汉代铜镜铭文中的七言诗

汉代铜镜铭文中存在着不少七言诗。这些诗歌,不仅宋代以后的考古学著作时加收录,而且,明人已经将其编入汉代文集中。考察汉代铜镜铭文中的七言诗可以发现,不少诗歌句句押韵,其结构形式已相对固定,由此我们可以初步判定东汉以前七言诗已基本形成。

Seven-Character-To-A-Line Poems Inscribed in the Bronze Mirror of the Han Dynasty

Seven-character-to-a-line poems have been discovered inscribed in the bronze mirrors of Han Dynasty. Quite a number of such bronze mirrors of Han Dynasty, those of New Mang Dynasty included, are collected by the Chinese Museum of History. These poems were embodied in the archeologist works after Song Dynasty; in addition, they were recorded by scholars of Ming Dynasty in the collected works of Han Dynasty. Besides, it has been revealed that the Boliang style originated from folk stories of Han Dynasty which was quoted without suspicion by the men of letters from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. However, some learners presume that some utterances were in fact imitated and produced by people after Han Dynasty. Based on all the materials, it is possible that seven-character-to-a-line poems have already existed before East Han Dynasty.