Lesson 1: The Structure and Features of Classical Chinese Poetry (2-credit hours)
Course introduction
Students’ self-introduction
The Rhyme and Structure of Poetry and Song Lyric (Ci)
The Difference between Poetry and Song Lyric
Four Tones of Chinese Characters and the Rhythm of Ci
Lesson 2: From Composing the Ci Poetry by the Rhyme to by Tune Patterns (2-credit hours)
Using Rhythm in Lyric and Tune Patterns
The Difference of Ancient Rhyme and Modern Rhyme
How to Write Antithetic Sentences
Writing Lyrics by Tune Patterns
The Process of Lyric Genre Textualization
Lyric Genre as a Musical Literary Form
The Improvement of Lyric Scholarization
Lesson 3: The Origin of Lyric and the Works of its Early Period (2-credit hours)
Different Opinions about the Origin of Lyric
On Southern Dynasties
On Sui-Tang
On Late Tang and Five Dynasties
Lyrics in Early Stage
The Lyrics of Wen Tingyun and Wei Zhuang
Dunhuang Song Lyrics
Lesson 4: Lyrics of Five Dynasties and Early Northern Soong (2-credit hours)
The Collections of Songs Among the Flowers
Formation of Lyric Collection
Aesthetic Style of Collection
The Lyrics of Feng Yansi and Two Kings in Southern Tang
The Lyric Style of Early Northern Soong
Short Tunes of Yan Shu
The Lyrics of Ouyang Xiu
Lesson 5: Liu Yong and Lyric Circle in Northern Soong (2-credit hours)
The Features of Liu Yong Lyrics
Classification of Lyrics
Characters of Adagio
The Function of Leading Word in Lyrics
The Lyrics of Qin Guan, Yan Jidao and He Zhu
Zhou Bangyan’s Lyrics
Features of Qingzhen Lyrics
The Reflection of Musical Beauty in Lyrics
Lyric Works and Criticism of Li Qingzhao
The Style of Delicate Restraint
Literary History Value of the Discourse on the Song Lyric
Lesson 6: Song Lyrics of Su Shi and Xin Qiji and their Representative Style (2-credit hours)
Lyrics of Su Shi
Delicate Restraint Works
Heroic Abandon Works
Writing Lyrics Using the Way of Writing Poems
Xin Qiji’s Lyrics
Social and Political Conditions Between the Southern and Northern Soong Dynasties
The Reason of forming Xin’s Lyric Style
Analyzing Xin’s Representative Works
Writing Lyrics Using the Way of Writing Prose
Lesson 7: The Lyric Circle in Southern Soong Dynasty (2-credit hours)
Transparent and Elegant Style of Jiang Kui and Zhang Yan
Explanation of “Transparent and Spacious”
Analyzing the Lyrics of Wu Wenying
Lyrics of Soong Loyalists
The Creation and Analysis of Supplementary Inscriptions of the Song Lyrics
Presentation of Students