1. Different concepts
Seven-character ancient poetry is a type of ancient Chinese poetry. Each sentence in the poem has seven characters or mainly seven-character sentences.
Seven-character rhymed poetry refers to poems with seven characters and eight sentences that conform to the standard of rhymed poetry.
2. Different forms
Seven-character ancient poetry is referred to as Qigu. Among ancient poems, it has the most lively form, the most diverse genres, the freest processing of syntax and rhyme, and is lyrical. Narrative is one of the most expressive forms of poetry.
Seven-character rhymed poetry is a genre of traditional Chinese poetry, referred to as Qilu, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. It originated from the new-style poems such as Shen Yue's in Qi Yongming Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty that paid attention to rhythm and antithesis. Its rhythm is strict and requires The number of words in the poem is uniform, and it consists of eight sentences, each sentence has seven words, and every two sentences is a couplet. The last four couplets are divided into first couplet, chin couplet, neck couplet and tail couplet. The middle two couplets require confrontation.
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1. The origin of seven-character verse:
The rise of seven-character verse was later than that of five-character verse. It originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, sprouted in the new style poetry of Qi and Liang Dynasties, and was finalized in the early and prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, Shen Quanqi, Song Zhiwen, Du Shenyan, and Li Qiao began to write articles. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei, Li Qi, Cen Shen, and Jia Zhi deliberately tempered them to achieve institutional proficiency, and Cui Hao , Li Bai still has works that are a mixture of parallel and prose, half ancient and half rhythm.
Although the seven-character rhymed poems of this period also have famous works that are elegant and elegant, the vast majority of them are in the content of fenghe, yingzhi, and reward, which is even narrower than the five-character rhymed poems. At the same time, the Qilu of poets such as Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Gao Shi during the prosperous Tang Dynasty often contained mistakes such as misalignment, loss of cohesiveness, and emphasis on words. It was not until Du Fu that the seven-character rhyme poem showed its poetic potential and opened up the artistic world.
Du Fu comprehensively opened up the realm of rhythmic poetry. Current affairs and politics, life experiences, customs, cultural relics and historic sites are all melted into precise rhythms, raising the value of this poetic style to that of ancient poetry and ancient poetry. The height of the quatrains standing side by side.
From Du Fu to the mid-Tang Dynasty, the seven-character rhythm style failed to bring forth new ideas. In the late Tang Dynasty, seven-character rhymed poetry opened up a new situation. Wen Tingyun, Li Shangyin, and Du Mu, these seven-rhythm masters, not only modified the form of rhymed poetry, but also transformed the temperament of rhymed poetry, advancing the art of rhymed poetry to a new stage.
2. The origin of seven-character ancient poetry
Seven-character ancient poetry is a type of ancient Chinese poetry. Each sentence in the poem has seven characters or mainly seven-character sentences.
It originated from folk songs. In the pre-Qin period, in addition to the seven-character sentence pattern in "The Book of Songs" and "The Songs of Chu", Xunzi's "Chengxiang Pian" was a miscellaneous rhyme composed mainly of seven characters, imitating folk songs.
In the Western Han Dynasty, in addition to "Louhu Ge" and "Shangjun Ge" contained in "Han Shu", there were also "Fan Jiang Pian" by Sima Xiangru, "Jijiu Pian" by Shi You, etc. Seven-character popular rhyme.
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