Song Ci is a popular genre in China's Song Dynasty literature, a new poetic style compared with classical poetry, the crystallization of the wisdom of Confucian scholars in Song Dynasty and the highest achievement of Song Dynasty literature. Song ci has long and short sentences, which are easy to sing. Because it is the lyrics of music and harmony, it is also called tune, Yuefu, music movement, long and short sentences, poetry, piano music and so on.
It began in Nanliang, formed in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. Song Ci is a bright pearl in the crown of China ancient literature, and a fragrant and gorgeous garden in Yuen Long, an ancient literature in China. With its colorful and varied charm, it competes with Tang poetry and Yuanqu, and has always been said to be as famous as Tang poetry, representing the prosperity of a generation of literature. Later, there was a book with the same name, Song Ci.
Song ci school
Graceful school is characterized by its content focusing on children's customs. The structure is profound and meticulous, paying attention to the harmony of melody, the language is round and fresh, and there is a gentle beauty. Narrow content. Because for a long time, the characters tend to be gentle and graceful, and people have formed the concept that grace is authentic. Li Houzhu, Liu Yong, Zhou Bangyan and other poets' The Truth of Ci represents this view.
The characteristics of the bold school are, in general, broad creative vision, majestic atmosphere, love to write words with poetic techniques, syntax and typology, wide use of words, many uses, and unconventional temperament. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian, Chao, He Zhu and others all had works of this style. After Du Nan, due to the great changes of the times, tragic and generous tenors came into being, which became a common practice, and Xin Qiji became a great master in creating bold and unconstrained ci.