The Poetry of Chu and Lyric rhyme prose of the Han Dynasty

Strictly speaking,there were only two lyric works before Qin Dynasty: The Book of Songs and The Poetry of Chu .The study of the lyrics in pre-Qin period and Han Dynasty reveals that ties of bloodof the lyrics of the two periods and the development in the way of expression.The lyrics of Han Dynasty reflect the motion,the change of personality of the poets and the influence of Taoism on them.From the Han lyrics it can be seen that with the awakening of self-awareness,the poets and scholars demonstrated their appreciation of female beauty and their concept of marriage.They inherited and developed the artistic techniques employed in The Poetry of Chu in the way of expression and made conscious efforts to link up their inner feelings and the objective world.