Ancient poems:
Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems, seven-character poems and miscellaneous poems. Four words are four words, five words are five words and seven words are seven words. After the Tang dynasty, it was called modern poetry, so it was usually divided into five words and seven words. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five ancient poems for short; Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven ancient poems for short, and those who use three, five and seven characters at the same time are generally considered as seven ancient poems.
Features:
Classical poetry is a kind of poetry as opposed to modern poetry. Before the formation of modern poetry, there were many schools of Chinese poetry. Also known as ancient poetry and ancient style, there are three carriers: song, line and song.
Four-character poems no longer exist in modern poetry. Although the word "ancient" is not added, it goes without saying that it is an ancient poem. The ancient poems included in The Book of Songs are mainly four-character poems. Four-character poems were written in Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. Cao Cao's Looking at the Sea and Tao Yuanming's Stopping Clouds are typical four-character poems.
The ancient Five Dynasties first appeared in the Han Dynasty. Nineteen ancient poems, all five-character poems. After the Han Dynasty, many people wrote five-character poems. Most of the poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties are five-character poems, and there are more five-character poems in the Tang Dynasty and later. The appearance of the Seven Ancient Dynasties may be earlier than that of the Five Ancient Dynasties. But before the Tang Dynasty, it was not as common as the Five Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, seven ancient books appeared in large numbers, which were also called long sentences by the Tang people.
Miscellaneous poems are also unique to ancient poetry. Poetry varies in length, from one word to more than one cross. Generally, it is a mixture of three, four, five and seven words, and seven words are the main ones, so it is customarily classified as ancient seven words. There are many miscellaneous poems in The Book of Songs and Han Yuefu folk songs.
Four-character style:
Four-character poems prevailed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were few other poems except Chu Ci. Four-character poem is the earliest poetic style in ancient times.
The National Style, Xiaoya and Elegance in The Book of Songs are all based on four-character poems. In other ancient books of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, such as Mai Xiuge in Historical Records, Notes on Song Chengzi, and Zi Chanyong in Zuo Zhuan, etc. Four fonts are also dominant.
Five fonts:
Five-character poetry, ancient poetry genre. Refers to a five-word poem, and the whole poem consists of five words. Five-character poems can accommodate more words, thus expanding the capacity of poems and expressing feelings and narratives more flexibly and meticulously. In terms of syllables, even-odd matching is more musical.
Therefore, it is more suitable for the social life developed after the Han Dynasty, thus gradually replacing the orthodox position of four-character poetry and becoming one of the main forms of classical poetry. Modern poetry appeared after the early Tang Dynasty, including five-character poems and five-character quatrains. Five-character poems before Tang Dynasty are generally called five-character ancient poems or five-character poems.
Five-character poem is a poem with five words in each sentence. As an independent poetic style, it originated in the Western Han Dynasty and matured in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Of course, there are already five sentences in the Book of Songs, such as "Calling the South to Expose": "Who said that birds have no horns, why wear my house? Who says women are homeless? Why are you going to jail? " Poetry in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties is mainly composed of five words.
It shows that the five-character poem was formed in this period. In ancient times, there was a saying that five-character poems originated from the poems of Li Ling and Su Wu, but later generations denied this statement. For example, Su Ruan said, "Li Ling and Su Wu are all false words." There are also five statements in Nineteen Ancient Poems, which have not been widely recognized. Generally speaking, the five-character poetry system absorbs the form of folk songs.