承しょう

noun

second line of a four-line Chinese poem

Abbreviation of 承句 (しょうく). Used in the context of classical Chinese poetry (絶句).

See also: 承句

• 絶ぜっ句くの構こう成せいは起き承しょう転てん結けつで、承しょうは起き句くを受うけて発はっ展てんさせる句くです。

  The structure of a quatrain is introduction, development, turn, and conclusion; the 承 (development) is the line that receives the opening line and expands on it.