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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry - 2
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The Complete Anthology Commissioned in 1705 by the Kangxi emperor of Qing dynasty, and published under his nameKangxi emperor Qing dynasty 49,000 lyric poems by more than 2200 poets 300 Tang Poems First compiled around 1763 by Sun Zhu ( 衡塘退士 )Sun Zhu Why 300, which is not an exact number? (Hint: remember #pieces in Book of Songs?)
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Number of lines Number of lines Eight-line Regulated Verse (lushi) Eight-line Regulated Verse (lushi) Curtailed form (jueju) Curtailed form (jueju) Expanded form (pailu) Expanded form (pailu) Number of words per line Five Seven
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Meter: caesuras (or pause within line) Metercaesuras Line length Line length Couplets Couplets Poem length Poem length Tone & Tone Pattern Tone Rhythm Rhythm Rhyme & Rhyme table Rhyme
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Initial: WANG Bo Peak: WANG Wei: Poetry Buddha LI Bai: Poetry Immortal DU Fu: Poetry Sage Middle: BAI Juyi Late: LI Shangyin 仙
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General rule: The first half: Describe the scenery & environment The second half: Express one's mind & emotions Development of an 8-line verse First (or head) couplet: start Second (or jaw) couplet: carry on Third (or neck) couplet: transition Fourth (or tail) couplet: end
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Poems can NOT be translated! Or can it? 城 阙 辅 三 秦, 风 烟 望 五 津。 City gate support 3 Qin wind mist look 5 port 与 君 离 别 意, 同 是 宦 游 人。 With you depart farewell mind both being official travel _?_ 海 内 存 知 己, 天 涯 若 比 邻。 Sea within exist know self sky end like close neighbor 无 为 在 歧 路, 儿 女 共 沾 巾。 No do at cross road boy girl together wet handkerchief Subtitle: See Mr. Du off upon his departure to the Shu province
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A literati protégé who advocated a style rich in emotion Topped the “Four Paragons of the Early Tang” ( 初唐四傑, 618—712 )Four Paragons of the Early Tang Died at the age of 26, while going to Vietnam (then under Tang rule) to meet his father [Vietnam [ Also famous for the essay ( 駢文, rhymed prose with couples and ping-ze, but no fixed length restrictions ) Tengwang Ge XuTengwang Ge Xu
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Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Three Qins? The area known as Qin (where Dukedom of Qin was) had been divided into three parts after the Qin dynasty ended Five Ports? There are five famous ports (or portal towns) in the Shu area. (Wei-Shu-Wu) Scripts from ancient times (literally, Five Emperors’)
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两 个 黄 鹂 鸣 翠 柳, Two count yellow Oriole chirp green willow 一 行 白 鹭 上 青 天。 One line white Heron ascend blue sky 窗 含 西 岭 千 秋 雪, window confine west ridge 1000 autumn snow 门 泊 东 吴 万 里 船。 Door anchor east Wu 10000 mile boat
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One of the best known verse to kids 床 前 明 月 光 , Bed beside bright moon light 疑 是 地 上 霜 。 Suspect being floor upon frost 举 头 望 明 月 , raise head gaze ??? ??? 低 头 思 故 乡 。 Lower ??? miss hometown
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Peking Opera by Master MEI LanFang ( 梅兰芳 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBIIsuB1uY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBIIsuB1uY Pop song by Teresa DEND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEii0_L3rS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEii0_L3rS4 云 想 衣 裳 花 想 容, Cloud think cloth skirt flower think face 春 风 拂 槛 露 华 浓。 Spring breeze touch threshold due flower dense 若 非 群 玉 山 头 见, if not QunYu Mount top see 会 向 瑶 台 月 下 逢。 Should at YaoTai ??? beneath meet
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ONE-HEARTED When those red berries come in springtime, Flushing on your southland branches, Take home an armful, for my sake, As a symbol of our love. One can read poem from his painting, and see picture from his poems Painted based on another poem Wang’s poem rendered by DONG QiChang, a Ming master calligrapher.
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Narrative Pipa performances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKrgBlfj8Mc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKrgBlfj8Mc 十面埋伏 ( surrounded on all sides ) http://www.en84.com/article-609-1.html http://www.en84.com/article-609-1.html English Translation by 杨宪益、戴乃迭 et al
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