Poetry of remembrance

…The longest narrative poem in the last 800 years, “The Peacock Flying Southeast,” is said to have been written during the Jian’an period, and shows the maturity of five-character poetry. Ruan Ji of the Wei dynasty, in his “Poems in Memory of the Emperor,” put forward the same question in a more thorough form, and became a more contemplative, solitary poet with his own unique style. After that, many poets emerged, and their techniques were further refined, allusions were used frequently, and the number of couplets increased. …

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…この800年間で最大の長編物語詩《孔雀（くじやく）東南飛》も建安年間の作といい，五言詩の成熟を示す。魏の阮籍（げんせき）は〈詠懐詩〉82首において，その疑問をさらにつきつめた形で提出し，いっそう思索的な孤独の詩人で独自の風格を有した。その後も詩人は続々出て，技巧はますますみがかれ，典故は多く用いられ，対句の構成も増加する。…

※「詠懐詩」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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