Seven-character quatrains and Yan calligraphy

Seven-character quatrains are one of the most representative genres in Tang poetry. In the course of nearly 300 years' evolution, the Seven Wonders of the Tang Dynasty gradually took shape, increased in quantity, improved in quality, rich in content and diverse in style. What I want to bring to you is the calligraphy of seven-character quatrains. I hope you like it.

Appreciation of calligraphy of Yan-ti seven-character quatrains

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Metric classification of seven-character quatrains

Quatrains: four parts and four sentences. (Different from metrical poems: four sections and eight sentences. )

Seven laws can be divided into two categories and four sentence patterns:

There are two kinds of uprights: 1, upright and flat, the first sentence rhymes, 2, upright and flat, and the first sentence does not rhyme.

There are two kinds of oblique rising: 1, rising and falling flat, the first sentence rhymes, and 2, rising and falling flat, the first sentence does not rhyme.

Four basic sentence patterns of seven-character quatrains

Generally speaking, the first two or four sentences are homophonic; The third sentence rhymes differently. The penultimate word in the second sentence is usually a conjunction; The whole poem has lofty artistic conception, elegant language and profound meaning.

The first sentence rhymes.

Flat (flat) flat, (flat) flat. (flat) flat, (flat) flat.

The first sentence is plain and blank.

Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. (flat) flat, (flat) flat.

Start with the first sentence and rhyme.

(Ping) Ping ◎, (Ping) Ping ◎, (Ping) Ping ◎, (Ping)

The first sentence doesn't rhyme.

(flat) flat, (flat) flat. Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping.

(Note: Parentheses indicate even numbers; ◎ For rhymes, be sure to use a flat voice) (The above text is edited according to the Appreciation Dictionary of Tang Poetry)