The source of the word:
Due to the complexity and diversity of the style of words, there are both the particularity of music, the particularity of sentences and the particularity of emotional content, so there have been different opinions on the origin of words, and there are few conclusions. Let's talk about the origin of words from two aspects.
Many works on Ci in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are related to the origin of Ci. In the first half of the 20th century, the confrontation between old and new cultures also attracted much attention. These discussions really help us to trace back and confirm the source of words. However, this discussion does not fully consider the complexity of the word style, but is based on some unity of the word, so this discussion about the origin is doomed to be rare and complete.
As a kind of literature with music as its essence, there is no music score in circulation. Although the poem "Song of the Road flyover Baishi" has the affix 17, it is difficult to know the truth because it is invisible, so the details are often unknown. Therefore, it is difficult to trace the source of ci music; The source of the spread of ci music is more controversial and convincing. Tracing the source of words is really not an easy task.
Poetic homology theory:
This theory regards words as poetic redundancy, respects the style of words and advocates the homology of poems. According to the truth, Su Shi is an important figure in the history of Ci, and he took poetry as Ci, which initially changed the traditional view that Ci is Tao.
Because of respecting the style of ci, Su Shi advocated the theory of poetry homology. In his view, in essence, words and poems are the same, and the source of words is included in the source of poems. In the Qing Dynasty, Wilson also held this view. He said in the "Word Order": "There are poems, long and short sentences and meaningful. Fuck the south wind, the song of the five sons has been.
Nanfengyin is a legendary song of Shunzhi, The Book of Rites. "Yue Ji" once recorded that Shun sang "South Wind" with banjo. But later, the lyrics of Nanfeng were recorded in Confucius' family language. According to the textual research of Cui Shu's A New Record of Tang Yukao, it was judged that it was written by later generations engaged in piano work. Song of Five Sons is found in the pseudo-ancient prose Shangshu.
Wilson traced the origin of ci to songs such as Nanfengyin in Tang Yu period, which essentially traced the same origin of poetry and ci. This tracing is based on the similarity of poetic style, and it is based on the premise of ignoring the particularity of poetic style. As a special etymology, it is not perfect in theory. At best, it can only be said that it is the source of the text. It can also be understood as the source of many poetic styles in later generations.
Etymology "The Book of Songs" said:
This theory takes the length of sentences as the only basis for tracing the source, and advocates that words originate from the Book of Songs. Zhang Zi's Meixi Poetry in the Southern Song Dynasty said: Guan Ju wrote 300 poems, and the lyrics at that time were also. "This practice of linking etymology with The Book of Songs is based on the form of long and short sentences, except for the purpose of respecting style.
There are indeed many similarities in sentence patterns between ci and ancient poems with long and short sentences. Su Shi said in "The Book with Cai": "Presenting new words, this ancient poem is both long and short. It is this feeling of deja vu. However, Su Shi did not mix long and short sentences with words, but praised the interest of his words as similar to that of poetry.