What are the ancient literary styles?

Ancient literary styles can be roughly divided into seven categories, each of which is divided into a number of subcategories.

I. Poetry

One of the earliest literary genres to appear in China, originating from the labor cries of primitive man, is a kind of literature with sound and rhyme and song.

1, ancient poetry; 2, near-poetry; 3, rhythmic poetry; 4, stanzas; 5, Chu Rhetoric; 6, song and line style.

Second, Fu

This is a literary expression, for the "Poetry" "six righteousness," one of the Han Dynasty to form a specific system. It became a style of writing between poetry and prose, emphasizing diction, couplets, and rhymes.

Three, ekphrasis

Four, words

There are word cards, format, such as Man Jiang Hong, Nian Nujiao, Song of Songs and so on, with Song of Songs as a typical representative.

V. Novels

Ancient Chinese novels have their origins in ancient myths and legends, and have gone through the development process of the Six Dynasties, Tang Dynasty legends, Song and Yuan dynasties, and Ming and Qing dynasty chapter and verse novels. It includes:

1, novels of monsters and legends; 2, anecdotal novels; 3, legendary novels; 4, novels of talking books; 5, novels of chapters and rounds; 6, condemnation novels; 7, novels of acting and righteousness.

Sixth, prose

Anciently, where not rhyming, not heavy parity of prose articles, including the history of the scriptures, generally known as prose. Including:

1., the ancient text; 2, the record; 3, the ancient style of discussion; 4, the ancient courtiers into the emperor's sonata. 5, the preface, trekking; 6, the gift of the preface; 7, the historical biography.

Seven, drama

is a comprehensive stage art with the help of literature, music, dance, art, sculpture, architecture and other artistic means to shape the image of stage art, to reveal the social contradictions, reflecting social life. Such as, Yuanqu and so on.