Document Type
Pre-Qin Times
Publication Date
9-13-2022
Abstract
This episode discusses the differences in tonal patterns between wujue and qijue, which had a clear impact on poetic practice. After the Tang, wujue became increasingly rare; we can conclude that poets no longer saw creative potential in the form—the great Tang writers had exhausted it. Qijue, on the contrary, remained one of the most popular and expressive poetic forms throughout the classical period.
Episode
Episode 33
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Egan, C., & Cai, Z. (2022, Sep 13). The Tang Dynasty: Quatrains: Waking from a Yangzhou dream: Middle and late Tang [33]. In How to read Chinese poetry podcast. Hong Kong: Lingnan University. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/poetry_podcast/33/