Listen to this articleshī yuán qíng 诗缘情
Poetry Springs from Emotions.
诗歌缘于诗人内心的情感。西晋陆机《文赋》提出，诗人情动于心，而后才有诗歌创作。“诗缘情”说与“诗言志”说互为补充，强调文学的抒情性与审美特征，表现出魏晋时代文学观念的变迁。因此，“诗缘情”也成为中国古代关于诗歌与文学本质看法的另一代表观点。
Poems originate from the poet’s heart-felt feelings. Lu Ji of the Western Jin Dynasty said in “The Art of Writing” that a poet must have a surge of feeling deep in his heart before he could create a poem. This view, complementing the concept of “poetry expressing aspirations,” stresses the lyrical and aesthetic nature of literary works and echoes the evolution of literary tastes during the Wei and Jin dynasties. “Poetry springing from emotions” represents another viewpoint on the nature of poetry and literature in ancient China.
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◎诗缘情而绮靡。（陆机《文赋》）
（诗歌源于情感因而形式华丽好看。）
Poetry, springing from emotions, reads beautifully in its form of expression. (Lu Ji: The Art of Writing)
◎人禀七情，应物斯感，感物吟志，莫非自然。（刘勰《文心雕龙·明诗》）
（人禀受了各种情感，受外物刺激而心有所感，心有所感而吟咏情志，所有的诗歌都出于自然情感。）
Everyone has diverse feelings, and he expresses his feelings and aspirations in a poetical way when he is stimulated by the external world and his heart is touched. All poems come from natural emotions. (Liu Xie: The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons)
