Nineteen Ancient Poems is a general term for nineteen poems created by literati in Han Dynasty and compiled by Xiao Tong in Southern Dynasty.
Traditionally, this 19 poem is based on the first sentence, which is: Go, go again, grass beside the Qingqing River, cypress on the Qingqing Mausoleum, a good feast today, high-rise buildings in the northwest, hibiscus picking in Shejiang River, moonlight lanterns, solitary bamboo, exotic trees in the courtyard, morning glory all the way, looking back at the car, and high and long in Dongcheng.
Nineteen Ancient Poems is a remarkable symbol of the humanization of Yuefu ancient poems, which profoundly reproduces the disillusionment and sinking, the awakening and pain of the soul during the great transformation of social thought in the late Han Dynasty, and expresses several basic and common feelings and thoughts in life. The language of the poem is simple and natural, the description is vivid and vivid, and it has a natural artistic style. Liu Xie (Wen Xin Diao Long) called it "the crown of five words".
Nineteen Ancient Poems is a five-character poem developed on the basis of Han folk songs in Han Dynasty. Most of the content is leaving sorrow, not hating frustration, negative thinking and depressed mood. However, his artistic achievements are very high, and he is good at expressing emotions, making good use of things to set off, embodying feelings in the scenery, and integrating the scenery into the environment.