大唐诗录（英文版）.ppt

Chinese poetry
Three main periods:
* the early period
-- characterized by folk songs in simple,
repetitious forms;
* the classical period
-- from the Han Dynasty to the fall of the
Qing Dynasty, in which a number of
different forms were developed;
* the modern period
-- more westernized free verses.
Early period
The Shi Jing (6th century BC)
-- "Classic of Poetry“ or "Book of Songs"
* the first major collection of Chinese poems
( 305 – 500 )
* collecting both aristocratic poems (Odes)
and more rustic poetry, probably derived
from folksongs (Songs) .
窈宨淑女鍾鼓樂之
參差荇菜左右芼之
窈宨淑女琴瑟友之
參差荇菜左右采之
悠哉悠哉輾轉反側
求之不得寤寐思服
窈宨淑女寤寐求之
參差荇菜左右流之
窈宨淑女君子好逑
關關雎鳩在河之洲
關雎
Guan-guan go the ospreys, On the islet in the river.
The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady : –For our prince a good mate she.
Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.
The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady : –Waking and sleeping, he sought her.
He sought her and found her not, And waking and sleeping he thought about her.
Here long, there short, is the duckweed ; On the left, on the right, we gather it.
The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady : –With lutes, small and large, let us give her friendly
e.
Here long, there short, is the duckweed ; On the left, on the right, we cook and present it.
The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady : –With bells and drums let us show our delight in her.
Long he thought ; oh ! long and anxiously ; On his side, on his back, he turned, and back again.
The Chu Ci (Songs of Chu)
* more lyrical and romantic anthology
* was made up primarily of poems ascribed to
a legendary poem Qu Yuan (340-278 .)
and his follower Song Yu (4th century .).
Classical period
During the Han Dynasty (206 .-
. 220), the Songs of Chu evolved
into the Fu (賦) , a poem usually in
rhymed verse except for introduct