初盛唐时风尚武，边塞诗中多有所谓“重武轻儒”之句，源于对历史传统的不自觉承袭、对个人怀才不遇经历的自嘲和愤懑。这种文化惯性和瞬时情绪并不能全面、准确地说明初盛唐边塞诗人具有鲜明的“重武轻儒”思想。实际上，初盛唐边塞诗人虽尚武，但也有着积极的读书仕进思想，主要体现在：认同文人身份，赞美、同情读书人，有积极的从文做官经历和文治思想，仕进建功是初盛唐边塞诗人心中的执念。这种仕进思想的复杂性反映了理想与现实的深刻矛盾。

In early Tang Dynasty(618—766 CE), there were many lines in frontier poems that "advocated military over Confucianism", which derived from the unconscious inheritance of historical tradition, and self-mockery and anger from personal experience of talent being neglected. This kind of cultural inertia and temporary mood cannot fully and accurately prove that the frontier poets had a distinct custom that "advocated military over Confucianism". In fact, although the frontier poets in the early Tang Dynasty advocated military, they also positively pursued official career by academic study, which were mainly reflected in identifying with the literati, praising and sympathizing with scholars, having experience of being officials, and thought of civil administration. To make military achievements and pursue an official career was the aspiration of the frontier poets in early Tang Dynasty. The complexity of this aspiration reflects the profound contradiction between ideal and reality.