Song people divided ci into four categories: preface, introduction, proximity and delay. However, this method also has the disadvantage of unclear classification. Simply put, preface is a small preface, quotation and approximate contract are equal to the middle tone, and slow word is the so-called long tone. There are 60 pieces of Liang Zhu and 70 pieces of Jiang Chengzi, but they all belong to the spiritual ci of the Song Dynasty. Dunhuang Quzi ci has some medium-long tunes. Liu Yong wrote some long tunes in the early Song Dynasty. Su Shi, Qin Guan, Huang Tingjian and others followed suit, and the long tune quickly moved from bud to peak.
The characteristics of long tunes, in addition to the large number of words, are that the rhyme is generally sparse.
Ci is a unique poetic style, which sprouted in the Southern Dynasties and is a new literary style in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, after a long period of continuous development, Ci entered its heyday. The original name of the word is "Quci" or "Quci", and it is also called: near-style Yuefu, long and short sentences, Quci, music movement, fun, idle poems and so on. It is a song and poem full of feasts, and the epigraph is the name of the tone of the word. Different epigrams have regulations on the total number of words, the number of sentences, the number of words per sentence and the level.
Origin:
Ci is a kind of ancient poetry in China. It began in Nanliang, formed in Tang Dynasty, flourished after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and reached its peak in Song Dynasty, so it was commonly known as Song Ci. The formal characteristics of words are "the tone has a fixed frame and the sentence has flaws."
According to Old Tang Book; "Since Kaiyuan (the year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty), singers have mixed the songs of Okoyi Lane." At that time, there were many talented musicians in the city who made a living by singing. According to the need to coordinate the lyrics with the music beat, they created or adapted some long and short sentence lyrics, which are the earliest words.
It can also be seen from Dunhuang Quzi Ci that the words produced by the people are decades earlier than those created by the literati.
There are two schools of ci: one is graceful; Two: uninhibited.