What was the most important form of literature in the Song Dynasty?
There were many literary styles in the Song Dynasty, but the most famous one was the Ci Song style. Ci songs were a literary form in the Song Dynasty. The lyrics were written specifically for singing. They were generally composed of five-character and seven-character quatrains, and there were a few in the form of regular poems. The characteristic of Ci Song Xing was that each sentence was composed of five or seven words, and every two sentences were rhymed. There were many Ci songs in the Song Dynasty. The most famous ones were Su Shi's Shuidiao Getou·Bingchen Mid-Autumn Festival and Xin Qiji's Sapphire Case·Yuanxi. In addition to Ci, Song prose was also very popular, including classic works such as The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, as well as works by literary masters such as Su Shi, Xin Qiji, and Lu You. The Song Dynasty's literary forms were diverse, leaving behind a rich cultural heritage for future generations.
