''Pailü'' () is one of the main
forms of Classical Chinese poetry. It is a style of
regulated verse Regulated verse – also known as Jintishi () – is a development within Classical Chinese poetry of the '' shi'' main formal type. Regulated verse is one of the most important of all Classical Chinese poetry types. Although often regarded as a Tan ...
(''jintishi''): the rules and regulations of the ''pailü'' allow for a poem composed of an unlimited series of linked couplets. The ''pailü'' form seems to have developed as part of 7th-century
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 a ...
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Classical Chinese poetry forms
Classical Chinese poetry forms are poetry forms or modes which typify the traditional Chinese poems written in Literary Chinese or Classical Chinese. Classical Chinese poetry has various characteristic forms, some attested to as early as the ...
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Regulated verse Regulated verse – also known as Jintishi () – is a development within Classical Chinese poetry of the '' shi'' main formal type. Regulated verse is one of the most important of all Classical Chinese poetry types. Although often regarded as a Tan ...
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Chinese poetry
Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, and a part of the Chinese literature. While this last term comprises Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, and other historical and vernac ...
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Chinese literature
The history of Chinese literature extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han dynasty, Han (202 ...
References
*Davis, A. R. (Albert Richard), Editor and Introduction, ''The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse''. (Baltimore: Penguin Books (1970).
*Watson, Burton (1971). ''Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century''. New York: Columbia University Press.
* Yip, Wai-lim (1997). ''Chinese Poetry: An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres ''. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
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