The seven-character quatrains of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are as follows:
1. Farewell poem [Sui] Anonymous
The willows hang green on the ground, and the poplar flowers are flying in the sky. When all the willow branches are broken and the flowers fly away, I ask passers-by whether they are returning home.
2. Begonia of the same generation has not yet bloomed [Yuan Dynasty] Yuan Haowen
There are layers of new green among the branches, and a few red spots hidden deep in the small buds. Cherish your beautiful heart, don’t vomit lightly, and teach the peaches and plums to make spring breeze.
3. Su Jun Yigong Hu Pavilion [Yuan Dynasty] Yang Zai
White birds fly in twos, twos, threes and three, carrying people on their backs to catch the fishermen. After the rain, the thick clouds have not dispersed, but the green trees are still embracing the mountains.
4. Plum Blossom [Yuan Dynasty] Wang Mian
In March, the east wind blows the snow away, Hunan's small green flowers are as green as a Qiang pipe when poured, no one can see it, and countless plum blossoms fall on the wild bridges.
5. Send a friend [Yuan] Zhu Xi
The dark rain passes over the bird seal sand in Xitou, and there are wild people living deep in the mountains and rivers. All the peaches and plums are flying in front of the door, and the spring light is shining on the thorn flowers.
Seven-character quatrain is a genre of traditional Chinese poetry, referred to as Qijue, and belongs to the category of modern poetry. This poem has four lines, each line has seven words, and has strict metrical requirements in terms of rhyme and adhesion.
This style of poetry originated from Yuefu Songxing in the Southern Dynasty or Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasty, or can be traced back to the folk songs of the Western Jin Dynasty. It was finalized and matured in the Tang Dynasty. Representative works include Wang Changling's "Two Poems for Farewell to Xin Jian at Furong Tower", Li Bai's "Early Departure from Baidi City", and Du Fu's "Jiangnan Meets the Year of Li Gui".
Seven-character quatrains are modern poetry with strict metrical requirements. The first is the fixed length. The whole poem has four sentences, each sentence has seven characters, totaling 28 characters. Secondly, the rhyme is strict, which means that it usually only rhymes with flat tones and cannot rhyme. We also need to pay attention to the rhythm and obliqueness, that is, it is required to comply with the rhythm of oblique and oblique music, that is, under normal circumstances, two syllables are used as one foot, and the oblique and oblique arrangements are arranged alternately.