Document Type
Pre-Qin Times
Publication Date
6-7-2022
Abstract
After nearly one millennium since its birth, Chinese poetry achieved an optimal convergence of sound and sense in its pentasyllabic poems developed during the Eastern Han (25-220 CE). Taking full advantage of an explosive rise of two-character compounds, the anonymous Han pentasyllabic poets created a poetic rhythm far more flexible and expressive than all existing rhythms and adapted it for philosophical reflection and emotional brooding on human transience.
Episode
Episode 19
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cai, Z. (2022, Jun 7). Han Ancient-style Poetry: The "Nineteen Old Poems": The magic of one additional character and the rise of reflective poetry [19]. In How to read Chinese poetry podcast. Hong Kong: Lingnan University. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/poetry_podcast/19/