Song Ci is a popular literary genre in China in the Song Dynasty, which is a new style of poetry compared with classical poetry. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of Confucian scholars in Song Dynasty, and marks 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, Yuan Qu and permeates the world with Tang poetry, all of which represent the prosperity of a generation of literature. Later, there was a book with the same name, Song Ci.
The development of Song Ci;
It appeared in the Tang Dynasty and was first popular among the people. From the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, Ci developed greatly and became the main literary form in the Song Dynasty. Song ci mainly describes eroticism. Zhang Yan said: "Joking is romantic, Tao writes temperament, and words are graceful and restrained in poetry. The voice of the cover comes from Yinger's tongue sound, which is a bit close to love. " It is a summary of this feature.
Song Ci is the first special style to express romantic love in the history of China literature development. "Poetry expresses ambition, words express love" and "Ci is a romantic theme" are the main creative tendencies of Song Ci.
The themes of Song Ci mainly focus on the aspects directly or indirectly related to "eroticism", such as mourning for spring and autumn, parting from sorrow, various amorous feelings and love between men and women. Therefore, on the one hand, people in Song Ci indulge in lewd pleasure, on the other hand, they hide themselves, defend themselves and clear away traces. Later generations "shame for the venerable, shame for the sage" also explains its meaning.
Based on this position, as the main direction of Song Ci creation, "getting rid of vulgarity and restoring elegance" has grown from scratch, from sporadic efforts to the formation of creative schools, from creative practice to emerging.