Collection of Yue Fu Poetry
《乐府诗集》
Collection of Yue Fu Poetry was compiled during the Song Dynasty by Guo Mao Qian whose life remains unknown. Yue Fu was originally the offi-cial bureau in charge of music. It was set up during the reign of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. As a permanent governmental institution of the Han，Wei，the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties，it was responsible for compiling music books，anthologizing songs and ballads and training musicians. All the songs which had been set to music by this institution were referred to as Yue Fu poetry. Collection of Yue Fu Poetry contains not only the Yue Fu poetry from the Han Dynasty to the Five Dynasties Period and but also the ballads from the Pre-qin period to the last phase of the Tang Dynasty. In addition，it also contains the simulated works of later generations. The poems in the collection are divided into twelve categories which are grouped into 100 volumes. It is the most comprehensive anthology of the Yue Fu poetry.
宋朝郭茂倩编辑。郭茂倩生平湮没难考。乐府原意是掌管音乐的官府，汉武帝时始创。汉、魏、两晋最高统治机构常设有乐府机关，具体任务是制定乐谱、搜集歌辞、训练乐工等。凡由乐府机关配合乐谱演唱的歌辞叫乐府诗。《乐府诗集》辑录了由汉朝至五代的乐府诗，兼及先秦至唐末歌谣以及后人对乐府原辞的拟作，共分12类，100卷，是收罗乐府歌辞最完备的一部总集。
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