Introduction to Chinese Opera

Author: Wu Mei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Qu (a form of Song and Jin Ci tunes) is a variant of the Ci. When the slow and near styles of the Southern Song Ci poets flourished, it was the time when the northern tunes were in their infancy. The decline of the Yuefu led to the rise of Ci, and the decline of Ci led to the creation of Qu. Generally, it borrows the words of deities, Buddha, urban ruffians, and men and women to express their unbridled and unbalanced emotions. – Wu Mei