Abstract
It is generally accepted that the current versification standard of regulated verse established in the Tang dynasty remains unchanged over one thousand years. However, until the early and middle Qing dynasty, there were actually at least three different academic trends of versification theories of regulated verse. This article concentrates on three representative publications, Four Studies of Regulated Verse by Li Zongwen, The Definite Form of Regulated Verse by Wang Shizhen, and The Sound Manual of Poetry by Yun Zonghe, in order to demonstrate the diversity of the versification theories in the early and middle Qing dynasty. The versification standard of regulated verse is not an unvarying "law", but an academic question that deserves discussion and a knowledge system that keeps changing and developing in history.
First Page
154
Last Page
164
Recommended Citation
Liu, Yang. 2018. "Three Academic Trends of Versification Theories of Regulated Verse in the Early and Middle Qing Dynasty." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 38, (5): pp.154-164. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss5/20
