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The Tang Dynasty opened a new age of prosperity and innovation(创新) in arts and technology. During this period, China was the 1 (large) and most influential country in the world. The Tang Dynasty is also considered by modern Chinese scholars as the golden age of Chinese poetry, when poetry 2 (reach) its peak.
In this age, poetry had developed well as the most important literary form, the writing of 3 became the feature of everyday life in China. Even Tang rulers were often poets themselves. Tang poets are perhaps the best 4 (know) and most admired of all Chinese literary figures. Furthermore, composing poems was introduced as one of the requirements in the Imperial Examination(科举考试), which was held 5 (select) talents for the government.
During this long period of nearly 300 years, more than 50,000 poems 6 (create) by more than 2,200 poets from all walks of life. A book worth mention is 300 Tang poems by a Qing scholar Sun Zhu, a 7 (collect) of Tang poems which are very popular among people. Sun’s book became the best seller soon after its publication. The compiler(编者) said,“ 8 (learn) Tang poems three hundred by heart, you can chant though you know not the art.”
Tang poems are characterized by 9 variety of forms, the beauty of imaginations and the broadness of themes. In general, Tang poetry has strict patterns, written in sentences of fixed length, usually with each line having five 10 seven characters long.
