Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How many people wrote poetry and when did they write it......? How many poems did each person write.....?

There were 14 people who wrote poetry in china but I am only going to talk about 4 of them........! First you have Bai Juyi he wrote poems in 772-846 he wrote poems for people only beginng to read......! He wrote 17 poems......! Next we have Du Fu who wrote poems in 712-770 he had sensitive feelings about humanity.......! He wrote 56 poems.......! Then we have Du Mu who wrote poems in 803-824 he was one of the foremost writers of the late tang period.......! He wrote 9 poems......! Last we have Han Yu who wrote poems in 768-824 he was the founder of Neo-Confucianism he exiled for his veiwers.....! He wrote 3 poems.....!

What are subjects of some poems.....?

There are many different subjects in poetry......! you can find a lot of it in china.....! There subjects were based on things that happen in life now but people dont write poems about then anymore....! they all started in the tang dynasty......!Their subjects where court life, the deeds of rulers, folk songs, love, agruicultural work, and the seasons......!  
   Picture is of the chinese court life....!

What are the names of some of the poetry that was written...? What were they about.....?

Four of the classics include: ching-classic of changes, shu jing-classic of history, li ji-records of rites, and zhun qiu-spring and autumn annual.....! All of these poems had something to do with china or something that happened in china like in classic of changes it was one of the most important spiritual text then and now......! In classic of history it was commentaries from legendary rulers but present day scholars.....! now you have recoreds of rites which containds discriptions of important ceromonies and rituals.....!  Last is spring and autumn annuals they contain chronicles of both mundane and extraordinary historical events during 722-481 bc.......! 

Friday, February 11, 2011

What is the history of chinese poetry....?

Poetry has been around for as long as people could speak but in China it begin in the 11th century bc. one of the most enduring early works was shi jing (classic of poetry or books of songs). There were 305 poems that treated many different subjects. They had enduring effects since the Zhou Dynasty.!