Introduction to Poetry Writing

Author: Zhao Zhongcai
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Publishing Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book strives to comprehensively and systematically introduce the knowledge related to reading and writing classical Chinese poetry and prose in China. It is the author's long-term experience and reflections from teaching and creative work. The book mentions nearly 500 authors and quotes over 400 complete poems (chapters) for illustrative purposes. For ninety percent of the chapters, it elucidates their thematic ideas, annotates key words, and explains difficult sentences. At the end, it appends the "Combined Rhyme Book of Poetry and Lyrics" and the "Common Lyric Patterns (65 Tones)." Thus, this book is not only a theoretical monograph on classical Chinese poetry and prose but also serves as a reference book for the selection of poems from ancient times and the writing of classical Chinese poetry and prose. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering various aspects such as the classification, rules, grammar, rhetoric, recitation, and creative methods of traditional Chinese poetry and prose. The language is both profound and accessible, the content is rich and solid, and the examples are extensive and credible. It serves as a stepping stone and bridge for young enthusiasts of classical literature to enter the hall and step into the of traditional literature. The author of this book possesses substantial classical literary cultivation and long-term teaching experience in classical Chinese poetry and prose. The entire book is the crystallization of years of teaching and research.