The introduction of ancient poetry is as follows:
Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems, seven-character poems and miscellaneous poems. Four words are four words, five words are five words and seven words are seven words. After the Tang dynasty, it was called modern poetry, so it was usually divided into five words and seven words. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five ancient poems for short; Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven ancient poems for short, and those who use three, five and seven characters at the same time are generally considered as seven ancient poems.
The characteristics of ancient poetry are introduced as follows:
Classical poetry is a kind of poetry as opposed to modern poetry. Before the formation of modern poetry, there were many schools of Chinese poetry. Also known as the ancient style of ancient poetry, there are three carriers: song, line and chant.
Four-character poems no longer exist in modern poetry. Although the word "ancient" is not added, it goes without saying that it is an ancient poem. The ancient poems included in The Book of Songs are mainly four-character poems. Four-character poems were still written in Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties. Cao Cao's Looking at the Sea and Tao Yuanming's Stopping Clouds are typical four-character poems. There are many ancient poems with five words and seven words, referred to as five ancient poems and seven ancient poems for short.
The ancient Five Dynasties first appeared in the Han Dynasty. Nineteen ancient poems, all five-character poems. After the Han Dynasty, many people wrote five-character poems. Most of the poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties are five-character poems, and there are more five-character poems in the Tang Dynasty and later. The appearance of the Seven Ancient Dynasties may be earlier than that of the Five Ancient Dynasties. But before the Tang Dynasty, it was not as common as the Five Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, seven ancient books appeared in large numbers, which were also called long sentences by the Tang people.
Four-character poems are introduced as follows:
Four-character poems prevailed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were few other poems except Chu Ci. Four-character poem is the earliest poetic style in ancient times. Guo Feng, Xiao Ya and Daya in The Book of Songs are all based on four-character poems.
In other ancient books of pre-Qin and Han dynasties, such as Maixiuge in Historical Records, Song and Zhu in Zuo Zhuan, Zi Chan Yong and so on. , are mainly four fonts. It can be seen that from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, the most popular poetic style is four-character poetry, whether it is the upper or lower class of society, whether it is entertainment or sacrificial occasions.