Commenting History and Observing Politics of Tang Poems

The poems concerning history were used by people in Tang Dynasty for reference,because the study of history could direct the political activities in the future.In Chinese history,Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty have always been called together,and the poets in Tang Dynasty always demonstrated their political ideas on the temporal politics through writing some poems concerning Han Dynasty.Meanwhile,there were also some outspoken speakers who examined the history concerning their own dynasty.An Lushan Rebellion is the key period from the prosperity to the evening of Tang Dynasty.After the mid-period of Tang Dynasty,the poems concerning Xuanzong were quite a lot.Some Tang poems were used to observe the world for its authors,the history and politics for the futurity.If we say the poems concerning history written by Du Fu were about the society,the poems written by the poets in the late Tang Dynasty were related to the history of royal court.The poems concerning history were developed to the peak of art represented by Li Shangyin in the late Tang Dynasty.