Ancient poetry is a genre of ancient Chinese poetry, also known as ancient poetry or ancient style, which refers to a poetic genre that originated before the Tang Dynasty and is opposite to the modern poetry that appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Its characteristic is that the metrical restrictions are not too strict.
Classical poetry has a fixed verse and a fixed style. All ancient poems are classified according to the number of words in the poem. Four-character ancient poems are referred to as four-character ancient poems for short; Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five-character ancient poems for short; Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven-character ancient poems for short. Four-character poems were adopted by people as early as the Book of Songs. But it gradually declined in the Tang Dynasty, and few people wrote it. Therefore, ancient poetry is still expressed in five words and seven words.
Annotation refers to the words that explain sentences, and also refers to the words that explain sentences. Can be in the form of text symbols, pictures, etc.
Annotations are words that introduce and comment on the vocabulary, content, background and quotations of books or articles. The annotation of ancient books began in the pre-Qin period. China in ancient times was divided into four parts, namely, annotation, explanation, biography, writing, sparseness, chapters and sentences. It contains a wide range of contents. Sound and meaning, time and place, people's deeds, allusions and background of the times are all annotation objects. There are footnotes, notes at the end of the text, and notes in brackets. The text lists the notes of ancient books, with double-line notes and annotations.
The notes of modern books are listed under the current page of the text, called footnotes, also known as local notes; Those listed at the back of the article or book are called the last note. No matter which method is adopted, the arrangement of notes in the whole book generally requires unity to facilitate readers' reference. Annotations are widely used in teaching materials and are an important condition for students to learn.