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In other words, Chinese poetry refers to poetry written 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, Classical Chinese poetry and modern Chinese poetry .
Chang Hen Ge (Chinese: 長恨歌; lit. 'Song of Everlasting Regret') is a literary masterpiece from the Tang dynasty by the famous Chinese poet Bai Juyi (772–846). It retells the love story between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his favorite concubine Yang Guifei (719–756). This long narrative poem is dated from 809. [1]
The style of his poetry-writing is subtle, graceful, and restrained; he was famous for love-poem writing. His writing style of ci was classified into the Wanyue School, most works of which are subtle and concise. His talent was greatly appreciated by Su Shi, one of the greatest poets during the Song Dynasty. His most famous verse is, "If the ...
The Peacock Flies Southeast (Chinese: 孔雀東南飛), originally An Old Poem Written for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife (古詩為焦仲卿妻作), is the earliest long narrative gushi (古詩, a kind of poem) in the history of Chinese literature. It is called one of the two best yuefu , the other being Ballad of Mulan (木蘭辭).
Her poetry includes themes of her love, affection, life sentiment, her disability and the closed village she cannot escape. [9] In November 2014, the poem magazine published her poems. [5] In January 2015, Yu's first anthology of poems, “The moonlight falls on my left hand (月光落在左手上 ）” was published by Guangxi Normal ...
The earliest extant anthologies are the Shi Jing (詩經) and Chu Ci (楚辭). [2] 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 burning of books and burying of scholars (焚書坑儒) by Qin Shi Huang, although one of the targets of this last event was ...
Note: The words "wrong" and "don't" rhyme in Chinese. This poem is about his real love story (see his marriage). In this poem, "Biting east wind" is a metaphor for traditional Chinese view about women. This view broke up his first marriage. "Brocade book", or "glorious/bright book," is another metaphor for his ambition of unifying China.
In 1962, Chinese director Lee Sun-fung directed a film about Su Xiaoxiao, titled Su Xiaoxiao [16] (also known as Miss Su in some regions). [17] Malaysian-born actress Yan Pak played the title role. A poem dedicated to Su Xiaoxiao, titled A Su Xiaoxiao, was written by Italian author Sabrina Gatti and appears in the collection La pioggia sui ...