Ancient literary styles can be divided into several categories, and each category can be divided into several subcategories. (as follows)
1. Poetry
-the earliest literary genre in China, originated from the labor voice of primitive people, is a kind of literature with rhyme and singing.
1. Ancient poetry 2. Modern poetry 3. Rhyme 4. quatrains 5. Songs of the South 6. Melody
2. Fu
-originally a literary expression, it was one of the "six meanings" in The Book of Songs, and a specific system was formed in the Han Dynasty. It becomes a style between poetry and prose, which pays attention to exposition, rhetoric, duality and rhyme.
Third, parallel prose
Fourth, words
Fifth, novels
-China's novels originated from ancient myths and legends, and experienced the development process of the Six Dynasties, tang legends, the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Zhang Hui's novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties and the May 4th modern novels.
1. Strange stories 2. Anecdotal novels 3. Legendary novels 4. Story-telling novels 5. Chapter-returning novels 6. Denunciation novels 7. Romance novels
6. Prose
-In ancient times, all prose articles that did not rhyme or rearrange couples, including historical classics, were generally called prose.
1. Ancient prose 2. Notes 3. Ancient argumentative writing style 4. Ancient ministers presented the throne to the emperor-an argumentative writing style
5. Preface and postscript 6. Presentation preface 7. Historical biography
7. Drama
-comprehensive stage art, with the help of literature, music, dance, art, sculpture and so on.
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