Classics Anthology - Collection of Classical Chinese Prose (Volumes 1-2)

Author: Tan Guoqing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book is divided into two volumes, with its compilation dating back to the Wen Xuan, a collection not seen before the Liang Dynasty. Zhaoming established a rigorous and precise system. By the time the Wen Yan Ying Hua of the Song Dynasty was published, it began to prioritize quantity over refinement, becoming disorganized and losing coherence. The works of Liu Zongyuan, Bai Juyi, Quan Deyou, Li Shangyin, Gu Yun, Luo Yin, and others were included in the entire volume. Yao Xian's Tang Wen Cu began to trim the excess, following the school of Mu Xiu and Liu Kai, while placing the Dougu and Changzhou schools as the orthodox. Gu Heng still had a gap with Yanshi. The Han and Xu clans of Han, the four great masters of the Jin Dynasty, still favored parallel prose, placing Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Li Shangyin, and Sun Chu in the Complete Tang Prose, which clearly did not fit. Those who were not deeply versed in literature could not discern the difference.