Peacock Flying Southeast is the first narrative poem in the history of China literature, and it is also the pinnacle of Yuefu poetry. Later generations praised it and Mulan poems of the Northern Dynasties as "double walls of Yuefu".
Yuefu poetry in Han Dynasty is rich in content, reflecting the broad social life at that time, and it is vigorous and fresh in art. The poetic forms of five-character, seven-character and miscellaneous words are the pioneers of literati's five-character and seven-character poems and valuable wealth in the history of Chinese poetry.
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The influence of Yuefu in Han Dynasty on later generations
1, the development of realism
Han Yuefu folk songs inherited the realistic spirit of The Book of Songs. Such as Cao Cao and his son, RoyceWong, Chen Lin and other poems describing the suffering of social disorder in Jian 'an period. They often use the old Yuefu theme, narrative methods and popular language, and they also see the influence of Han Yuefu folk songs in form.
2. The language is unpretentious and the style is fresh.
The styles of Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty are diverse, including fresh and clear, affectionate and euphemistic, and generous and sad, but all of them are simple and natural. The so-called simplicity and naturalness is manifested in the language of poetry. It has no words and no embellishment, so it is simple and sincere, unique in ancient and modern times. Later poets were mostly influenced by Han Yuefu.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Peacock flies southeast