allusion can even be said to be a necessary element or necessary condition of classical poetry writing.Besides,there are also differences in the effect and influence brought by different source of allusions.Most of the allusions in the early poems come from the Confucian classics and the official history.As these allusions from the Confucian classics and the official history were used again and again,most of them gradually became the common allusion or words,as a result that poets began to look for new allusions from other types of classic books.Ancient Chinese novels and biography are two categories of ancient literature with a large amount,which have always occupied a prominent position in the bibliography of all dynasties.There are countless stories,customs,names and other things recorded in ancient Chinese novels and biography,which have prepared excellent materials for poets to use the Canon.Therefore,ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions are gradually popularized in poetry.During the Late Tang Dynasty,Li Shangyin and Du Mu not only used a large number of ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions in the poetry,but also consciously digged out a large number of new allusions from ancient Chinese novel and biography.At the same time,Li Shangyin and Du Mu had creatively used some of ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions in their poetry that had been used by predecessors,which injected new vitality into poetry.By the way,Li Shangyin and Du Mu formed their own poetic styles in the process of discovering and creatively using ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions.In terms of the excavation of ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions,Li Shangyin preferred to dig out the miraculous ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions from the supernatural ancient Chinese novels and biography,while Du Mu preferred to dig out the common allusions from ancient Chinese novel.In terms of the creative use of ncient Chinese novel and biography allusions,Li Shangyin was fond of using ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions in his own way that had been used by predecessors,while Du Mu seldom changed the ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions that had been used by predecessors.Historical poems and Yongwu poems,which was the poetic subject with a high rate of allusion,had breakthrough developed in Late Tang Dynasty and even reached their peak of art.As a representative of the highest artistic achievements of this period,Li Shangyin’s and Du Mu’s Historical poems and Yongwu poems are artistic treasures in the history of Chinese literature,in which ancient Chinese novel and biography allusions played an important role.