What kind of style is Fu?

Fu is a marginal style between poetry and prose, which emphasizes literary talent and rhythm and has the nature of poetry and prose. Between them, Fu is closer to poetic style.

Formation: Inheriting the tradition of "The Book of Songs", following the "Songs of Chu", combining the extravagant style of the Warring States and the related factors of the works of pre-Qin philosophers, and finally synthesizing.

Fu is a style in ancient times, and it is a rhythmic style with the purpose of "praise" and "allegory". It often uses the method of layout narration, and fu must rhyme, which is a main feature that distinguishes fu from other styles.

Fu first appeared in hundred schools of thought's essays and was called "short fu". Qu Yuan's Sao Fu originated from Chu Ci, which was not only influenced by the style of The Book of Songs, but also inherited the satirical tradition of The Book of Songs.