New Yuefu poems

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New Yuefu poems are a series of socially conscious, reform-minded Chinese poems by Bai Juyi that revive and adapt the traditional yuefu ballad style to critique injustices of his time.

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New Yuefu movement 2
New Yuefu poems canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese poem genre ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
poetry cycle ⓘ
adapts traditional yuefu to contemporary issues ⓘ
aim promote social reform ⓘ
raise awareness of popular suffering ⓘ
associatedWith Bai Juyi's official career ⓘ
Chang'an ⓘ
Luoyang ⓘ
author Bai Juyi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
creator Bai Juyi ⓘ
criticizes excessive taxation ⓘ
lavish court expenditure ⓘ
military conscription abuses ⓘ
official corruption ⓘ
floruit early 9th century ⓘ
genre realist poetry ⓘ
social protest poetry ⓘ
hasQuality didactic ⓘ
moralistic ⓘ
reform-minded ⓘ
socially conscious ⓘ
historicalSignificance major example of social criticism in Tang poetry ⓘ
influenced later social criticism in Chinese poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Han dynasty yuefu ballads ⓘ
intendedAudience both literati and common people ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition classical Chinese literature ⓘ
mainTheme abuses of power ⓘ
critique of government corruption ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
suffering of common people ⓘ
movement New Yuefu movement ⓘ
linked to: New Yuefu poems
notableWorkExample “The Elderly Charcoal Seller” ⓘ
“The Old Man from the Village” ⓘ
“The Qinzhong Yin” ⓘ
“The Song of Everlasting Sorrow” ⓘ
originalLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
poeticForm yuefu ⓘ
portrays laborers ⓘ
marginalized groups ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
revives traditional yuefu ballad style ⓘ
styleCharacteristic clarity ⓘ
direct moral commentary ⓘ
narrative description of everyday life ⓘ
plain diction ⓘ
timePeriod Tang dynasty ⓘ

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Bai Juyi → notableWork → New Yuefu poems ⓘ
Yuan Zhen → movement → New Yuefu movement ⓘ
linked to: New Yuefu poems
New Yuefu poems → movement → New Yuefu movement ⓘ
linked to: New Yuefu poems