中国古代叙事诗的乐府传统

在中国古代叙事诗歌中，诗经传统和乐府传统是相互影响但又互相区别的两个部分。乐府叙事诗产生自民间，更强调情节性、虚构性和娱乐化的方面。从魏晋文人拟作，到杜甫叙事歌行，再到元白作品，都是乐府叙事传统上不可或缺的环节，并对唐以后的叙事诗产生了深远影响。

Yuefu Tradition in Ancient Chinese Narrative Poetry

In the ancient Chinese narrative poetry, the tradition of The Book of Songs and that of Yuefu influenced each other but they were different. Yuefu narrative poems emerged from the folk tradition, and emphasized more on plot construction, fictional features and entertainment. The imitations by the Wei-Jin poets as well as Du Fu''s narrative poetry and the works of Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi, are all the indispensable links of Yuefu narrative tradition, and have exerted a far-reaching influence on the narrative poems after the Tang Dynasty.