New Yuefu poems
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New Yuefu poems are a series of socially conscious, reform-minded Chinese poems by Bai Juyi that revive and adapt the traditional yuefu ballad style to critique injustices of his time.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese poem genre
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literary movement ⓘ poetry cycle ⓘ |
| adapts | traditional yuefu to contemporary issues ⓘ |
| aim |
promote social reform
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raise awareness of popular suffering ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bai Juyi's official career
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Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
excessive taxation
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lavish court expenditure ⓘ military conscription abuses ⓘ official corruption ⓘ |
| floruit | early 9th century ⓘ |
| genre |
realist poetry
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social protest poetry ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
didactic
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moralistic ⓘ reform-minded ⓘ socially conscious ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major example of social criticism in Tang poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | later social criticism in Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Han dynasty yuefu ballads ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | both literati and common people ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | classical Chinese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
abuses of power
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critique of government corruption ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ social injustice ⓘ suffering of common people ⓘ |
| movement | New Yuefu movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkExample |
“The Elderly Charcoal Seller”
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“The Old Man from the Village” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Qinzhong Yin” NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Song of Everlasting Sorrow” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| poeticForm | yuefu ⓘ |
| portrays |
laborers
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marginalized groups ⓘ peasants ⓘ |
| revives | traditional yuefu ballad style ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
clarity
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direct moral commentary ⓘ narrative description of everyday life ⓘ plain diction ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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