Lyrics - Shifu (English) Cí pǔ

Japanese: 詞譜 - しふ（英語表記）Cí pǔ

This is a diagram that organizes and illustrates the diverse and complex verse forms of shi, a popular form of lyric literature in the Song dynasty in China. The Kangxi Emperor's imperial compilation of shi is simply titled "Shipu," so the term is sometimes used to refer solely to that book (40 volumes, 1715 (Kangxi 54; also known as "Imperial Fixed Verse")). Shi is a form of lyric poetry, but unlike regulated verse and quatrain, the form is determined for each piece of music, so there are as many different forms as there are pieces of music. Depending on how you count, the number can exceed 2,000.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，宋代に流行した歌辞文芸，詞の多様で複雑な韻文形式を整理し，図式化して示したもの。また康熙帝勅撰の詞譜は単に《詞譜》と題されているので，もっぱらその書を指していうこともある(40巻，1715∥康熙54。《欽定詞譜》とも)。詞は歌辞である一面，定型的韻文であるが，律詩や絶句とは異なり，その定型は楽曲ごとにきまるので，楽曲の数だけ形式の種類があることになる。その数は数え方によっては2000を超える。

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