Chinese ancient poetry, commonly known as ancient poetry, refers to poetry written in classical Chinese and traditional metrical patterns, which is a generalized ancient poetry in China and can include all kinds of ancient Chinese rhymes. Such as Fu, Ci, Qu, etc. In a narrow sense, it only includes ancient poetry and modern poetry, which is a cultural expression produced by many ethnic groups in the process of language development. Most ancient poems are written by literati, who express their thoughts by writing poems and singing.
Poetry is the earliest and most fully developed literary genre in China literature. The existing ancient ballads vividly reflect the living conditions and inner wishes of China ancestors, and their short and vivid forms also show the power of China national language.
Name of the work
China's ancient poems
Alias of works
Classical poetry
Literary genre
Fu, Ci and Qu
The earliest collection of poems
The Book of Songs
The earliest age of poetry
Early western Zhou dynasty
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International influence
Development history
Ethnicity
In the process of language development, many ethnic groups have produced poetic forms suitable for their own languages. In China, the earliest collection of poems is The Book of Songs, in which the earliest poems were written in the early Western Zhou Dynasty and the latest works were written in the mid-Spring and Autumn Period.
During the Warring States Period, the languages of Huaxia and Baiyue nationalities in southern Chu gradually merged, and its poetry collection "Songs of Chu" broke through some formal restrictions in the Book of Songs and better reflected the characteristics of southern languages.
Ancient poems of Han dynasty
Yuefu poetry was formed in the Han Dynasty. Yuefu poetry is sung to match the music, which is equivalent to the lyrics of modern society. This kind of Yuefu poetry is called Qu, Ci, Song and Xing. During the Three Kingdoms period, the poetry works represented by Jian 'an literature absorbed the nutrition of Yuefu poetry, which laid the foundation for later modern poetry with more rigorous meter.
Modern poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties
In the Tang Dynasty, four quatrains and eight metrical poems appeared in China's poems. Rhythm and rhyme are balanced, and the balance and antithesis of each sentence are regular. The quatrains are a little looser.
In addition, the words that reached their peak in the Song Dynasty are also an important form of poetry. The format of words should follow some fixed aphorisms, so as to sing with music.
Late development
Since the Yuan Dynasty, the golden age of China's poetry has gradually passed, and his literary creation has gradually turned to drama, novels and other forms.
Development sequence: The Book of Songs-Chu Ci-Yuefu-Cifu-Tang Poetry-Song Ci-Yuanqu.
International influence
China's poetry literally means China's poetry. But this concept is mainly used outside the Chinese world. Some neighboring countries of China, such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam, are naturally deeply influenced by Chinese poetry because they use Chinese characters as written language. With the spread of Zen in these countries, China's poetry has become the most important form of Zen literature.
Japan
In Japan, from Nara era, influenced by China culture, scholars began to create Japanese poems in the form of China's poems. The most obvious difference between Japanese Chinese poetry and Japanese native songs and haiku is that a Chinese poem has four (quatrains) or eight (metrical poems), each sentence usually has five or seven words, while songs and haiku have five, seven, five, seven, five, seven, seven and other long and short sentences, which are more like Chinese words.
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