Former Ode on the Red Cliffs

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Former Ode on the Red Cliffs is a renowned prose-poem by the Song dynasty writer Su Shi that reflects on history, nature, and the transience of life during a moonlit boat trip on the Yangtze River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese literary work
Song dynasty literature
prose-poem
alsoKnownAs First Ode on the Red Cliff NERFINISHED
Qian Chibi Fu NERFINISHED
approximateDate 1082
author Su Dongpo NERFINISHED
Su Shi NERFINISHED
centralImage river and moon
ChineseTitle 前赤壁賦 NERFINISHED
containsElement dialogue
philosophical discourse
poetic imagery
countryOfOrigin Song dynasty China NERFINISHED
frequentlyAnthologizedIn Chinese literature collections
genre fu prose
lyrical prose
hasCommentariesBy later Chinese scholars
historicalAllusion Battle of Red Cliffs NERFINISHED
Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
influenced East Asian literary tradition
later Chinese poetry
later Chinese prose
literaryForm prose-poem
literaryStatus classic of Song prose
masterpiece of Su Shi
narrativeFrame moonlit boat trip
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
pairedWith Latter Ode on the Red Cliffs NERFINISHED
period Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED
philosophicalConcern eternity versus change
relationship between man and nature
placeOfComposition Huangzhou NERFINISHED
setting Red Cliffs NERFINISHED
Yangtze River NERFINISHED
structure first-person narrative
studiedIn Chinese literature curricula
theme Buddhist impermanence
Daoist thought
friendship
history
nature
philosophical reflection
transience of life
writtenDuring Su Shi’s exile in Huangzhou

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Chibi (Red Cliff) historical area associatedWithWork Former Ode on the Red Cliffs
this entity surface form: Ode to the Red Cliff
Su Shi notableWork Former Ode on the Red Cliffs
Su Shi notableWork Former Ode on the Red Cliffs
this entity surface form: Latter Ode on the Red Cliffs
黄冈市 著名景区 Former Ode on the Red Cliffs
this entity surface form: 东坡赤壁