Eternal Eulogy

Author: Li Zhengxi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Elegies are an ancient genre that have been widely used in China since ancient times for purposes such as praying for rain, driving away evil spirits, seeking blessings, and mourning the deceased. They primarily focus on lamenting the dead. The elegies collected in this book are also mainly for mourning the departed. In terms of writing style, elegies follow a certain format, with four-character rhyming lines as the standard form, while other variations are considered supplementary. As this genre evolved, both the standard and variant forms were used interchangeably, with the variant form becoming more flexible and eventually the dominant style. The elegies selected in this book include both the standard and variant forms.