The representative work of Yuefu poetry: "Jiangnan".

The original text is: Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are fields of lotus leaves. Fish play among the lotus leaves. The leaves of the lotus are to the east, the leaves of the lotus are to the west, the leaves of the lotus are to the south, and the leaves of the lotus are to the north.

The "Yuefu" was originally an official office established by the imperial court to manage music since the Qin Dynasty. It was responsible for producing music scores and collecting lyrics. Later, people called the poems collected by Yuefu "Yuefu Poetry". Its content and themes are usually close to people's lives, and its language is mostly easy to understand. It sings the voices of the ancestors and expresses the most genuine emotions.

"Collection of Yuefu Poems"

"Collection of Yuefu Poems" is the essence of folk songs in the Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The content is very rich, reflecting a wide range of social life. It mainly compiles Yuefu songs from the Han and Wei dynasties to the Tang and Five Dynasties, as well as ballads from the Pre-Qin to the end of the Tang Dynasty, with more than 5,000 pieces in total. It has a wide range of collections, each category has a general order, and each song has a solution. Yuefu was originally an official office in charge of music in ancient times, including the famous folk song "Mulan Poetry".

"Yuefu" was originally the name of the organization in charge of music. It was first established during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. There were also Yuefu organizations in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Its specific tasks are to produce musical scores, collect lyrics and train musical talents.

There are two sources of lyrics: some are specially written by literati, and some are collected from Chinese folk. Later, people called the poems collected by Yuefu agencies Yuefu, or Yuefu poems and Yuefu lyrics, so the name of Yuefu changed from the official name to the name of the poetic style.