略论中唐诗人与乐人——兼析唐诗与音乐之关系

唐代诗人对乐人的广泛关注是在中唐,而不是在音乐处于鼎盛的盛唐,用音乐的繁荣来解释唐代诗坛这一现象显得过于笼统且不准确,其主要原因乃是中唐诗人从乐人身上挖掘出更多的文化元素,将之与国家兴衰、士人命运、生命感叹等诗歌传统主题联系起来。中唐诗人对乐人的关注不但使得唐代诗歌内容更为丰富,而且使诗歌与音乐结合更为紧密。

Relationship Between Poets and Musicians in Middle Tang Dynasty

More attention payed to musicians by poets of the Tang Dynasty was in its middle time,not in its heyday.The reasons of colouful and prosperous poety,however,can not be simply owed to music itself.Instead,the efforts of poets to integrate music with the state's rise and fall,the scholar-bureaucrats' fate,and their sentiments account for the main story.