Wǔyánshī zài Hàndài chéngshú, dào le Tángdài yòu chūxiàn le wǔyán juéjù hé wǔyán lǜshī.
Five-character verse matured in the Han, and by the Tang the five-character quatrain and regulated verse had appeared.
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五言诗 covers any poem with five-character lines, from the anonymous Han 《古诗十九首》 to the strict Tang forms. Its counterpart is 七言诗, seven-character verse, which grew more popular from the Tang on.
