Chinese poetry
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Chinese poetry is a millennia-old literary tradition written in the Chinese language, known for its concise imagery, tonal patterns, and deep integration with philosophy, painting, and calligraphy.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Chinese literature
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poetic tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
component of literati culture
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core component of Chinese education ⓘ medium of moral instruction ⓘ medium of personal expression ⓘ medium of political criticism ⓘ source for Chinese idioms and allusions ⓘ |
| earliestCanonicalCollection |
Book of Songs
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Classic of Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
association with scholar-official culture
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concise imagery ⓘ continuous tradition over millennia ⓘ emphasis on brevity ⓘ emphasis on suggestion rather than explicit statement ⓘ expression of friendship and parting ⓘ expression of personal emotion ⓘ expression of political sentiment ⓘ fixed tonal patterns in regulated verse ⓘ historical reflection ⓘ influence on East Asian poetry ⓘ integration with calligraphy ⓘ integration with music in early forms ⓘ integration with painting ⓘ integration with philosophy ⓘ interplay of sound and meaning ⓘ landscape description ⓘ lyricism ⓘ memorization in education ⓘ moral reflection ⓘ musical origins ⓘ parallelism ⓘ philosophical depth ⓘ regulated prosody ⓘ seasonal imagery ⓘ tonal patterns ⓘ use in civil service examinations ⓘ use of allusion ⓘ use of couplets ⓘ use of fixed line lengths ⓘ use of nature imagery ⓘ use of rhyme ⓘ use of symbolic imagery ⓘ visual arrangement in calligraphy ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ci poetry
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fu rhapsody ⓘ gushi ⓘ jintishi NERFINISHED ⓘ jueju ⓘ lüshi ⓘ modern free verse ⓘ qu poetry ⓘ shi poetry ⓘ yuefu ⓘ |
| importantAnthology |
Chu Ci
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Quan Songci NERFINISHED ⓘ Quan Tangshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Hundred Tang Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ Wen Xuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese poetry
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Korean poetry ⓘ Vietnamese poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhism
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Chinese folk songs ⓘ Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Daoism ⓘ court music ⓘ |
| language | Chinese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorPoet |
Ai Qing
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Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Du Fu NERFINISHED ⓘ Gao Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gong Zizhen NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ Li Qingzhao NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Xun NERFINISHED ⓘ Qu Yuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Su Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tao Yuanming NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ Xin Qiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Xu Zhimo NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan Haowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedArtForm |
Chinese calligraphy
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Chinese music ⓘ Chinese opera ⓘ Chinese painting ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Han dynasty
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Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ modern era ⓘ |
| usedIn |
epitaphs
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festivals ⓘ imperial examinations ⓘ inscriptions on paintings ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ social correspondence ⓘ temple inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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