Hundred Songs of Song Dynasty

Author: Lu Shijian
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Ci is an important form of Chinese literature, and the Song Dynasty was a period when Ci creation achieved great success. As predecessors said, "each generation has its own literature," then Ci is the most representative genre of Song literature. Ci is also known as "long-short sentences" or "quzi Ci," and it originated around the mid-Tang Dynasty, maturing in the Northern Song Dynasty. Ci is an important form of Chinese literature, and the Song Dynasty was a period when Ci creation achieved great success. As predecessors said, "each generation has its own literature," then Ci is the most representative genre of Song literature. Ci is also known as "long-short sentences" or "quzi Ci," and it originated around the mid-Tang Dynasty, maturing in the Northern Song Dynasty. The development of Ci is closely related to music; its tunes can be set to music and sung. The influence of music became one of the important factors determining the formal characteristics of Ci. This book includes works such as Lin Bu's "Chang Xiang Si," Liu Yong's "Yu Lin Ling," and Fan Zhongyan's "Yu Jia Ao."