Táng dài gǔwén yùndòng fǎnduì piánwén de fúhuá wén fēng.
The Tang-dynasty Classical Prose Movement opposed the ornate style of parallel prose.
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culture
The character 骈 means 'two horses yoked side by side', a perfect image for a prose style built on relentless pairing of phrases. Also called 四六文 (four-six prose) after its typical line lengths.
history
Dominated court writing in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589) and early Tang. Han Yu and the 古文运动 later attacked it as empty ornamentation and revived plainer pre-Qin prose, though 骈文 never fully disappeared.
