1. Pinyin of ancient poetry: gǔ shī.
2. Basic definition: [ gǔ shī ] ancient style poetry. Generally refers to ancient poetry.
3. Encyclopedia explanation: Ancient poetry is a general term for ancient Chinese poetry. In terms of time, it refers to Chinese poetic works before the Opium War in 1840. From the perspective of meter, ancient poetry can be divided into ancient poetry and modern poetry. Taking the Tang Dynasty as the boundary, all poems in the past were ancient poetry. After that, ancient poetry gradually declined and died out. Ancient style poetry is also called ancient poetry or ancient style poetry; modern style poetry is also called modern style poetry. From the Book of Songs to Yu Xin in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, all poems can be considered ancient poetry, but poetry after the Tang Dynasty may not all be considered modern poetry, specifically due to the differences in meter, sound, and rhyme.