曾国藩的诗歌创作

曾国藩的诗歌创作以他结束十年京官，出京创办湘军为界，前期仕途平步青云，言大志抒豪情；后期饱经沧桑，诗风趋向“冲淡之味”。他灵活化用古诗，加以改造为己有。曾诗有三种类型：“言志”诗高尚雅正，表现治国平天下的博大情怀；“怨愤”诗揭露社会黑暗，张扬着批判锋芒；“缘情”诗寄赠送别，感怀述事，抒发政治文人真挚的情感。

Poetic writings of Zeng Guofan

Poetic writings of Zeng Guofan fall into two periods with his founding of Xiang Army after ten years of holding office in the capital as the boundary line. The earlier poems are an expression of his strong ambitions when his official career is extremely smooth. With repeated ups and downs in his later years, Zeng＇s poetry in the next period exhibits a gentle, plain yet profound style. Zeng is adept at adapting classical poetry elements for his own writing, and his poems can be classified into 3 categories： those of elegance that voice his aspiration and his deep concern with state affairs; those of criticism that expose the evils of the society; and those of emotion that are written either for bidding farewell to his friends or for expressing his feelings towards contemporary events.