It began in the Tang Dynasty, took shape in the Five Dynasties and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Song Ci is a brilliant diamond in the crown of China ancient literature. In the ancient literature of Yuen Long, it is a fragrant and gorgeous garden. With its colorful and varied charm, she is on a par with Tang poetry and Yuanqu, and has always been said to be the best companion of Tang poetry, representing the prosperity of a generation of literature.
Song Ci is the most distinctive style in Song Dynasty, which has both literary and musical features. Every word has a title called "epigraph", and the lyrics according to the title are called "Yi". Word alias "long and short sentences" (after the Song Dynasty, it can be said that long and short sentences are aliases of words, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, long and short sentences are the real names of words; In the Tang Dynasty, long and short sentences were still a poetic noun.
Faction:
Song ci is another literary school after Tang poetry, which is basically divided into two categories: graceful school and wild school, and another is Huajian school.
Representatives of Gracious School: Liu Yong, Li Qingzhao, Qin Guan, Yan Shu, Yan, Zhou Bangyan, Jiang Kui, etc.
Representatives of the uninhibited school: Xin Qiji, Su Shi, Yue Fei, Chen Liang, Lu You, Ouyang Xiu, etc.
Representative figures of Huajian School: Wen et al.