1. The content of poetry is a highly concentrated and generalized reflection of social life.
2. Poetry is lyrical, full of emotion and imagination.
3. The language of poetry has the characteristics of conciseness, image, harmonious tone and distinct rhythm, and the language has musical beauty.
4. In form, poetry is not based on sentences, but on behavior, and its branches are mainly based on rhythm rather than meaning.
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Genre classification of ancient literature;
1, Fu: A style in ancient China, which emphasizes literary grace and rhythm and has the nature of poetry and prose. It is characterized by focusing on writing scenery and expressing emotions through scenery. Famous Fu include: A Fang Gong Fu written by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty, Qian Chibi Fu written by Su Shi in the Southern Song Dynasty, etc.
2. Parallel Prose: Originated from Han and Wei Dynasties, it was formed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and prevailed in Sui and Tang Dynasties. It appears alternately with four characters and six characters, and is called "Liu Siwen" in the world. Parallel prose often affects the expression of content by accommodating sentence patterns and piling up words. After Han and Liu advocated the ancient prose movement, parallel prose gradually declined. The most famous is The Book with Zhu written by Wu Liangjun in the Southern Dynasties.
3. Original text: Inference is an ancient argumentative style. This style is a fundamental investigation and discussion of a certain theory, proposition, political system or social custom, and it is highly theoretical. For example, Han Yu's Original Extinction in the Tang Dynasty and Huang Zongxi's Original Jun in the Ming Dynasty.
4. Debate: This style is characterized by refuting a wrong argument or discriminating some facts. For example, Han Yu's "debate on taboo" in Tang Dynasty and Liu Zongyuan's "debate on tung leaves" in Tang Dynasty.
5. Say: the floorboard of ancient argumentative articles. It was not much different from Lun, so it was later collectively referred to as reasoning analysis. For example, Han Yu's Shi Shuo and Ma Shuo in Tang Dynasty.
6. Memorial: The ancient ministers collectively referred to the emperor's memorial. Including play, discussion, reconciliation, expression, countermeasures and so on. For example, Jia Yi's On Storing and Sparing in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's Liezi in the Three Kingdoms, and Su Shi's Teaching War and Defending Strategy in the Southern Song Dynasty.
7. Preface: Also called "narrative" or "quotation", this kind of article belongs to expository or argumentative according to different contents. If the purpose, style and content of writing are explained, it belongs to expository. Comments on the author's works or explanations are argumentative. Such as Ouyang Xiu's Biography of Lingguan in Song Dynasty.
8. Ming: Ancient words carved on objects to warn themselves or describe merits are called Ming. Inscriptions carved on cards and placed on the right side of the book case are called "mottos", such as Liu Yuxi's "Inscription in a humble room" in the Tang Dynasty.
9. Tribute: articles read when offering sacrifices to the dead or gods such as heaven, earth and mountains. There are two genres: verse and prose. The content is to remember the main experiences of the deceased before his death, to praise his main moral character and achievements, to mourn and to inspire the living. For example, "To Sisters" written by Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty.
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