Selected Readings in Tang Poetry

Author: Lu Tieping
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is one of the "Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language·Chinese Culture Series Textbooks" edited by the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Renmin University of China. It primarily introduces foreign students to the historical development and works of Chinese Tang poetry. The book is divided into chapters as follows: the first chapter provides an overview, while subsequent chapters are categorized by themes such as landscape and pastoral scenes, frontier poems, daily life, love, travel, and odes to objects. Each category constitutes a chapter. Li Bai and Du Fu, due to their significant contributions and large number of works, each have their own chapters. To facilitate reading for foreign students, the original poems are accompanied by Pinyin annotations, notes, and explanations that are concise and easy to understand. This book is suitable for intermediate-level foreign students to study or self-study, as well as serving as an important reference for college students learning Chinese Tang poetry.