| LC control no. | sh 85078702 |
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| LC classification | PL2309.L83 History PL2519.L83 Collections |
| Topical heading | Lü shi |
| Variant(s) | Lü shih |
| See also | Chinese poetry |
| Found in | Britannica Macro.: v. 16, p. 234 (One new form was perfected early in the Tang dynasty and given the definitive name lü shih ("regulated verse"). A poem of this kind consists of eight lines of five or seven syllables -- each line set down in accordance with strict tonal patterns -- calling for parallel structure in the middle, or second and third, couplets.) |
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