Jiaxuan Ci Notes

Author: (Song) Xin Qiji, edited by Yu Zhanghua
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Publishing Date: 2009-02-01
Features: Xin Qiji was an outstanding patriotic poet of the Song Dynasty. His poems are renowned for their bold and unrestrained style, filled with the ambition to reclaim the Central Plains and the fighting spirit against national oppression, as well as praise for the magnificent landscapes of his homeland. His patriotic verses are not only sincere and moving, filled with passion and sorrow, but also emotionally charged, possessing a strong sense of. This book is based on the Dade edition, while also referencing the Dianfeng Building facsimile of the Jigu Ge manuscript copy of "Jiaxuan Ci" (Xin Qiji's Poems), Deng Guangming's "Jiaxuan Ci Bian Nian Jian Zhu" (Annotated and Chronologically Arranged Collection of Xin Qiji's Poems), and other editions and annotations. The text has been carefully selected for accuracy, with more entries than the Dade edition. The annotations are concise and focus on the origins of allusions.