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Chinese poetry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileQuatrain_on_Heavenly_Mountain.jpg Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozong_of_Song_China o Emperor Gaozong of Song China Emperor Gaozong Chinese poetryis HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry o Poetry poetrywritten, spoken, or chanted in the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language o Chinese language Chinese language. The various versions Chinese include HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese o Classical Chinese Classical Chinese, HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese o Standard Chinese Standard Chinese, HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese o Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese, HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Chinese o Yue Chinese Yue Chinese, and other historical and vernacular types. In other words,Chinese poetryrefers to HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry o Poetry poetrywritten or spoken in the Chinese language. The various versions of Chinese poetry, as known historically and to the general knowledge of the modern world, include two primary types, HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese_poetry o Classical Chinese poetry Classical Chinese poetryand HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Chinese_poetry o Modern Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry. Poetry has consistently been held in extremely high regard, in HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China o China China, often incorporating wonderfully expressive folk influences filtered through the minds of Chinese literati. In Chinese culture, poetry has provided a format and a forum for both public and private expressions of deep emotion, offering a rare vantage point for an audience of peers, readers, and scholars insight into the inner life of Chinese writers across more than two millennia. The essential contrasts between the path taken by the Western world and that of Chinese civilization find an exemplification in this rich Chinese poetic tradition, thus making it potentially an interesting and pleasurable object of study for Westerners. (Source HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_poetry http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_poetry) Beginnings of the traditionShijingandChuci HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitleChinese_poetryactioneditsection2 o Edit section Beginnings of the tradition Shijing and Chuci edit The earliest extant anthologies are the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Jing o Shi Jing Shi Jingand HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Ci o Chu Ci Chu Ci. Both of these have had a great impact on the subsequent poetic tradition. Earlier examples of ancient Chinese poetry may have been lost because of the vicissitudes of history, such as the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars o Burning of books and burying of scholars burning of booksby HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shihuang o Qin Shihuang Qin Shihuang, although one of the targets of this last event was the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Jing o Shi Jing Shi Jing, which has nevertheless survived . Shijing HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitleChinese_poetryactioneditsection3 o Edit section Shijing edit Main article HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shijing o Shijing Shijing In contrast to the classicShijing, the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Ci o Chu Ci Chu Cianthology (also familiarly known, in English, as theSongs of Chuor theSongs of the Southor HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterated o Transliterated transliteratedas theChu Tzu) consists of verses more emphasizing lyric and romantic features, as well as irregular line-lengths and other influences from the poetry typical of the state of HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_(state) o Chu (state) Chu. TheChucicollection consists primarily of poems ascribed to HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu_Yuan o Qu Yuan Qu Yuan(329-299 BCE) and his follower HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yu o Song Yu Song Yu, although in its present form the anthology dates to HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yi_(librarian) o Wang Yi (librarian) Wang Is 158 CE compilation and notes, which are the only historically reliable source of both the text and information regarding its composition. HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_poetry l cite_note-3 3During the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dynasty o Han Dynasty Han Dynasty(206 BC-220AD), theChu Cistyle of poetry contributed to the evolution of the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_(poetry) o Fu (poetry) fu(descriptive poem) style, typified by a mixture of verse and prose passages (often used as a virtuoso display the poets skills and knowledge rather than to convey intimate emotional experiences). Thefuform remained popular during the subsequent HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Dynasties o Six Dynasties Six Dynastiesperiod, although it became shorter and more personal. Thefuform of poetry remains as one of the generic pillars of Chinese poetry although, in the HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty o Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty, five-character and seven-character HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_(poetry) o Shi (poetry) shipoetry begins to dominate. Han poetry HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phptitleChinese_poetryactioneditsection5 o Edit section Han poetry edit Main article HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_poetry o Han poetry Han poetry N N Who is that woman Is she a powerful authority from a village No She is only an ordinary woman. The fact is that one group of the young men are from her husbands village and the other from her own. According to the customs of Yizu in that area, if an armed fight ever happens between two villages, no man from either village dare go to the border by risking being kidnapped or killed. Women, however, are exceptional. As usual, they can work in fields along the border or visit relatives and friends in the opposite village without being endangered. If another war should happen, any woman from the related village mediates in it by standing between the fighting parties. Her action is usually respected. If either of the two sides ignores her advice, she will put off her skirt and stands naked before them until she commits suicide for the sake of honor. If such an event does happen, the side who sticks to the war will be condemned and more people will join the war. As large scale wars are discouraged, the brave womans advice is often favored by the fighters. Written by our column writer Martin Ye Double HappinessA large Chinese character, Double Happiness, on a red piece of paper or in paper cut is always put where it must strike the eyes on a young couples wedding. It has a story behind it. In the ancient Tang Dynasty, there was a student who was on the way to the capital to attend the national final examination, in which the top learners would be selected as the ministers in the court. Unfortunately, he fell ill halfway when he passed through a mountain village. Thanks to a herbalist doctor and his daughter, he was taken to their house and treated well. He recovered quickly due to the father and the daughters good care. Well, when he had to leave, he found it hard to say good-bye to the pretty girl, and so did she. They fell in love. So the girl wrote down the right hand part of an antithetical couplet for the student to match Green trees against the sky in the spring rain while the sky set off the spring trees in the obscuration. Well, I can make it though it is not easy. But youll have to wait till I have finished the examination. replied the student. The young girl nodded in significance. In the examination the young man won the first place, who was appreciated by the emperor. Also the winners were interviewed and tested by the emperor. As luck would have it, he was asked by the emperor to finish a couplet, which would need a right part as the answer. The emperor wrote Red flowers dot the land in the breezes chase while the land colored up in red after the kiss. told her the emperors couplet. They soon got married. For the wedding, the couple DOUBLED the Chinese character, HAPPY, together, on a red piece of paper and put it on the wall to express the happiness for the two events. And from then on, it has been taken on and became a social custom. Ask a Fox for Its Skin Long ago, there lived a young man, called Lisheng, who had just married a beauty. The bride was very willful. One day, she had an idea that a coat of fox fur would look pretty on her. So she asked her husband to get her one. But the coat was rare and too expensive. The helpless husband was forced to walk around on the hillside. Just at the moment, a fox was walking by. He lost no time to catch it by the tail. Well, dear fox, lets make an agreement. Could you offer me a sheet of your skin That isnt a big deal, is it. The fox was shocked at the request, but she replied calmly, Well, my dear, thats easy. But let my tail go so that I can pull off the skin for you. So the delighted man let her free and waited for the skin. But the moment the fox got free, she ran away as quickly as she could into the forest. The story can be well used for reference that it is hard to ask someone to act against his own will, even though only a little sometimes. MPWmcaC ahIm1QCVMwk k daHMxW743S9OY5Y
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