Chinese name
Classical poetry
Another name
Ancient poetry
Representative poet
Qu Yuan, Tao Yuanming, Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi
magnum opus
Li Sao, Shu Dao Nan, Ascending the Mountain, etc.
quick
navigate by water/air
Formal features, masterpieces of famous artists.
Conceptual scope
Ancient poetry, that is, China's ancient poetry, refers to China's poetry works before the Opium War 1840. Its original intention is a poem written by the ancients. Broadly speaking, China's ancient poems include poems, words and Sanqu written by the ancients. In a narrow sense, ancient poetry only refers to ancient poetry and modern poetry written by ancient people. [ 1]
1, ancient poetry. This is a poetic genre. Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems.
2. Modern poetry, also known as modern poetry and metrical poetry, is a genre of Chinese poetry that pays attention to fairness, antithesis and rhyme. In order to distinguish it from classical poetry, it has the name of modern style.
3. Text. Ci is a unique poetic style, which sprouted in the Southern Dynasties and is a new literary style in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, after a long period of continuous development, Ci entered its heyday.
4. Sanqu. A form of verse that appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty and prevailed in the Yuan Dynasty was formed under the influence of folk songs, and its syntax was more flexible than words.