A List of Ancient Chinese Poetry

Ancient Chinese poetry can be classified in different ways according to different classification standards. The following are a few common classifications and their corresponding lists: 1. By Style - Poem style: five-character poem, seven-character poem, Ci, Qu, etc. - Movement: classical music such as "Guangling San" and so on. 2. By Age of Creation - Pre-Qin poetry, Qin and Han poetry, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties poetry, Tang and Song poetry, Yuan, Ming and Qing poetry, etc. - Pre-Qin poems include The Book of Songs, Chu Ci, and Yuefu; Qin and Han poems include Nineteen Ancient Poems and Han Yuefu; Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties poems include Tao Yuanming's Collection, Wang Xie's Epitaph, and Chen Zilong's Collection; Tang and Song poems include Li Bai's Collection, Du Fu's Collection, Bai Juyi's Collection, Wang Zhihuan's Collection, Su Shi's Collection, Xin Qiji's Collection, Li Qingzhao's Collection; Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties poems include Yuan Qu, Jin Ping Mei, etc. 3. Category by subject - landscape, idyllic, love, historical, political, philosophical, and so on. - Pastoral poems include Ballad of Lushan Mountain, Farewell to Children in Nanling, April in the Village, Climbing High, etc. Love poems include Song of Everlasting Regret, Ode to Red Cliff, etc. Political poems include The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the mean, etc. Philosophic poems include Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, Water Margins, etc. 4. By Genre - Tang poems, Song Ci, Yuan Qü, Ming and Qing novels, etc. - Tang poetry included Complete Tang Poetry, Li Bai's Poetry Selection, Du Fu's Poetry Selection, Wang Zhihuan's Poetry Selection, etc. Song Ci included 300 Song Poetry, Su Shi's Poetry Selection, Xin Qiji's Poetry Selection, etc. Yuan Qu included Romance of the Western Chamber, Water Margins, etc. Ming and Qing novels included Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margins, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc.