Ancient poetry: including ancient poetry (poetry before the Tang Dynasty), Chu Ci, and Yuefu poetry. Poems with ancient poetry themes such as "song", "gexing", "yin", "qu" and "yin" also belong to ancient poetry. Ancient poetry does not focus on antithesis and rhymes more freely. The development trajectory of ancient poetry: "The Book of Songs" → Chu Ci → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties folk songs → Jian'an poetry → Tao Shi and other literati five-character poems → the ancient style and new Yuefu of the Tang Dynasty.
①Chu Ci style: It is a poetry form created by Qu Yuan of Chu State during the Warring States Period. It is characterized by the use of Chu dialect and rhyme, and has a strong Chu flavor. The "Chu Ci" edited by Liu Xiang of the Eastern Han Dynasty has seventeen chapters, mainly the works of Qu Yuan, and Qu Yuan's works include "Li Sao" as his representative work. Therefore, later generations also called "Chu Ci style" and "Sao style".
② Yuefu: Yuefu is a music management institution established by the imperial court since the Qin Dynasty. It was expanded on a large scale during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and a large number of poems were collected from the people. Later generations are collectively called Han Yuefu. Later Yuefu became a poetry genre. (In 1976, a button bell was unearthed in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, with an inscribed gold inscription: "Yuefu". In 2000, a clay seal with "Yuefu Seal" was unearthed at the Qin Site in Xi'an, further confirming this historical fact, rather than starting from During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.)
(2) Modern poetry: Modern poetry, which is opposite to ancient poetry, is also called modern poetry. It is a kind of metrical poetry formed in the Tang Dynasty. It is divided into two types. The number of words, the number of sentences, There are strict regulations on the level and rhyme used.
① One kind of poem is called "quatrains", each of which has four sentences. The five-character poem is referred to as Wujue, and the seven-character poem is referred to as Qijue.