"Humanities and Arts--Research on the Relationship between Tang Poetry Creation and the Singing and Passing Down of Songs"

Author: Wu Xiangzhou
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The book is divided into five chapters. The first chapter conducts a theoretical examination of the status and role of song poetry creation in Tang Dynasty poetry creation. This belongs to logical analysis, while the following four chapters examine the issue from a factual level, which falls under historical analysis. Specifically, it examines the four periods in order: the early, high, middle, and late Tang Dynasties, with each period focusing on a specific issue. This approach considers the chronological sequence while avoiding a scattered and unfocused discussion. The four issues are: the exploration of regulated verse rules by early Tang poets and its relationship with the singing of song poetry, the prosperity of high Tang poetry and the singing of song poetry, the poetic creation of the Yuanbai School in the middle Tang Dynasty and its connection to the singing of song poetry, and an analysis of the song poetry creation of "talented lyric poets" in the late Tang Dynasty.