His poems, however, were romantic and aesthetic. Li He only lived to his twenties and was miserable with his life and political career most of the time. He tried to make his language plain, smooth and lively so that more people could appreciate his poem. He mocked excessive taxes, objected to war and criticized high-ranking officials.
In the Mid Tang lived the famous poets Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen and Li He. The "Fairy Poet" Li Bai and "Sage Poet" Du Fu probably had the most profound influences on writing at that time. Cen Sen had a gift for writing poems about frontier fortresses, while Gao Shi wrote about the miserable life of poor people. Some of the most famous poets in High Tang included Li Bai, Du Fu, Meng Haoran, Gao Shi and Cen Sen. Together, they created an imposing scene that had immense influences on later writers. Poets wrote freely in a romantic atmosphere, some singing the praises of nature, some yearning for life at a frontier fortress, some sighing with frustration. The topics and styles of the poems were rich and varied. High Tang (712¡ª762) was the highest level of Tang poetry. He felt that poems should reflect reality and he helped lay the groundwork for the development of Tang Poems. His poems were vigorous and straightforward. The most outstanding poet during this time is Chen Zi'ang. As a result, the themes of poems shifted from the luxury of the palace to the lives of common people and the style became lucid and lively. They developed the Lu Shi©~style and gave the Tang poem new characteristics. There are four distinquished writers from the early Tang period (618¡ª712): Wang Bo, Yang Yong, Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang. The development of Tang Poems went through four major periods: Early Tang, High Tang, Mid Tang and Late Tang. "A Complete Collection of Tang Poems" includes nearly 50,000 works from more than 2,300 poets. Writing poems was a major cultural activity and even the imperial civil examination began to require poem writing instead of essay writing.
The society was prosperous and stable and had achieved great success in culture, art and writing. The Tang Dynasty was an exceptional period in China's history.
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