elegy; funeral oration
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elegy; funeral oration; lament for the dead (typically in rhymed verse)
literaryLiterary term referring to a classical Chinese genre of rhymed prose composed to mourn the deceased. Distinct from 悼词 (spoken eulogy), 哀策 (unrhymed imperial elegy), and 祭文 (sacrificial text).
Zhè这
piān篇
āi哀
cí辞
shì是
Hán韩
Yù愈
wéi为
dào悼
niàn念
Liǔ柳
Zōng宗
yuán元
ér而
zuò作
。
This elegy was written by Han Yu to mourn Liu Zongyuan.
Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
rén人
cháng常
zhuàn撰
xiě写
āi哀
cí辞
yǐ以
jì寄
tuō托
duì对
shì逝
zhě者
de的
āi哀
sī思
。
Ancient literati often composed elegies to express their grief for the deceased.
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Cǐ此
āi哀
cí辞
cí辞
zǎo藻
huá华
lì丽
，
qíng情
zhēn真
yì意
qiè切
，
dú读
zhī之
lìng令
rén人
dòng动
róng容
。
This elegy features magnificent diction and sincere emotion, moving readers to tears.