Classical poetry, a genre of China's ancient poetry, also known as classical poetry or archaism, refers to a poetic genre that originated before the Tang Dynasty and was opposite to the modern poetry that appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Its characteristic is that the metrical restrictions are not too strict.
There are many styles of ancient poetry in China, and there are different opinions on the classification and appellation of ancient poetry. Especially for Yuefu, ancient style and ballad poetry, it is even more confusing. Because, from the formal point of view, Yuefu style and ancient style are both five-character styles, and seven-character ancient poems and ancient songs are all seven-character styles, so it is difficult to distinguish them. But since ancient times, people have unanimously recognized their differences in content, technique and style, and established their names.
In the second topic "Discussion and Practice" of Five Poems in Grade 8 (Volume II) of People's Education Edition, it is said that "The Hut is Broken by Autumn Wind" and "A Song of Farewell to the Field in the Snow-Secretary Wu Comes Home" are both "Gexing" poems with free form, fluent language and unrestrained style. Please talk about the similarities and differences between these two poems from the aspects of sentence structure, narration and lyricism. "The ninth grade (1) knowledge essay" How to read "said:" Du Fu's "Shi Qu Guan" has a wide meter, which is called ancient style. "
The name here doesn't conform to the habit. People used to refer to Du Fu's Caotang as a seven-character ancient poem, while Cen Can's Bai Xuege was called a seven-character poem. The editor also clearly saw the "difference" between the two poems, so this problem arose. Du Fu's "Three Officials and Three Farewells" are all five-character poems with "ancient style", but people used to call Shi Hao officials "new Yuefu" instead of "ancient style". In order to understand this problem, it is necessary to make a brief review of China's ancient poetry style.