Names and Types
In Chinese literature, the qu (Chinese: 曲) form of poetry from the Yuan Dynasty may be called yuanqu (元曲). Qu may be derived from Chinese opera, such as the zaju (雜劇), in which case these qu may be referred to as sanqu (散曲).
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Famous quotes containing the words names and/or types:
“It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words.... The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“If there is nothing new on the earth, still the traveler always has a resource in the skies. They are constantly turning a new page to view. The wind sets the types on this blue ground, and the inquiring may always read a new truth there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)