What are the signs of the maturity of literati five character poetry?

In the history of Chinese literature, the work that marks the maturity of the literati's five-character poems is "Nineteen Ancient Poems". "Nineteen Ancient Poems" is a significant symbol of the literati of Yuefu's ancient poems, which profoundly reproduces the disillusionment and sinking, spiritual awakening and pain pursued by literati in the period of great social and ideological changes in the late Han Dynasty, and expresses the most basic and common emotions and thoughts of life. The language of the poem is simple and natural, the description is vivid and true, and it has a natural artistic style.

There are 19 ancient poems, which are a sign of maturity.

Nineteen ancient poems review the rise and development of five-character poems:

In the words of Mr. Wang Li: The number of words in a poem has evolved from four words, five words, to seven words. The Book of Songs is mainly composed of four words, but there are already five, six, and seven words in some places ("Chinese Rhythm and Poetics").

Five-character poems originally came from the folk, and according to legend, there were five-word ballads in the Qin Dynasty: "Be careful not to give birth to a man, give birth to a girl to feed with breasts, do not see the Great Wall, and the white bones support each other." This should be the earliest five-character poem.

There are more mature five-character poems in the folk songs of Han Yuefu, such as "Mo Shang Sang", etc., which laid the foundation for five-character poems. Bangu's poem "Yongshi" in the Eastern Han Dynasty is the first five-character poem of the literati, and "Nineteen Ancient Poems" marks the maturity of the five-character poem of the literati.

Most people think that the five-character poem began with Li Ling's "Poems with Su Wu", in other words, it began in the Western Han Dynasty. The Nineteen Ancient Poems also began in the Western Han Dynasty, but some people do not admit that they were written by the Meiyan, so the real five-character poems may have begun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, around the first and second centuries A.D. (The Poetics of Chinese Rhythm).

The late Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was the flourishing period of five-character poetry, and the main writers of this period, such as Cao and his sons, Ruan Ji, Tao Yuanming, etc., competed to create, making five-character poetry the most common form of poetry.

Tang Dynasty five-character poetry was further developed, and many poets such as Wang Wei and Li Bai were good at this genre. The five-character poems were later divided into three: five-character ancient poems, five-character rhythm poems, and five-character quatrains.

The signs of the maturity of the five-word poem are:"Nineteen Ancient Poems".It is an anonymous work handed down from the Han and Wei dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. Liu Xian's "Wenxin Carving Dragon".

Known as the "crown of five words", it represents the stage of maturity of the core poetic genre in ancient times, and is an important link in the change of Chinese poetry.

Appreciation of "Nineteen Ancient Poems":

In order: "Lines and Lines and Lines".

Qingqing Riverside Grass" and "Qingqing Ling Shangbai".

Today's Good Return Banquet", "There are High-rise Buildings in the Northwest", "Picking Hibiscus in the River", "Bright Moon and Bright Nightlight", "Ran Lonely Bamboo", "There Are Strange Trees in the Court", "Morning Glory", "Return to the Driver", "East City is High and Long", "Drive to the East Gate", "The Day of the Going", "Less than 100 Years of Life", "The Clouds of the Dignified Year", "Meng Ma Shi Hu Winter Cold Weather", "Guests Come from Far Away", "The Bright Moon is Bright".

It was not written at one time and one place, and its author was not one person, but many. According to the similarity between several of these works in terms of artistic conception and terminology with Qin Jia's "Poems for Women", it can be inferred that the two were produced not too far apart, and the appearance of "Nineteen Ancient Poems" was no later than the period of Emperor Huan.

The representatives of Jian'an literature include "Three Cao", Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi. "Seven Sons" Kong Rong, Ruan Yu, Ying Ying, Chen Lin, Xu Gan, Liu Zhen, Wang Cang and Cai Yan, etc.