Selections from the "Sao Style" Poetry

Author: Chief Editor: Zhan Furui | Annotations: Li Jinshan
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Publication Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is one of the 15 national publishing planning key books and part of the Chinese Poetic Series. The selection format of this series includes annotations and explanatory texts. The explanatory texts not only briefly summarize the meaning of the poems but also highlight the prominent artistic features within the works. To help readers gain a clearer understanding of the style of a particular era or poet, each selection in the series is preceded by an introduction, focusing on analyzing and introducing the forms and artistic characteristics of each poetic style. By integrating the preface, selected poems, explanations, and annotations, the series comprehensively reveals the artistic features of each style. This book focuses on the Sha-style poetry. A survey of Sha-style literature in ancient China shows its long and unbroken tradition, from the establishment of its form by Qu Yuan and Song Yu to its development into a tradition in the Han Dynasty, and continuing until the Qing Dynasty. It has become a unique landscape in ancient Chinese literature. This book will present a complete picture of this poetic style. The format of this book includes annotations and explanatory texts. The explanatory texts briefly summarize the meaning of the poems and highlight the prominent artistic features within the works. A preface is provided at the beginning of the book, explaining the style and characteristics of Sha-style poetry.