Poetry Chanting Things of the Tang Dynasty and Intellectuals' way of Living

Poetry chanting things of the Tang Dynasty can be divided into two categories: poetry on things and poetry on poet's feelings. Poetry on things is comparatively large in quantity in the early and middle period of the Tang Dyansty.The arise of poetry on things has close relationship with intellectuals' gathering. When intellectuals got together, they discussed about poems, drank wine.Sometimes ong poet worte a poem, another poet replied him.In this way they learned from each other's writing technigues; Poetry on poet's feelings can be appreciated by the reflection of the intellectual himself and social phenomena.These poems well meet intellectuals' need to call on a superior for administrative position, to satire the reality and to give advice. Thus, poetry on things of the Tang Dynasty is a kind of amusement for intellectuals when they were free or when they wanted to escape from the reality. These poems are both aesthetilc and utility.