A Chinese literary form combining rhymed and unrhymed passages of ornate, densely descriptive rhythmic prose-poetry, used above all in the Han dynasty for extended, catalog-like descriptions of palaces, hunts, cities and other grand subjects, standing between poetry and prose rather than fully inside either.
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Place of OriginChina, flourishing above all in the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). 1 StructureAlternating passages of rhymed, rhythmic verse and unrhymed prose, built around extended, catalog-like description and elaborate parallel phrasing. 1 Notable ExampleSima Xiangru's Han-dynasty fu on the Shanglin Park, among the most celebrated works of the form. 1 Connections
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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