One of the four flags of graceful and restrained school, the "boudoir language" in the four flags: Li Qingzhao.
One of the four flags of graceful and restrained school, among which "don't hate": Yan Shu.
One of the four flags of graceful and restrained school, the four flags are medium-sized "sentimental": Liu Yong.
One of the four flags of graceful and restrained school, the medium-sized "mourning Sect" of four flags: Li Yu.
And the three people you are talking about are a triangle of grievances.
Yan Shu was the prime minister of the dynasty. Liu Yong was dissatisfied with his official career and mocked him face to face.
Yan Dao Ji is the seventh son of Yan Shu, although his style is completely different.
Yan appreciates Liu Yong's poetic style very much. Many of his works are imitations of Liu Yong, so he is regarded as half his apprentice.
Personally, I prefer Liu Yong's works because he is close to the people. At that time, there was a saying that "where there is well water to drink, you can sing willow songs." As the first poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Yong is a great poet and occupies an important position in the history of ci. He opened up the field of ci and created many excellent works. He not only developed the theme of ci, but also produced a large number of slow words, developed narrative skills, promoted the popularization and colloquialism of ci, and had a great influence in the history of ci.
Because of the failure of the imperial examination, Liu Yong has long been attached to the land of fireworks, so most of his poems are about women and some women who are dissatisfied with their wives. Representative works include Ling, He and Qi Shi. In the Song Dynasty, there was a saying that "Li Sao was lonely for a thousand years, and Qi's lonely song", which shows that his profound attainments offended the emperor because of what he wrote. The most modern people accept Lin Yuling, which combines scenes and sincere feelings. Known as "the song can be straight, the secret can be sparse, the pride can be flat, the scenery is difficult to reach, and it comes naturally."
At that time, why did Liu Yong offend the emperor, so he went to Yanshu for advice. Yan Shu made a big fuss about a sentence in Liu Yong's Ding Feng and laughed at the vulgarity of his works. Liu Yong had to retreat with shame.
Speaking of Yan Shu, he is a prime minister who has never suffered setbacks in his life, and he is smooth sailing, which is similar to his works. His works are rich in content, slightly atmospheric, leisurely and elegant, and take the "high-end route", which is different from Liu Yong's popularization. The masterpiece "A New Word of Huanxisha, Have a Drink" is a leisurely work.
Although his political achievements are not outstanding, he loves literature and has made more contributions to talents. At that time, he was also a good minister. He recommended some important ministers and literary masters, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Song Qi, Ouyang Xiu and Mei He. It can be said that he has a good eye for people, but he was wrong about Liu Yong. As we all know, he is good at writing "don't hate" On this point, many people are controversial. As the prime minister of today's dynasty, he is not a good official, visiting friends all day and playing around. Now that we know each other, of course, there is a saying of parting, so there are more words to write about parting. In today's words, this is administrative inaction, public funds to eat and drink. Of course, the society at that time was fairly stable, and friends rarely met. At that time, there was no post office, so I couldn't write letters, so I had to call my friends.
However, although everyone is considerate, there is still one person who is not considerate, and that is Yan.
He is the seventh son of Prime Minister Yan Shu-a young child who has been neglected since childhood. When his father is busy with state affairs and meets the children, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi, how can he have leisure to visit his youngest son? Therefore, in his childhood, his eyes were more indifferent than those of his peers, which also gave him more sincerity when writing in the future. He is a man more worthy of fame than Liu Yong. Su Shi met him, but he treated him coldly: "Half of my old guests have not had time to meet him today" is also stupid! However, it is also a little inferiority left by the contrast between the prosperity of childhood and today's down and out. Politically, if you are on the wrong side, please remove Wang Anshi because of the new law. Therefore, he would rather follow the Danqing barrier. Fortunately, he has the right person and is worth a visit!
Generally speaking, Yan's ci has surpassed his father Yan Shu's, especially "I don't remember when the West Building wakes up after being drunk", in which the first sentence writes four scenes-drinking, being drunk, being drunk and waking up. This is condensed, but the tortuous plots are outlined one by one, and the language coverage is very strong and extraordinary!
Just now is the introduction of three people, network, representative description. As for the characteristics of graceful performance you asked, let's say there are many characteristics, and these three each account for a part. The originator of graceful and restrained school is Li Yu, but his works are too sad and melancholy, and later generations have developed and changed several times. Liu Yong is good at writing Love is Long, full of affection and great influence. He was praised at that time. Although he was not happy in officialdom, he did not hide his shortcomings. "Love" is a major feature of grace. Yan Shu is good at writing "don't hate" and expressing her feelings of parting without doing anything. It is also a major feature of graceful "thick but not sticky", and some works are smooth as water; Yan's Ci is just like a human being-stupid and elegant (Huang Tingjian's evaluation of him). Unfortunately, they are not among the Four Banners, but their works are acceptable and elegant, which is a model among contemporary poets.
That's basically it. I hope it helps you.
These are all written by myself, and some of them are used to answer other people's sentences.