Han poetry, the Glossary
Han poetry as a style of poetry resulted in significant poems which are still preserved today, and whose origins are associated with the Han dynasty era of China, 206 BC – 220 AD, including the Wang Mang interregnum (9–23 AD).[1]
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70 relations: Bactria, Bamboo and wooden slips, Ban Gu, Book of Han, Burning of books and burying of scholars, Burton Watson, Cao Cao, Cao Zhen, Chinese people, Chu (state), Chu Ci, Classic of Poetry, Classical Chinese poetry, Confucius, Consort Ban, David Hawkes (sinologist), David Hinton, Dayuan, Eighteen Kingdoms, Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, Emperor Cheng of Han, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Shun of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, End of the Han dynasty, Envoi, Fergana, Fu (poetry), Guo Maoqian, Gushi (poetry), Han dynasty, History of paper, Huainan, Jian'an poetry, Kanshi (poetry), Li Sao, Liu, Liu An, Liu Xiang (scholar), Luoyang, Mi Heng, Music Bureau, New Songs from the Jade Terrace, Nine Longings, Nineteen Old Poems, Persona, Qin dynasty, Qu Yuan, Return to the Field, Shi (poetry), ... Expand index (20 more) »
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Bactria
Bactria (Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan.
Bamboo and wooden slips
Bamboo and wooden slips are long, narrow strips of wood or bamboo, each typically holding a single column of several dozen brush-written characters.
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Ban Gu
Ban Gu (AD32–92) was a Chinese historian, poet, and politician best known for his part in compiling the Book of Han, the second of China's 24 dynastic histories.
Book of Han
The Book of Han is a history of China finished in 111 CE, covering the Western, or Former Han dynasty from the first emperor in 206 BCE to the fall of Wang Mang in 23 CE.
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Burning of books and burying of scholars
The burning of books and burying of scholars was the purported burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE ordered by Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang.
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Burton Watson
Burton Dewitt Watson (June 13, 1925April 1, 2017) was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and Japanese literature.
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Cao Cao
Cao Cao (15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty, ultimately taking effective control of the Han central government.
Cao Zhen
Cao Zhen (died April or May 231), courtesy name Zidan, was a military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Chinese people
The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.
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Chu (state)
Chu (Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
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Chu Ci
The Chu Ci, variously translated as Verses of Chu, Songs of Chu, or Elegies of Chu, is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry including works traditionally attributed mainly to Qu Yuan and Song Yu from the Warring States period, as well as a large number of works composed during the Han dynasty several centuries later.
Classic of Poetry
The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.
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Classical Chinese poetry
Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry written in Classical Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms, or modes; traditional genres; and connections with particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang dynasty.
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Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.
Consort Ban
Consort Ban, or Ban Jieyu, also known as Lady Ban (Pan), was a Chinese scholar and poet during the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 23 CE).
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David Hawkes (sinologist)
David Hawkes (6 July 1923 – 31 July 2009) was a British sinologist and translator.
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David Hinton
David Hinton is an American poet and translator who specializes in Chinese literature and poetry.
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Dayuan
Dayuan (or Tayuan;; Middle Chinese dâiC-jwɐn Schuessler, Axel. (2009) Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese.. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 233, 268) is the Chinese exonym for a country that existed in Ferghana valley in Central Asia, described in the Chinese historical works of Records of the Grand Historian and the Book of Han.
Eighteen Kingdoms
The historiographical term "Eighteen Kingdoms" (t), also translated as "Eighteen States", refers to the eighteen fengjian states in China created by military leader Xiang Yu in 206 BCE, after the collapse of the Qin dynasty.
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Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute are a series of Chinese songs and poems about the life of Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE) poet Cai Wenji (蔡文姬).
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Emperor Cheng of Han
Emperor Cheng of Han, personal name Liu Ao (劉驁; 51 BC – 17 April 7 BC), was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty ruling from 33 until 7 BC.
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Emperor Gaozu of Han
Emperor Gaozu of Han (2561 June 195 BC), also known by his given name Liu Bang, was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty, reigning from 202 to 195 BC.
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Emperor Shun of Han
Emperor Shun of Han (115 – 20 September 144) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty and the eighth emperor of the Eastern Han.
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Emperor Wu of Han
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,800 years later – and remains the record for ethnic Han emperors.
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End of the Han dynasty
The end of the Han dynasty was the period of Chinese history from 189 to 220 CE, roughly coinciding with the tumultuous reign of the Han dynasty's last ruler, Emperor Xian.
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Envoi
Envoi or envoy in poetry is used to describe.
Fergana
Fergana (Фарғона), or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan.
Fu (poetry)
Fu, often translated "rhapsody" or "poetic exposition", is a form of Chinese rhymed prose that was the dominant literary form in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCAD220). Han poetry and fu (poetry) are Han dynasty poetry.
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Guo Maoqian
Guo Maoqian was a Song dynasty poetry anthologist.
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Gushi (poetry)
Gushi, is one of the main poetry forms defined in Classical Chinese poetry, literally meaning "old (or ancient) poetry" or "old (or ancient) style poetry": gushi is a technical term for certain historically exemplary poems, together with later poetry composed in this formal style.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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History of paper
Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and textile fibres.
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Huainan
Huainan is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China.
Jian'an poetry
Jian'an poetry or Chien-an poetry, refers to the styles of Chinese poetry particularly associated with the end of the Han dynasty and the beginning of the Six Dynasties era of China. Han poetry and Jian'an poetry are Han dynasty poetry.
