賦比興

Chinese

		poetic essay; taxation; bestow on poetic essay; taxation; bestow on; endow with	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
trad. (賦比興)		賦	比	興
simp. (赋比兴)		赋	比	兴
alternative forms		賦、比、興／赋、比、兴

Etymology

First described in The Rites of Zhou (《周禮》):

• 大師：……教六詩，曰風，曰賦，曰比，曰興，曰雅，曰頌；…… [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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  大师：……教六诗，曰风，曰赋，曰比，曰兴，曰雅，曰颂；…… [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

  dàshī:...... jiào liùshī, yuē fēng, yuē fù, yuē bǐ, yuē xìng, yuē yǎ, yuē sòng;...... [Pinyin]

  "The Grand Master master teaches six forms of poems: [...] feng (風), fu (賦 ), bi (比), xing (興), ya (雅), and song (頌); [...]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùbǐxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùbǐxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùbǐsìng
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-pi³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: fù-bǐ-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhbiishinq
    • Palladius: фубисин (fubisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

賦比興

1. (poetry) fu bi xing, a Chinese structural concept comprising three literary techniques used to create poetry.

Further reading

• Fu-Bi-Xing: A Metatheory of Poetry-Making