Selected Poems of Fan Chengda

Author: (Song) Fan Chengda / Zhou Ruchang (editors and annotators)
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Publishing Date: 1997-10-01
Features: This book is part of the "Chinese Classical Literature Anthology Series." Fan Chengda lived during the late Northern Song Dynasty and early Southern Song Dynasty. His turbulent times filled him with sorrow and indignation, and his pastoral poems and poems on local customs and seasonal festivals are particularly distinctive, fully reflecting the rural scenery, customs, worries, and hardships of the era. He is known as the "pastoral poet." His poetry is fresh in style, rich in variation, and bold and unrestrained. This book selects over 320 of Fan Chengda's poems, accounting for about one-sixth of his total works, reflecting the various stages of his creative life.