A Study Of The Application Of Ci Diao In SuShi’s Ci

Ci (lyrics) occupies an important role in Su Shi’s literary creation, whom is a leading poet and icon in history of Northern Song Dynasty. Originally, Ci had a close association with music as it inlaid the wordings in rhyme. The fundamental tune and tone used in Ci Diao is eitner subtle softness or boldness. Ci Diao involved a striking tune, determined mainly by the subject matter or content, dynamically co-relating the theme and the musical style. Since the Tang and the Five Dynasties, Ci in overall consisted mainly of romantic themes. Until the Northern Song Dynasty, under Su Shi’s innovation (known as Su-Ci in short), Ci was then transformed from being popularly performed by young female performance scenario:teenage girls holding Hong Ya plate singing theme of" willow bank and withering moon..." to a phenomenal adatation oy Guan Xi male pioneered performance in a style accompanied by copper Pipa and Tie Chuo plate, singing "Da Jiang Dong Qu" in bold tune and clear open manners. Meanwhile, Su-Ci also transformed Ci to be an elegant, refined and interesting from a previously graceful yet reticence and constraint style.Su Shi’s achievement in his Ci works is inseparable from the inextricably mixed of his artistic technique and outstanding style of the application of Ci Diao. This article is an attempt of a comprehensive study based on the existing collection of Su-Shi’s 75 style of G7 Diao ana nis 331 lyrics. Su-Ci, despite using reticence gracefulness form of poem from the I ang ana tne Five Dynasties lyrics, had successfully mixed in eclectic boldness with graceful rhythm,thus uplifting it’s spirit. He broke the legacy of poems express will and Ci depict romance; His attitudes in reaards to Ci have been expressed in his strong poetic lyrics. Su-Ci expression of thpmp is nnt NmitpH tn the entertainina feminine content, rather often his concern for the country state, his willfulness and positive, open-minded vision. His work expressed romance emotion while embedding with the willfulness, greatly improved Ci’s functionality. In addition to poetry in Ci, Su-Ci broke the metrical binding through the rhythm and tune selection, broadly propagateing Song Ci’s unique functionality. In Su-CFs rhythmic adaptation and writing style, he formed a contradiction and unity of opposites and with sharp-shapes written style, as such, performance of the Ci poetry successfully embody the masculine and feminine beauty. Su-Ci’s unique style of Ci Diao and artistic mixed with techniques created a new world for Ci, thus his works were prominently profiled and thus popularly being emulated in Northern Song Dynasty. Su-Ci made immortal contributions and innovation to Ci.