The Connotation of Xingxiang in Tang Poetry

"Xingxiang" is a unique aesthetic realm in Tang poetry, especially in the Tang Dynasty, and it is a sign of the complete artistic maturity of Tang poetry.

The "Xing" of "Xingxiang" is derived from the "Xing" of "Bixing", but it is different from the "Xing" of "Bixing". "Xing" is different, it has another layer of meaning, refers to a kind of implicit, euphemistic flavor of poetry. "The text has been completed and the meaning of the remaining, Xing also", the Southern Song Zhong Rong "Poetry Preface,".

"Elephant" refers to the physical image, including scenery, the image of things or life pictures, in general, refers to the image depicted in the poem. "Elephant" is the external image of the poetic works, "Xing" is the image of the deeper meaning and emotion, the combination of the two, it constitutes the Tang Dynasty poets "Xing Xiang" view, become a very high artistic level. The two together constitute the "Xingxiang" concept of the Tang poets, which has become a very high artistic realm.

The introduction of "Xingxiang" shows that the Tang poets have grasped the artistic image by focusing on the perception of the appearance of the in-depth to the inner spirit of the search.