Abstract: The style of literati’s five-character poetry was formed in the double stipulation and double construction of music and language during the Han and Wei dynasties. Emperor Wu established Yuefu and collected folk songs, and the folk Yuefu widespread in the Han court. From here the five-character poetry took shape. And its structure was formed under the influence of the musical structure of the Yuefu singing art such as Xianghe Sandiao. The five-character sentence model gained its canonical status with the widespread of Yuefu literary texts among literati, along with their rewriting. The style was ultimately established through the refinement and abstraction of poetry creation by Wei and Jin literati. Although the whole process involves many factors, such as the two-way construction of music and language, the exchange and interaction of elegant language and common language, the mutual infiltration and blending of the literati cultural circle and the folk cultural circle, etc., what runs through is people’s choice and group confirmation of the five-character style in literary activities. The style of literati’s five-character poetry is the result of the comprehensive effects of factors such as music culture, the development of Chinese language, and the norms of the literati groups.

Key words: Yuefu poetry, text, communication, five-character poetry, style, construction