中国词文学的发展历史，可以大致概括为四个阶段：晚唐是词的缘起阶段①，两宋是词的成熟和繁荣阶段，元明是词的衰微阶段，清代是词的复兴阶段而同时也是词接近结束的最后阶段（皆相对而言）。在词的四个发展阶段中，两宋时期的词文学具有特殊的复杂情形，不仅在于这一时期名 The history of the development of Chinese lexical literature can be broadly summarized into four stages: the late Tang is the stage of origin of Ci, the two Song Dynasties are the stage of maturity and prosperity of Ci, the Yuan and Ming Dynasties are the decay stage of Ci and the Qing stage is the stage of revival of Ci It is also the last phase of the word that ends up (all in relative terms). In the four stages of development of the Ci poetry, the literature in the Song and Song Dynasties has a special complex situation, not only in the name of the period