PoetryintheTangDynastyisanunparalleled(无与伦比的)systemandreachesthepinnacle(到达顶峰)inthedevelopmentofthepoem.Itreallydeservesitsfame(名不虚传)asararityofChineseculture.Itsdazzlingvalueconsistsof(由.....组成)anidealcombinationofthoughtsandart.乐府金缕衣Folk-song-styled-verse杜秋娘DuQiuniang劝君莫惜金缕衣,thegold-threzdedrobecovetnotagold-threadedrobe劝君惜取少年时。Cherishonlyyouryoungdays!花开堪折直须折,Ifabudopen,gatherit--莫待无花空折枝。Lestyoubutwaitforanemptybough.AhighpointofclassicalChinesepoetryoccurredduringtheTangperiod(618-907):notonlywasthisperiodprolificinpoets;butalsoinpoems.DuringthetimeofTanginChina,poetrywasintegratedinto(与....相结合)almosteveryaspectoftheprofessionalandsociallifeoftheliterateclass.清明--杜牧IntheRainySeasonofSpring---DuMu清明时节雨纷纷,Itdrizelesendlesslyduringtherainyseasoninspring,路上行人欲断魂。Travellersalongtheroadlookgloomyandmiserable借问酒家何处有,WhenIaskashepherdboywhereIcanfindatavern牧童遥指杏花村。HepointsatadistanthamletnestlingamidstapricotblossomsTheTangDynastywasatimeof(一个...时期)majorsocialprobablylinguistic([liŋ'ɡwistik,-kəl]adj.语言的;语言学的)upheavals([ʌp'hiːv(ə)l],n.剧变).Thus,thegenremaybedividedinto(被分成)severalmajormore-or-lesschronologicaldivisions,basedondevelopmentalstagesorstylisticgroupings.ThePre-TangPoeticTraditionBythetime(到…的时候)oftheTangDynasty,therewasalreadyacontinuousChinesebodyofpoetrydatingback(追溯到)foroverathousandyears.SuchworksastheChuCiandShijingweremajorinfluencesonTangpoetry,aswerethedevelopmentsofHanpoetryandJian'anpoetry.AlloftheseinfluencedtheSixDynastiespoetry,whichinturn(反过来)helpedtoinspiretheTangpoets.Intermsof(在…方面)influencesuponthepoetryoftheearlyTang,BurtonWatsoncharacterizesthepoetryoftheSuiandearlyTangasamerecontinuation(延续)ofSixDynastiesgenresandstyles.ThePledgeOhheavenhigh!IwilllovehimForevertillIdie.Tillmountainscrumble,Riversrundry.Inwinterthunderrumbles,Insummersnowfallfarandhigh.Andtheearthminglewiththeskies,Nottillthenwillmylovedie.上邪!我欲与君相知长命无决衰山无棱江水为竭冬雷震震夏雨雪天地合乃敢与君绝TherangeofsubjectsofTangpoetrySomereflectthesocialsituations(社会环境)andconflictsatthattimefromsideandrevealthedarknessfeudalsociety(封建社会);somesingthepraisesofjustwars(正义的战争)andexpresspatrioticthought(爱国思想);somedepict(描述)thebeautyofthehomeland.《赠别》杜牧Parting多情却似总无情,Howcanadeeploveseemadeeplove,唯觉尊前笑不成。Howcanitsmile,atafarewellfeast?,蜡烛有心还惜别,Eventhecandle,feelingoursadness替人垂泪到天明。Weeps,aswedo,allnightlong.Whenconsideringauthors,wefindthat,poetsexistin(存在于)allwalksoflife(各行各业),rangingfrom(从....到......)emperors,officials,monks,peasants,fishermenandevenchildren.Fromthepointofviewofthemes(从主题的角度),ittellsofpolitics,themilitary,history,landscapes,streetscenes,loveandsoon.Fromangleofstyle(从风格的角度),therearecreationsofvaryingdepthandinitiatedthroughnumerousandcomplicatedgenres.Asfor(至于)quantity,atotalof(总数为)over50,000poemshavebeencollectedandnoonehasanyideahowmanymorehavebeenlost.人生不相見,Itisalmostashardforfriendstomeet動如參與商。Asforthemorningandeveningstars.今夕復何夕,Tonightthenisarareevent,共此燈燭光。Joining,inthecandlelight,少壯能幾時,Twomenwhowereyoungnotlongago鬢髮各已蒼。Butnowareturninggreyatthetemples.訪舊半為鬼,Tofindthathalfourfriendsaredead驚呼熱中腸。Shocksus,burnsourheartswithgrief.焉知二十載,Welittleguesseditwouldbetwentyyears重上君子堂。BeforeIcouldvisityouagain.昔別君未婚,WhenIwentaway,youwerestillunmarried;兒女忽成行。Butnowtheseboysandgirlsinarow怡然敬父執,Areverykindtotheirfather'soldfriend.問我來何方。TheyaskmewhereIhavebeenonmyjourney;問答乃未已,Andthen,whenwehavetalkedawhile,兒女羅酒漿。Theybringandshowmewinesanddishes,夜雨翦春韭,Springchivescutinthenight-rain新炊間黃粱。Andbrownricecookedfreshlyaspecialway.主稱會面難,Myhostproclaimsitafestival,一舉累十觴。Heurgesmetodrinktencups--十觴亦不醉,Butwhattencupscouldmakemeasdrunk感子故意長。AsIalwaysamwithyourloveinmyheart?明日隔山嶽,Tomorrowthemountainswillseparateus;世事兩茫茫。Aftertomorrow-whocansay?《赠卫八处士》