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22 Cards in this Set
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Shi
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ancient odes originating in the Shijing: The Classic of Poetry, an anthology of about 300 verse texts composed between 1100 and 600 BC
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Lushi
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regulated verse of the Tang Dynasty and later
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Sao
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elegiac poetry of the state of Chu; spawned later imitations and continuation as fu, or poetic expositions in the Western Han
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Ci
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the lyric beginning in the Tang Dynasty
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Zhiguai
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records of anomalies, relatively short fantastic and supernatural tales of the Six Dynasties
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Biji
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short, note-form jottings popular from the Six Dynasties to the early Republican days
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Chuanqi
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classical language tales, generally on unusual events, popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties
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Bianwen
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tales of transformation, narratives in verse and prose found at Dunhuang generally dated from the Tang
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Huaben
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vernacular stories from the Song-Ming times originating directly or indirectly from professional storytelling, including later stories fashioned by literati after the established conventions of the genre
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Jiangshi
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historical novels
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Xiaoshuo
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generic term for non-historical novels
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Choka
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long poems, popular in ancient times and compiled in the Manyoshu. Usually have alternating lines of five and seven syllables ending in a couplet of two 7 syllable lines
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Tanka
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short poems of 31 syllables: 5-7-5-7-7. Also known as waka, Japanese poems, as in the imperial compilation of the Heian period, the Kokinwakashu
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Kanshi
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five syllable Chinese-style poems popular from the ancient period to the present
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Renga
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linked verse; kami no ku (5-7-5 syllable stanzas) and shimo no ku (7-7 syllable stanzas) of tanka were joined in sequences of varying lengths with varying number of poets
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Haiku
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an evolution of the opening poem of haikai no renku; linked light verse. Follows pattern of 5-7-5 syllables
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Nikki
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diary format, usually contains a mixture of poetry and prose. Begins in early Heian period and is generally associated with women's writing
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Tsukuri monogatari
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fictional narratives associated with women's writing during the Heian. Typical example is the Tale of Genji
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Gunki monogatari
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war chronicles or tales. These extended narratives are based on historical events, but were typically embellished by professional storytellers, as in the Tale of the Heike
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Zuihitsu
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random jottings, a loose assembly of observations, ruminations, and first-hand accounts somewhat similar to the nikki format. Classic example is Yoshida Kenko's Tsurezure-gusa
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Haibun
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haikai writing; prose composition, usually with haikai or haiku writing
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Shosetsu
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the term used for the modern-style novel
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