The difference between Ci and Fu in ancient prose?
Ci and Fu are two main styles of ancient Chinese literature. There are similarities but also obvious differences. Ci was a form of prose in ancient Chinese. It was mainly used to express emotions, narrate, and discuss. It emphasized conciseness, brightness, freshness, and naturalness. Ci was featured by beautiful language and profound artistic conception, often with a certain philosophical meaning. Fu was a form of verse in ancient Chinese. It was mainly used to describe natural landscapes, people's deeds, and historical events. It emphasized the image, vivid, and infectious language style. Fu's characteristics were its rigorous structure, gorgeous literary talent, rich rhythm and musical sense. In addition, Ci and Fu were also different in content. Ci mainly expressed personal feelings and inner feelings, often reflecting and discussing nature, life or social problems. Fu mainly expressed the author's perception and praise of society, nature, or life. It was often a description of historical events or characters. Although Ci and Fu were somewhat similar, they were very different in language style, content, theme and form of expression.