The Songs of Chu

During the Warring States Period, the first great patriotic poet Qu Yuan appeared in China.

Han Chinese clothing, Hanfu

Hanwu, Xuanyuan and Chengdi era, Hanfu reached its peak.

Sima Xiangru was the most accomplished and famous in this period, and was called "sanctification" in the history of Han Fu. The story of him and Zhuo Wenjun. Widely circulated among the people. A "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is a legendary story through the ages.

"Phoenix Begging Phoenix" Sima Xiangru

Phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix phoenix. I didn't know what to do when I didn't meet Xi. Why don't I go to Sishang today?

There are beautiful women in the boudoir, and the people in the room are poisoning my intestines. Why do you want to be a mandarin duck, and it is soaring!

Burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning, burning. Who knows in the middle of the night?

My wings fly high, and I feel sad when I think about them.

Tang poetry

The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of the development of China's classical poetry. Wang Anshi once said: "The good language in the world has been exhausted by Lao Du. The universal language has been exhausted by Lotte. " There are many authors of Tang poetry: Li Bai, Du Fu, "Little Du Li" (Du Mu, Li Shangyin) and so on.

The basic forms of Tang poetry are quatrains and metrical poems, including four quatrains and eight metrical poems, which are divided into five words and seven words (that is, five or seven words per sentence).

Song ci

Ci, a kind of ancient poetry in China, began in Liang, became in Tang and flourished in Song, hence the name "Song Ci". Song ci is a brilliant giant diamond in the crown of ancient Chinese literature, which has always been called "double unique" with Tang poetry. The most famous poets in Song Dynasty are Su Dongpo, Liu Yong, Li Qingzhao and others.

A word, some with only one paragraph, is called monotony; Some are divided into two sections, called double tones; Some are divided into three or four sections, which are called three or four sections. The sentence patterns of Song Ci are not as uniform as those of Tang Poetry, but they are staggered in length.

Name of lyrics and songs

For example, Dianjiang Lip, Qujiang Moon, Nian Nujiao and so on. Some follow ancient Yuefu poems, some take words from poems, some are based on a historical allusion, and some are written by famous artists.

Yuan zaju

Yuanqu is another literary form formed after Tang poetry and Song poetry. Yuan Qu can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is Yuan Zaju and the other is Yuan Sanqu. Zaju is a form that combines songs, spoken language and dance. Sanqu is poetry. Guan Hanqing's Dou 'e Yuan represents the peak of the artistic development of Yuan Zaju, and Ma Zhiyuan's Sanqu Tian Jing Sha and Qiu Si are well-known.

Tianjin Sand "Qiu Si"

Old vines are faint crows, small bridges are flowing, and old roads are thin horses.

When the sun sets, heartbroken people are at the end of the world.

Ming and Qing novels

Ming and Qing Dynasties are the prosperous periods in the history of China's novels.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Luo Guanzhong

This book vividly describes the complicated history of the separation of the three kingdoms and the final unification of Sima in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It is China's first Zhang Hui novel, the first historical romance novel, and the most successful novel about war (the battle of Guandu, the battle of Battle of Red Cliffs and the battle of Yiling) among China's classical novels.

Main characters: Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, etc.

Shi Naian (Luo Guanzhong), author of Water Margin.

This book describes the magnificent story that Song Jiang led 108 people and forced Liangshan to "do justice for heaven" during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is China's most famous heroic legendary novel.

Liangshan heroes: Lin Chong, Lu Da, Li Kui, Song Wu, Yang Zhi, etc.

Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West.

Based on the story of Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, who went to Tianzhu (India) to learn Buddhist scriptures. It is a well-known romantic ghost novel.

Two popular literary images are depicted in the book, one is the Monkey King, who is well-connected and the other is Pig, who is timid and selfish.

"Three words and two beats"

Feng Menglong: Yu Shiming, Yan, Yan and Yan are collectively called "Sanyan".

Ling Mengchu: "Surprise at the first moment" and "Surprise at the second moment" are collectively called "Erpai".

Pu Songling, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio

It represents the highest achievement of China's classical novels. The author expresses his loneliness and anger through the story of the ghost fox.

Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions

It is the best of China's classical novels.

The Cao family once lived in Jiangning weaving for three generations, but their wealth declined after being copied. Based on the life of Cao family, this book describes the history of Jia family from prosperity to decline.

Artistic images: Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Wang Xifeng, Qingwen, etc.

Denunciation novels in late Qing Dynasty

Li's "Officialdom Appears: The First of Four Denunciation Novels in the Late Qing Dynasty" constitutes a "hundred ugly pictures" of officialdom, which is thought-provoking. In addition, there are Wu Woyao's Twenty Years of Wonderland, Liu E's Travel Notes of Lao Can, and Ceng Pu's Evil Flowers. These four books, together with Wu's The Scholars (Fan Jinzhong Residence), are called the five marvelous books of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which vividly depict all the beings in the society.

In addition, the famous novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties include the Romance of the Gods by Xu (or Geng), the Biography of Waking Marriage by Zhou, the Biography of Waking Marriage, the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Legend of Leifeng Pagoda, Li Yu's Silent Drama and The Twelfth Floor.