founding piece of Tang Literature. It is classified as Pianwen (Chinese: 駢文; pinyin: Piánwén), which depends greatly on rhythm, somewhat like classical...
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popularity. In the Southern Dynasty, a type of essay known as pian wen (Chinese: 駢文), which used metered rhyme, flowery language, and classical allusions, became...
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Pianwen (traditional Chinese: 駢文; simplified Chinese: 骈文; pinyin: piánwén; lit. 'parallel writing') is a highly stylised prose style, prevalent throughout...
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book category. The individual entries are predominantly written in pianwen 駢文 "parallel style", an ornate rhythmical prose marked by parallelism or chiasmus...
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figures of the turn of the ninth century. He led a revolt against pianwen (駢文), a formal, richly ornamented literary style, advocating a return to a classical...
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gather them and publish them. In prose, he was a master of the ornate pianwen 駢文 "parallel prose" style. His poetry (mostly gushi) is often similarly complex...
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