Introduction to Key Works of Ancient Chinese Literature

Author: Fei Zenggang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a textbook written for the course "Introduction to Key Ancient Chinese Literary Works" in Chinese departments of universities. "Introduction to Key Ancient Chinese Literary Works" is an advanced course designed for students who have already completed "Selected Works of Ancient Chinese Literature," "History of Chinese Literature," and several specialized courses on ancient Chinese literature. According to our understanding, this course does not focus on the criticism or analysis of ancient writers and works, but rather uses the old annotations of literary classics as its learning content. By "old annotations of literary classics," we refer to the commentaries, annotations, and explanations made by scholars before the Republic of China for ancient and modern literary works. These annotations are a unique way of interpreting ancient Chinese literary texts and an important medium for the transmission of Chinese literature. A detailed study of them allows us to understand how ancient and modern scholars read and interpreted works, and further enables us to grasp the perspectives and value systems they adopted in their research on writers and works. This not only helps expand students' knowledge and academic horizons in ancient Chinese literature but also provides a necessary path for those who are determined to specialize in ancient Chinese literature in terms of reading and research.