Modern style poetry (English spelling)

Japanese: 今体詩 - きんたいし（英語表記）jìn tǐ shī

A style of Chinese classical poetry, in contrast to ancient poetry or ancient style poetry. It is also called kintai poetry. Kintai and kintai refer to modern or contemporary styles of poetry, which were completed later than the ancient style in the early Tang dynasty and were designated by the Tang dynasty. It is characterized by a strict and well-balanced rhyme based on the contrast of rhythm. Depending on the number of lines in a poem, there are four-line jeku, eight-line regulated shi, and twelve or more line kairyu or choryu. Jueku and regulated shi have five, six, or seven lines, while kairyu has five lines. In ancient China, the Chinese were not aware of the four tones of rhythm, so they did not pay any attention to the combination of rhythm in poetry. However, from the middle of the Six Dynasties, the existence of the four tones and the important meaning of the combination of the four tones in rhythm became known, and poets competed to study the relationship between the four tones and rhythm.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国古典詩の一詩体で，古詩，もしくは古体詩と対立する。近体詩（きんたいし）ともいう。近体，今体とは近代，現代の詩体の意で，古体より遅れて唐代初期に完成し，唐代の称呼が固定したものである。平仄（ひようそく）の対立にもとづく厳密な，均整のとれた韻律を特色とする。一首の句数により，4句の絶句，8句の律詩，12句以上の排律もしくは長律がある。絶句，律詩には五言，六言，七言，排律には五言がある。　古代中国においては，中国人には四声平仄の自覚がなかったから，詩の韻律においても，平仄の組合せに関心を払うことがなかったが，六朝（りくちよう）の中期より，四声の存在と，四声の組合せが韻律上，重要な意味を持つことが知られ，詩人たちはきそって四声と韻律との関係を研究した。

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