"Gexing" is a genre of China's ancient poems, which was established in the early Tang Dynasty on the basis of Yuefu poems in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. The appearance of "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" by He Zhang can be said to be a sign of the formal formation of this genre.
Xu Shi, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, once explained "Song", "Xing" and "Xing Ge" in "Distinguishing Poetic Style" as follows: "A long lyricist, miscellaneous and ignorant, speaks songs; The pace is rushing, and those who are sparse and not sluggish will do it; Part-time workers are singing. "
"Ci Hai" Note: "Xing" means joy; Although the names of "Song" and "Xing" are different, there is no strict difference. Later, "Song and Xing" merged into one. magnum opus
The songs are named after Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow, Bai Xuege's Farewell to Tian Shuji Wu's Home, and Du Fu's Song of Autumn Wind Breaking the Cottage.
Named after "Xing": Bai Juyi's Pipa Xing, Du Fu's military vehicle shop, etc.
Named after "Gexing": Gao Shi's Yan Gexing