On the Composing Scores for Yuefu Poem in Yuan Dynasty

Yuefu poem of Yuan Dynasty, whether historical or contemporary, could be scored.It is a miricle that this attribute remains when 'syllables of Yuefu poem has died out since Song Dynasty and today no one could identify its scores.' Most of the scores are the new compositions from folk musicians.Thus, it is widely believed that 'new score with old Yuefu poem sounds like old song; old lyric with new score sounds like new lyric'.With this concept, contemporary poets hold that both Yuefu poems and ancient poems could be songs.Thus scoring of Yuefu poem, integrated with popular Sanqu, Zaju, and Ci, construct the first 'musical literature kingdom' in Chinese literature.