Zhou Tan

Zhou Tan

Zhou Tan, whose year of birth and death is unknown, and his native place is unknown. Tang Dynasty poet. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he was the son of the state. He has eight volumes of chanting epics and three volumes of Jingjin Zhoutan chanting epics. There are 195 poems in two volumes in Quan Tang Shi, which is quite rare in the history of Chinese literature.

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The first two poems in his series of poems "Ode to Epics" clarify the purpose of creation: "the rise and fall of hundreds of millions of hearts in the past dynasties, the sage's view of the past and the knowledge of the present" ("recitation of chanting"), and "the study of the beauty of the mind, the use of heart breaking, the cutting of the past and the sacrifice of the present" ("idle chanting"). The next 193 poems are divided into "Tang Yumen", "three generations", "spring and Autumn Warring States", "Qin men", "Qian Han men", "Hou Han men", "Three Kingdoms", "Jin men", "Six Dynasties" and "Sui men" according to the dynasties. They are composed of more than 160 historical figures from Yao and Shun to Sui Yangdi and he ruobiji. Such as "Yushun": "to be good, to punish evil, to establish the emperor's merit." "Kuang Zheng must be able to get rid of Gou Mei and evil spirits, so don't be suspicious." "Duke of Zhou" said, "I'm still afraid that I'm not fully aware of people's faults." (Fu Jian) chant again: "no plan, refuse to remonstrate, still despise the enemy, the country broke the body to capture the general how." In the late Tang Dynasty, it is of practical significance to state the historical events, evaluate the gains and losses, and sum up the lessons for the benefit of the present age. But most of the poems have rigid narration, mediocre discussion and low artistic quality. In addition, Zhou Tan wrote a poem about the emperor's sad pursuit of spring. What's the matter? The tears are in the bamboo. Zhenzi should remember the festival master.

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