Biền văn và dạng biền văn cận thể đặc biệt ở Nam Bộ

Abstract

There are five types of couplets of “bien van”: “tu tu”, “bat tu”, “song quan”, “cach cu” and “goi hac”. In the Tang Dynasty, the ryhthm in the first clause must be 4 and that in the following must be 6. This is called antithetical couplets or“bien le” in Vietnamese; In Song Dynasty, “bien le” was regulated with “niem” and it came into academic writing. The name of “bien le” in this dynasty was “tu luc”. The difference between “bien le”, “tu luc” and the couplets mentioned above (called “old type”) is that “bien le” and ‘tu luc” are early modern type of couplets. One kind of a special “tu luc” was found in Nam Bo, is tu luc accompanied with “niem”. Some related works are “Sai vai” (Nguyen Cu Trinh), “Ki bao de tho” (A letter for younger brother) (Nguyen Dinh Chieu), “Hich Truong Dinh” (anonymous author's name),…