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Kanshi (poetry)
is a Japanese term for Chinese poetry in general as well as the Japanese poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets.
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Li Sao
"Li Sao" (translation: "Encountering Sorrow") is an ancient Chinese poem from the anthology Chuci traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan.
Liu
劉 / 刘 is an East Asian surname.
Liu An
Liú Ān (c. 179–122 BC) was a Chinese cartographer, monarch, and philosopher.
Liu Xiang (scholar)
Liu Xiang (77–6BCE), born Liu Gengsheng and bearing the courtesy name Zizheng, was a Chinese astronomer, historian, librarian, poet, politician, and writer of the Western Han dynasty.
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Luoyang
Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province.
Mi Heng
Mi Heng (173198), courtesy name Zhengping, was an ancient Chinese writer and musician who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Music Bureau
The Music Bureau (Traditional Chinese: 樂府; Simplified Chinese: 乐府; Hanyu Pinyin: yuèfǔ, and sometimes known as the "Imperial Music Bureau") served in the capacity of an organ of various imperial government bureaucracies of China: discontinuously and in various incarnations, the Music Bureau was charged directly, by the emperor (or other monarchical ruler), or indirectly, through the royal (or imperial) government to perform various tasks related to music, poetry, entertainment, or religious worship. Han poetry and music Bureau are Han dynasty poetry.
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New Songs from the Jade Terrace
New Songs from the Jade Terrace is an anthology of early medieval Chinese poetry in the romantic or semi-erotic "palace style" (gongti 宮體) that dates to the late Southern dynasties period (420589).
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Nine Longings
Nine Longings form one of the 17 major sections of the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Chu ci.
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Nineteen Old Poems
Nineteen Old Poems, also known as Ku-shih shih-chiu shou is an anthology of Chinese poems, consisting of nineteen poems which were probably originally collected during the Han dynasty. Han poetry and nineteen Old Poems are Han dynasty poetry.
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Persona
A persona (plural personae or personas) is a strategic mask of identity in public, the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional character.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
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Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan (– 278 BC) was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period.
Return to the Field
Return to the Field (歸田賦 Gui tian fu) is a literary work written in the Chinese style known as a rhapsody, or ''fu'' style: it is by Zhang Heng (AD 78–139), an official, inventor, mathematician, and astronomer of the Han dynasty of China (202 BC–220 AD).
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Shi (poetry)
Shi and shih are romanizations of the character 詩/诗, the Chinese word for all poetry generally and across all languages.
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Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
Sima Xiangru
Sima Xiangru (c. 179117BC) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician who lived during the Western Han dynasty.
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Six Dynasties
Six Dynasties (220–589 or 222–589) is a collective term for six Han Chinese-ruled Chinese dynasties that existed from the early 3rd century AD to the late 6th century AD, between the end of the Han dynasty and beginning of the Sui dynasty.
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Six Dynasties poetry
Six Dynasties poetry refers to those types or styles of poetry particularly associated with the Six Dynasties era of China (220 CE – 589 CE).
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Society and culture of the Han dynasty
The Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) was a period of Imperial China divided into the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods, when the capital cities were located at Chang'an and Luoyang, respectively.
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Song Yu
Song Yu (298–263 BC) was a Chinese poet from the late Warring States period, and is known as the traditional author of a number of poems in the ''Verses of Chu (Chu ci'' 楚辭'')''.
Su Wu
Su Wu (140s BC - 60 BC) was a Chinese diplomat and politician of the Western Han dynasty.
Tang poetry
Tang poetry refers to poetry written in or around the time of or in the characteristic style of China's Tang dynasty, (June 18, 618 – June 4, 907, including the 690–705 reign of Wu Zetian) and/or follows a certain style, often considered as the Golden Age of Chinese poetry.
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Tao Yuanming
Tao Yuanming (365–427), also known as Tao Qian (also T'ao Ch'ien in Wade–Giles), was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties period.
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Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from 220 to 280 AD following the end of the Han dynasty.
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Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
Wang Bao
Wang Bao (84 53 BCE), courtesy name Ziyuan (子淵), was a Chinese poet during the Western Han dynasty.
Wang Mang
Wang Mang (45 BCE6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor, was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty.
Wang Yi (librarian)
Wang Yi, courtesy name Shushi, was a Chinese anthologist, librarian, and poet during the Eastern Han dynasty who was employed in the Imperial Library by the Later Han emperor Shun Di.
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Warring States period
The Warring States period was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, bureaucratic and military reform, and political consolidation.
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Wen Xuan
The Wen Xuan, usually translated Selections of Refined Literature, is one of the earliest and most important anthologies of Chinese poetry and literature, and is one of the world's oldest literary anthologies to be arranged by topic.
Xiongnu
The Xiongnu were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD.
Yuefu
Yuefu are Chinese poems composed in a folk song style.
Zhang Heng
Zhang Heng (AD 78–139), formerly romanized Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty.
Zhang Qian
Zhang Qian (died c. 114 BC) was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and politician who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the late 2nd century BC during the Western Han dynasty.
See also
Han dynasty poetry
- Fu (poetry)
- Han poetry
- History of fu poetry
- Jian'an poetry
- Music Bureau
- Nineteen Old Poems
- Poetry of Cao Cao
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_poetry
Also known as Han Dynasty poetry.
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