Song Yun: Exploring the Humanistic Spirit and Aesthetic Forms of Song Ci

Author: Sun Weicheng
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This book delves into the field of Song Ci from a unique perspective—the pursuit of rhyme. The entire work focuses on rhyme as its foundation to explore various aspects of the topic. It traces the evolution of Ci from the late Tang and Five Dynasties to the hundred years of the Song Dynasty, thereby making Song Ci a vivid embodiment of Song rhyme. As a result, the history of Tang and Song Ci takes on the form of a rhyme-derived history. This cannot be said to be the author's creative achievement. The book also analyzes the works of various Song Ci poets to explore the shared aesthetic attitudes and psychological tendencies of the Song literary scene. By interpreting the Song Ci world through the lens of "rhyme," it clarifies the same artistic charm of Song Ci and identifies the lineage from Yan to Qin, Liu to Su Shi, Zhou Bangyan, Jiang, and Wu.