孤篇压全唐

孤篇壓全唐

gūpiān yā quán Táng

phrase

Meanings

1 a single poem that outweighs all of Tang poetry

Characters

piece of writing

to outweigh; to press down

the Tang dynasty

Examples

HSK 6

有人说《春江花月夜》孤篇压全唐，这话并不夸张。

Yǒurén shuō 《 Chūnjiāng huā yuè yè 》 gūpiān yā quán Táng, zhè huà bìng bù kuāzhāng.

Some say A Moonlit Night on the Spring River alone outweighs all of Tang poetry, and that is no exaggeration.

HSK 7-9

张若虚只留下两首诗，其中《春江花月夜》被誉为孤篇压全唐。

Zhāng Ruòxū zhǐ liúxià liǎng shǒu shī, qízhōng 《 Chūnjiāng huā yuè yè 》 bèi yùwéi gūpiān yā quán Táng.

Zhang Ruoxu left only two poems, and one of them, A Moonlit Night on the Spring River, is hailed as the one poem that outweighs all of Tang.

Tips

history

The praise grew from the late Qing critic 王闿运, who wrote that the poem stands 孤篇横绝, 'a single piece, alone above the rest', and makes its author a master. It is said of this one poem only: 孤篇 is a single piece of writing, and 全唐 all the poetry of the Tang.

Stroke Order

孤 gū

篇 piān

压 yā

全 quán

唐 Táng