San Yu Tang's Essays (excerpt)
by Shang Zhen
About This Novel
After reading Zhong Rong's "Poetry", I had a deep impression of a passage: "Qi is an animal, and things are touching, so it shakes the temperament and forms various dances and chants. The three talents of illuminating the candle reflect all things, the spirit waits for it to be enjoyed, and the subtle book makes it known. Moving the heaven and earth, feeling the ghosts and gods, nothing is close to poetry." I secretly think that this is the cornerstone of the whole book. ? Poetry must have "qi". ? When I judge a poem, I first look at whether it has a coherent rhythm and dynamic momentum; then I look at the location and direction of its "qi". As for gentleness or majesty, it belongs to the poet's individual characteristics. "Qi" is the poet's externalized emotion. "Qi" must move, and movement is the creation. Only when the poet's "qi" moves can the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods move.
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