Chapter 11 Han Meng Shi School

The Hanmeng School of Poetry was another major school of poetry in the mid-Tang Dynasty. The main characters of this school of poetry, Han Yu, Meng Jiao, Jia Dao, Lu Tong, Liu Cha, etc., are basically people whose official careers are not smooth.Its leading figure, Han Yu, although he was Wenzong of the world, was not satisfied with his life, and was demoted to Chaozhou for admonishing the Buddha bone in the end. If you are frustrated in life, you will inevitably have a lot of complaints. Poetry mostly expresses the misfortune of life. Although it also exposes the darkness of society, the level is not too high.Later generations ridiculed "the cold island in the suburbs" and even called Jia Dao a "poem prisoner", which has a certain reason.

Han Yu is also the leader of the ancient prose movement. The theories he pointed out in the field of prose, such as "only what is said" and "words must be written by oneself", also affected the poetry creation of this school. They pursued a strange and grotesque style. Its achievements are under the Yuanbai Poetry School. Someone brought Li He into this school of poetry.Li He had a good relationship with Han Yu. Because his father's name was "Jin", he couldn't take the Jinshi examination. Han Yu even wrote "Bibian" to defend him.However, Li He's poetic style is quite different from that of other members of the Han Meng poetry school, and his achievements are far above them.