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6.3 汉初四言，韦孟首唱，匡谏之义，继轨周人。孝武爱文，柏梁列韵。严马之徒，属辞无方。至成帝品录，三百馀篇，朝章国采，亦云周备;而辞人遗翰，莫见五言，所以李陵班婕妤见疑于后代也。按《召南・行露》，始肇半章;孺子《沧浪》，亦有全曲;《暇豫》优歌，远见春秋;《邪径》童谣，近在成世:阅时取证，则五言久矣。又古诗佳丽，或称枚叔，其《孤竹》一篇，则傅毅之词。比采而推，两汉之作乎?观其结体散文，直而不野，婉转附物，怊帐切情，实五言之冠冕也。至于张衡《怨》篇，清典可味;《仙诗缓歌》，雅有新声。
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汉朝初年的四言诗，韦孟是最先创作，有救正谏诤的含意，继承周朝人的规范。到汉武帝爱好文学，在柏梁台上按韵联句。严忌司马相如这些人，作诗不拘定规。到汉成帝选录品评，共得三百多篇，朝廷的篇章，各地的民歌，也可说完备了;可是诗人留下来的篇章，浸有看到五言诗，所以李陵班捷好的五言诗遭到后代人的怀疑。考《诗经》的《召南・行露》篇，开始有半章五言诗;孩子唱的《沧浪歌》，已是全篇五言诗;优施的《暇豫歌》，早见于春秋时代;重子的《邪径》谣，稍后见于汉成帝世:经历各时代取得证明，那么五言诗的产生已经很久远了。又五言古诗的佳作，有的说是枚乘作的，其中的《孤竹》篇，那是傅毅的诗。比照着文采来推求，是两汉的作品吧?看它们的风格和行文，质直而不朴野，婉转地贴切事物，哀感动人地表达深切感情，确实是五言诗中的第一流。至于张衡的《怨》诗，清丽典雅可以体味;《仙诗缓歌》，颇有新的声调。
6.3 Early in the Han Dynasty Wei Meng was the first to write four-character verse. His purpose in remonstrating was in the tradition of the Zhou poets. Emperor Wu of Han, himself a patron of literature, summoned his courtiers to improvise poetry on the Tower of Boliang. People like Yan Ji and Sima Xiangru wrote in defiance of fixed rules. During Emperor Cheng's reign, over 300 poems and folk songs, comprising almost the whole cony, were collected and edited. These did not contain five-character poems by known authors. For this reason the poems attributed to Li Ling and Ban Jieyu were of dubious authenticity. The first half of "The Path drenched with Dew" in the Book of Poetry consists of five-character lines; the children's ditty "Canglang River" is entirely in five-character lines. The jester's song "Happy and Leisurely" appeared as early as in the Spring and Autumn period, and the children's song "The Crooked Path" as recently as in Emperoг Cheng's reign. Examples from different periods show that the five-character verse has long existed. "The Nineteen Ancient Poems" are beautiful but of uncertain authorship. Some are attributed to Mei Cheng; the one entitled "The Lone-growing Bamboo" is ascribed to Fu Yi. Judging from the language, these poems are probably of the Han period. In style they are straightforward but not crude; in description they are plaintive and moving: They represent the highest achievement of the five-character verse. The poems of laments by Zhang Heng are pure and graceful, worthy of perusal. Poems about immortals, of a slower tempo, showed signs of a new style.
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