Yuefu ({zh|t=樂府|s=乐府|p=yuèfǔ}) are Chinese poems composed in a folk song style. The term originally literally meant `Music Bureau`, a reference to the imperial Chinese governmental organization(s) originally charged with collecting or writing the lyrics, later the term yuefu was applied to later literary imitations or adaptations of th.....
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(from the article `Chinese literature`) A more important contribution to literature by the Han government was the reactivation in 125 of the Yüeh Fu, or Music Bureau, which had been ... form of Chinese poetry derived from the folk-ballad tradition. The yuefu takes its name from the Yuefu (`Music Bureau`) created in 120 ...
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form of Chinese poetry derived from the folk-ballad tradition. The yuefu takes its name from the Yuefu (`Music Bureau`) created in 120 by Wudi of ... [1 related articles]
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