The document summarizes several major genres of Chinese poetry:
1) Shih Ching or Book of Songs - The earliest Chinese poetry dating back to 600 BC containing 305 varying length poems drawn from all ranks of society.
2) Sao - A poem of lamentation authored by Qu Yuan, China's first great poet.
3) Fu - A dominant form during the Han Dynasty featuring rhymed prose that described subjects in great detail from multiple angles.
4) Lushi - A regulated 8 line verse form with lines of 5, 6, or 7 characters that was an important classical Chinese poetry form.
The document summarizes several major genres of Chinese poetry:
1) Shih Ching or Book of Songs - The earliest Chinese poetry dating back to 600 BC containing 305 varying length poems drawn from all ranks of society.
2) Sao - A poem of lamentation authored by Qu Yuan, China's first great poet.
3) Fu - A dominant form during the Han Dynasty featuring rhymed prose that described subjects in great detail from multiple angles.
4) Lushi - A regulated 8 line verse form with lines of 5, 6, or 7 characters that was an important classical Chinese poetry form.
The document summarizes several major genres of Chinese poetry:
1) Shih Ching or Book of Songs - The earliest Chinese poetry dating back to 600 BC containing 305 varying length poems drawn from all ranks of society.
2) Sao - A poem of lamentation authored by Qu Yuan, China's first great poet.
3) Fu - A dominant form during the Han Dynasty featuring rhymed prose that described subjects in great detail from multiple angles.
4) Lushi - A regulated 8 line verse form with lines of 5, 6, or 7 characters that was an important classical Chinese poetry form.
Shih Ching, a collection of 305 poems of varying length, drawn from all ranks of Chinese society. The title Shih Ching is usually translated in English as The Book of Songs or sometimes as The Odes. Shih means "song- words." Ching can mean "classic" or "traditional" or in the context of literature, it means "writings" or "scripture." Example THE CONCEITED SPORTSMEN. O the master is sharp as you will! Once he met with me as he crossed the Nau Hill, And as neck by neck our two boars we chased, He bowed, and he praised my skill! O the master, he knoweth the knack! Once he met with me on the Nau Hill track, And as neck by neck our two beasts we chased, He bowed, and called me a “crack”! O the master’s the man to ride! Once he met with me upon Nau’s south side, And as neck by neck our two wolves we chased, He bowed, and “good man!” he cried. Sao
It is a poem of lamentation and protest authored by
China’s first known great poet, Chu Yuan. Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a representative poet in the 4thcentury BC, and his contemporaries, produced their own type of songs, a representative collection of which was compiled under the name of Chu Ci(literally, poetry of the Chu Kingdom). Fu
Fu (variously translated as rhapsody or poetic exposition, is a
form of Chinese rhymed prose that was the dominant literary form during the Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220). Fuare intermediary pieces between poetry and prose in which a place, object, feeling, or other subject is described and rhapsodized in exhaustive detail and from as many angles as possible.[1]Classical fu composers attempted to use as wide a vocabulary as they could, and often included great numbers of rare and archaic terms in their compositions.[2] Fu poems employ alternating rhyme and prose, varying line length, close alliteration, onomatopoeia, loose parallelism, and extensive cataloging of their topics. Example Lushi Lüshi ) refers to a specific form of Classical Chinese poetry verse form. One of the most important poetry forms of classical Chinese poetry, the lüshi refers to an eight- line regulated verse form with lines made up of five, six, or seven characters; thus: Five-character eight-line regulated verse (wulü): a form of regulated verse with eight lines of five characters each. Six-character eight-line regulated verse is relatively rare. Seven-character eight-line regulated verse (qilü): a form of regulated verse with eight lines of seven characters each. Extended forms (pailü): expansion of the forms listed above with more than eight lines. Example
Grandpa's Visit (Lushi)
grandfather enters room; grandson smiles
toddles towards papa; wanting play. boy, man watch each other each watching the other's way boy and grandpa mutually focused each learning from each today. grandson points down- to floor that means, "Papa, here! stay! Chuck Chu or Truncated Poetry
A truncated poetry, contains only
four lines with twenty to twenty- eight syllables which draw vivid (lifelike) pictures of natural beauty. Example The Hill No one can be seen on this silent hill, But one may hear distant voices. The rays of the sun filter through the deep foliage And fall refreshingly on the mosses.
Bamboo Mile Lodge
Alone I sit in dark bamboo
Strumming the lute, whistling away; Deep woods that no one knows, Where a bright moon comes to shine on me.