Tang Poetry 300 Selections - Illustrated Text

Author: Han Tang Tuai Shi (compiled and selected)
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Publishing Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book is divided into topics such as five-character ancient poems, seven-character ancient poems, seven-character Yuefu, five-character regulated verse, seven-character regulated verse, five-character quatrains, and seven-character quatrains, collecting over 300 well-known Tang poems. In secular education, children are taught the Thousand Poems, chosen for its ease of understanding, which is why it has endured. However, its poems are randomly selected, with varying quality, and it only includes five- and seven-character regulated verse and quatrains, mixed with Tang and Song works, which deviates from the proper style. Therefore, this book selects the most outstanding works from the well-known Tang poems, obtaining dozens for each category, compiling over 300 into a single volume as a household textbook, so that children can learn it from a young age, and even the elderly will not forget it. Compared to the Thousand Poems, is it not far superior? The saying goes, "Familiar with 300 Tang poems, even if you don't know how to compose, you can still recite." Let this book prove it.