First, pause: pause is frequently used in ancient poetry, and there are three main situations. The first situation is used to express words with similar meanings, such as "The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, and the isolated city is Wan Ren Mountain". Here, "the isolated city" is juxtaposed with "Wan Ren Mountain" and belongs to the same category as "above the white clouds", so it is separated by a pause. In the second case, it is used to express the relationship between subject and predicate or verb-object, such as "the storm suddenly rises and the night is quiet" The comma here is used to separate the subject "sudden storm" and the predicate "dead of night". The third situation is used to express the purpose of enumeration, clauses and clauses, such as "moonlight in the pine forest, crystal stone in the stream, bamboo language of the laundry girl who comes home, lotus leaf in front of the fishing boat." The pause here separates four verb phrases.
2. Comma: Comma has many uses in ancient poetry. The first usage is used to pause at the beginning, middle and end of a sentence, such as "the grass is near in the distance, but there is nothing, and the moon curtain turns into a shadow." The comma here is used to separate two poems with independent meanings. The second usage is to express more complicated sentences, such as "The east wind is not convenient for Zhou Lang, and Tongquetai locks Er Qiao in spring. When first frost is waiting, Qing will turn to the house and the dream will fall with the wind. " The comma here is used to separate noun phrases and verb phrases that are juxtaposed. The third usage is used to omit some words, such as "last year today, in this door, human faces and peaches set each other off." When "in" is omitted, a comma is used here.
Third, the period: the period is often used in ancient poetry. Usually used at the end of a paragraph to indicate that a complete sentence has ended. For example, "Don't you like gentlemen? See Xian Si Qi, Wuxi Endless? " "Hu Yun doesn't like it" is an independent sentence and should end with a period.
Fourth, question mark and exclamation mark: question mark and exclamation mark are less used in ancient poetry. Generally, it is only used in minor tunes such as Sanqu. For example, "Mochow has no confidant in the road ahead, and everyone in the world doesn't know you?" At this point, use a question mark to indicate the tone of the question. Similarly, "a bright moon hangs over the capital, and ten thousand washing mallets knock." Use exclamation marks to express strong surprise.
5. Colons and semicolons: Colons and semicolons are rarely used in ancient poetry. In some special cases, semicolons can be used to indicate some pause function. For example, "until you came to me in your dream last night, because I have been thinking about you;" I doubt that this is really you, taking such a long journey. " The semicolon here acts as a pause to separate two coordinate verb phrases. Colons are only used in the main text, book title, subtitle, etc.