Why did Wang Wei, the poetic Buddha, turn from Confucianism to Buddhism? How did he deal with his inner difficulties between his accession to the WTO and his birth? From Yijie Buyi to the important Minister of the court, how did Han Yu move from the edge to the center and make his own voice? Is Bai Juyi's life as indifferent and superior as he said "contentment and peace"? Recently, the essay collection of five poets of the Tang Dynasty by Zhang Wei, winner of Mao Dun Literature Award, gave his own answers to these questions. The book condenses the crystallization of Zhang Wei's study of ancient poetry for more than 20 years. It selects five important poets of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Du Mu and Li Shangyin, and goes deep into their spiritual and artistic world from the perspective of history, philosophy, poetics, aesthetics, literary history and writing, so as to revive each poet in the text. In Zhang Wei's view, human nature determines poetry. Poets' sense of morality, values, identity and position constitute the basis of their creation. For example, when talking about Han Yu, Zhang Wei pointed out, "Han Yu's eagerness, cheerfulness and argumentative make him go all out and be full of interest in everything, whether it's emotion and scenery, people and things. He has been 'accelerating' in the process of explaining things, with a decisive attitude." "In order to complete this extraordinary expression, he needs to find some words that reach the extreme state, so he has a novel way of sentence making. Whether it is metaphor or description, it should be strong and deep, and it will never be shallow." When it comes to Li Shangyin's untitled poems, it is believed that "these poems are free from the sadness and groans of similar poems because of their unique decisiveness, sadness, agility and sharpness. The groans we are familiar with are rare here." From "reading the book of songs", "notes on Chu Ci", "Tao Yuanming's legacy", "also said Li Bai and Du Fu", "beautiful annals", to "five poets of the Tang Dynasty", Zhang Wei completed his own classical poetics system. Just as the literal interpretation is not a kind of poetic interpretation. Zhang Wei attaches importance to mining the complex quality of individual life, so that each topic can directly take its origin. (outlook new era)