Abstract

• The conventional name of tune, or cipai 詞牌, is confusing to most students and even scholars. While there is no available electronic resources on cipai, such database is essential both for teaching and research purposes.
• The supervisor will construct a new database on cipai that includes texts of Tang and Song ci lyrics, using Wikipedia format with hyperlinks to hold all data. Page number reference of dictionaries, alternative names and forms of cipai, their prosodic patterns in two different formats, rhyme patterns and dialectal features will also be included.
• The output of this project includes 1 workshop and 1 paper introducing the database. The database will be adopted in 2 courses taught by the supervisor.
• The database is a sustainable tool for postgraduate undergraduate students for learning poetry writing, Chinese phonology and ci studies. It can be also replicated in general education courses like courses like “Appreciation of Classical Poetry and Lyrics”.
• The construction of the database will help development of professional and general skills, training of postgraduate and undergraduate students, as well as an integral part of teaching materials.