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Chinese Poetry
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Chinese Poetry Collection－Critiques & Review was built with the aim of bridging the gap between the ancient poems and readers in modern time. Through these easy and comprehendible critiques and reviews, modern readers will be able to appreciate the beauty of those ancient poems.
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Modern Chinese poetry, which is written in vernacular Chinese rather than classical Chinese, became a literary genre only after the May Fourth Movement in 1919. Almost 80 years later, this genre has now matured in the sense that it has an agreed form of free form, and rules of no rules. Just like contemporary poetry in all societies, modern Chinese poetry is only appreciated by a handful of genuine literature aficionados. Yet, despite of the limited audience, there is never a shortage of poets on either side of the Taiwan Strait.
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The first anthology of Chinese poetry, known as the Shih Ching (“Classic of Poetry”) and consisting of temple, court, and folk songs, was given definitive form somewhere around the time of Confucius (551–479 BC). But its 305 songs are believed to range in date from the beginning of the Chou dynasty to the time of their compiling.
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This concise introduction to Chinese poetry serves as a primer for English-speakers eager to expand their understanding and enjoyment of Chinese culture. James J. Y. Liu first examines the Chinese language as a medium of poetic expression and, contrary to the usual focus on the visual qualities of Chinese script, emphasizes the auditory effects of Chinese verse. He provides a succinct survey of Chinese poetry theory and concludes with his own view of poetry, based upon traditional Chinese concepts.
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Chinese poetry is a very celebrated aspect of Chinese culture. In China's history, poets are considered to be at the top of ancient China's academic heirarchy. Chinese poetry is purposefully written for the enjoyment of the ordinary people and, along with Song dynasty proses, consists of an important part of the Chinese oral tradition.
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Chinese poetry of the 1980s entered into a golden age, with interest again high in Western forms. It became full of symbolism, existentialism, structuralism, feminism and deconstructionalism. Folk poetry based on local circumstances and using Western structure became popular with younger readers at this time.
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