What genre is Meng Jiao's Ode to a Wanderer? A. Five-character ancient poems B. Five-character regular poems C. Ancient Yuefu poems D. New Yuefu poems

The genre of Meng Jiao's Ode to a Wandering Son is a five-character ancient poem, and the five-character quatrain is a genre of Chinese traditional poetry, which refers to a small poem with five words and four sentences for short, which conforms to the law of metrical poetry and belongs to the category of modern poetry. This style originated from Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty, was deeply influenced by folk songs in Six Dynasties and matured in Tang Dynasty. There are only twenty crosses in each song, which can show a fresh picture and convey a true artistic conception.

Representative works include Bird Watching Creek by Wang Wei, Thoughts on a Quiet Night by Li Bai, Eight Arrays by Du Fu, In the Heron Tower by Wang Zhihuan and Farewell Master by Liu Changqing.

Five-character quatrains belong to the category of modern poetry and are a kind of quatrains. A five-character four-sentence poem that conforms to the standard of metrical poetry is called a five-character quatrain, which is referred to as the five-character quatrains for short. Five-character quatrains are not originated by poets in the Tang Dynasty, but originated from the ancient poems of Yuefu in Han and Wei Dynasties, which are simple in style, advocating nature and full of interest.