Complete Collection of Tang and Song Poems (Mini Edition) - 32 Volumes

Author: Xia Yuquan / Collected Annotations
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Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Features: Tang poetry and Song Ci are dazzling in the history of Chinese literature! The Complete Collection of Tang Poetry and Song Ci is divided into the Tang Poetry Volume and the Song Ci Volume. The Tang Poetry Volume includes nearly 50,000 poems by over 2,200 poets from the Tang Dynasty, arranged in the following order: works of emperors and empresses at the beginning, followed by Yuefu and Le Zhang, then poets from each dynasty, generally organized chronologically. Each poet is accompanied by a brief biography, occasional annotations, and (textual criticism) on word and phrase variations as well as intertextual references. The final sections cover linked poems, fragments, works by famous women, monks, Taoists, immortals, ghosts, monsters, dreams, humorous verses, verdicts, ballads, proverbs, riddles, drinking games, divinations, and are followed by supplementary odes at the end. The Song Ci Volume collects more than 1,000 collections of Song Ci, accounting for over 90% of the total number of Song Ci, meaning the essence of Song Ci is largely contained within. The arrangement is ordered by the birth dates of the poets.