The Evolution of Fu Style and the Characteristics of Various Fu Styles

Fu is a style in ancient China, which pays attention to literary talent and rhythm, and has the nature of poetry and prose. The evolution of Fu has gone through three stages: Sao Style Fu, Style Fu and Parallel Prose. Their basic information and characteristics are as follows:

1, Sao Style Fu:

(1) Connotation: The pre-Qin poetry and fu represented by Qu Yuan is free in form and full of emotion.

(2) Features: Free in form, full of emotions, expressing personal thoughts and feelings in a figurative and anthropomorphic way.

2. Stylistic Fu:

(1) Connotation: A typical prose fu in Han Dynasty, with regular form and mostly lyrical content.

(2) Features: regular form, mostly lyrical content, using narrative and prose methods to express the beauty of the object and the author's ambition.

3. Parallelism:

(1) Connotation: The product of the fusion of Qi-Liang style poems and fu, represented by the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, is mainly arranged neatly in form, paying attention to four or six sentences and antithesis.

(2) Features: orderly arrangement in form, paying attention to four or six sentences and antithesis, and using methods such as melody harmony, algae decoration and allusions to express the talents and knowledge of literati.

The representative works of Han Fu:

1, son Xu Fu:

Sima Xiangru's works satirize the extravagance, waste and unprovoked movement of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. With gorgeous language, strange imagination and complete structure, this fu is a model of Han Da Fu.

2. Shang Fu Lin:

Sima Xiangru's works describe the grand occasion of Emperor Wu hunting in Shanglinyuan. Fu uses a lot of metaphors and personification, which shows the author's feelings about natural beauty and humanistic beauty.

3. Hanging Qufu Garden:

Jia Yi's works mourn Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State, and express his sadness that he doesn't yearn for the imperial court. The language of this poem is fresh and smooth, and the emotion is sincere and profound. It is a masterpiece of Sao poetry.

4, "on the ostrich":

Jia Yi's works, with the meaning of ostrich, imply the darkness and corruption of social politics under the rule of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and express the author's worries about the changes of the current situation and his own future. Prose is concise and powerful, with profound and keen thoughts, and it is the representative of political prose.

5, "seven hairs":

Mei Cheng's works, "seven hairs" refer to "four hairs", "two capitals" and "letters", which consist of seven articles. Most of these works describe the emperor's hunting or city scenery, and express the author's views and feelings on current events or personal experiences. The language of these essays is bold, bold and magnificent, which is one of the most artistic achievements of Han Fu.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fu

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Han Fu