历代词 （一）Classical Poetry of Various Dynasties
词的格式（称为调）， 不同词牌，都有具体的要求。 不同调的词，字数原则上都有不同。句中断句的字数的多寡，平仄及是否对仗，皆有一定规定，通常按规定（规范）填词。固有“词谱”作为依据。
根据字数的多少，词有小令、中调、长调之分。 58个字以内为小令；59个到90个字为中调； 90个字以上的为长调。
这里包括90个字以内的词作，通常称为小令，中调。
The format of a Chinese song lyric, known as a "Diao," has specific requirements for each song style. Different Diaos have different guidelines for the number of characters in each line. The number of characters for the pause in the middle of the line, as well as the balance of tones and parallelism, are also subject to certain rules. Typically, these rules are followed when composing songs, according to the established "cipu" or rhyme schemes.
This section includes examples of classical poetries (within 90 characters) calligraphed by Su Demao.
Do take note that in Chinese Calligraphy, words are read from right to left.
西塞山前白鹭飞，
桃花流水鳜鱼肥。
青箬笠，绿蓑衣，
斜风细雨不须归。
张志和 渔父
Before Mount Xisi, white egrets soar freely in the sky,
while plump loaches swim joyfully in the river, and the peach blossoms float along the current.
An old man on the riverbank wears a green bamboo coat and a green straw hat, leisurely fishing in gentle wind and drizzing rain,
Not bothered by the rain at all, he does not want to go home.
Zhang Zhihe, "The Fisherman"
驿外断桥边，
寂寞开无主。
已是黄昏独自愁，
更着风和雨。
无意苦争春，
一任群芳妒。
零落成泥碾作尘，
只有香如故。
陆游 算子·咏梅
Outside the post station by the broken bridge,
a lonely plum blossom bloomed in solitude, with no one to pay it any attention.
As night fell, the plum blossom was already sad enough, with no place to call home, but then it was also ravaged by wind and rain.
The plum blossom did not wish to exert itself to vie for attention, nor did it care about the jealousy and exclusion from the other flowers.
Even if it withered away, trampled into the earth, and turned into dust, the plum blossom would still emit its usual faint fragrance.
Lu You, Plum Blossoms
碧云天，黄叶地，
秋色连波，波上寒烟翠。
山映斜阳天接水，
芳草无情，更在斜阳外。
黯乡魂，追旅思，
夜夜除非，好梦留人睡。
明月楼高休独倚，
酒入愁肠，化作相思泪。
范仲淹 苏幕遮·怀旧
The sky is a bright blue, and the ground is covered in yellow leaves.
The autumn colors in the distance seem to blend with the rippling water, and the autumn mist on the water carries a hint of coolness.
The distant mountains are bathed in the sunset, and the sky meets the river.
The lush grass stretches all the way to the horizon beyond the sunset.
Silently missing my hometown, I feel melancholy and sorrowful. The haunting thoughts of being away from home are hard to dispel, and only sweet dreams can bring me to sleep at night.
Leaning alone on the high tower busking under the bright moon,
Drinking drops of liquor in hopes of comforting my sorrowful heart,
Instead, it turned into tears dripping into my yearning heart.
Fan Zhong Yan, “A Song of Autumn”
春归何处？
寂寞无行路。
若有人知春去处，
唤取归来同住。
春无踪迹谁知？
除非问取黄鹂。
百啭无人能解，
因风飞过蔷薇。
黄庭坚 清平乐·春归何处
Where has spring gone?
I can't find any trace of it, only feeling lonely and depressed.
If someone knows where spring has gone,
please ask it to come back and stay with me.
No one knows where spring has gone,
so I went to ask the oriole.
Their hundred chirps are incomprehensible,
As they fly by, the wild roses on the wind.
Huang Tingjian, "Qingping Yue: Spring Returns, but Where?"
