Harmony and Gentleness in Unconventional Versification of Zhou Bangyan's Ci poetry:The Ingenious Use of Oblique Tones
Zhou Bangyan,a Ci poet in the Northern Song Dynasty,was proficient in musical rhythms and capable of composing his own tunes.His compositions have strict rhythms and unique rhymes.He was especially good at applying oblique tones to harmonize the yin and yang,creating a beauty admist the fluctuation of the four tones and the transformation of essence and form.His ingenious use of oblique tones makes his Ci poems sound harmonious and gentle;his unconventional versification breaks the general level-oblique rhyme rules in Ci poem writing,producing more harmonious and beautiful musical effects.Zhou's Ci poetry is linguistically beautiful and graceful,musically euphonious and elegant,showing a high degree of integration of emotions conveyed through and expressed through the meanings of lyrics.From this point of view,Zhou's Ci poetry,which is the representative of the Ci poetry in the Northern Song Dynasty and the precursor of the Ci poetry writing in the Southern Song Dynasty,fully embody the change of Song poetry from elegant to refined,setting the tone for the elegant poetry of the Southern Song dynasty.
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