Yuefu Poetry, edited by Guo Maoqian, a Song Dynasty poet, is the most complete collection of Yuefu poems in China, which was written in the Northern Song Dynasty. This book has 100 volumes, mainly composed of Yuefu poems in the Han, Wei and Tang Dynasties.
According to its tunes, it can be divided into twelve categories, including Jiaomiao Ci, Ci, Advocacy Ci, Transverse Blowing Ci, Harmony Ci, Ci, Dance Ci, Qin Ci, Zaju Ci, Modern Ci, Miscellaneous Ci and New Yuefu Ci. A large number of excellent ancient poetry works have been preserved for future generations.
At the same time, he also wrote exegesis and researched the tunes and origins of various Yuefu poems, among which many lost articles were preserved. This provides great convenience for the collation and research of Yuefu poetry, making it an important document for the early research of Yuefu poetry.
Guo Maoqian's Yuefu poems had an important influence in the Song Dynasty and even later generations. It provides an important reference for the research and arrangement of Yuefu poems and lays a foundation for the future research of Yuefu poems. At the same time, the book also had a positive impact on the literary creation of later generations and the inheritance of Yuefu poems.
The difference between Yuefu poetry and classical poetry;
1, Yuefu poems first appeared in the Han Dynasty, which originated from the so-called Yuefu refers to the musical organs of the Han Dynasty. Besides writing and producing poems praising literati and playing new songs and dances, it also collects folk songs and lyrics for entertainment. Following the Book of Songs and Songs of the South, a new poetic style, Yuefu, appeared in the literary history of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. It was once brilliant and became an organic part of the excellent cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Ancient poetry first appeared in the pre-Qin period until the end of the Tang Dynasty.
2. The folk songs of HanYueFu are rich in content, reflecting the broad social life at that time, full of vigor and vitality in art, fresh and natural ... with realistic themes reflecting the suffering of the corvee, the pain of war, poverty and people's working life. Classical poetry is not rigid in subject matter, reflecting social reality, praising love, expressing ambition and so on.
3. All Yuefu poems are sung and can be accompanied by songs and dances. However, there is no such form of expression in ancient poetry, and only some ancient poetry with song themes can be sung.
4. Yuefu poetry has no strict requirements on the rhyme of the poem itself, while classical poetry has strict requirements on the rhyme, which is slightly wider than metrical poetry; You can use one rhyme alone, or two or more rhymes together. However, the so-called transgene is not arbitrary; It must be adjacent rhymes to be universal.