The earliest ancient poems had no fixed format. Later, they were composed of four-character and five-character poems and Chu Ci that used divided syllables with Xi to control the rhythm.
Han Fu is an extension of Chu Ci. Han Yuefu is the development of ancient poetry. After the Han Dynasty, five-character ancient poetry and seven-character ancient poetry were developed.
In the Tang Dynasty, rhymed poetry and quatrains were developed. Although the style of poetry was enriched, it was also too strict The flat and oblique meter caused the problem of form restricting content, which affected the development of poetry. Therefore, many people continued to create ancient poetry. On the other hand, quatrains gradually developed into couplets and haiku.
Song Dynasty In the Ming Dynasty, poetry still developed spectacularly, but due to the limitations of meter, some people turned to more lively and free lyrics and music that matched music, and created a large number of lyrics and music. Of course, this is also the original meaning of poetry. .