Tang and Song Poetry and Ci Selection

Author: Yan Jijing (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The Ministry of Education's "Full-time Chinese Curriculum Standards (Experimental)" and "General Senior High School Chinese Curriculum Standards (Experimental)" (2003) explicitly stated: "Chinese is an important tool for communication and an essential part of human culture. The unity of its tool-like and humanistic nature is the fundamental characteristic of the Chinese curriculum." This book is compiled based on the above new educational reform ideas, aiming to enhance the literary literacy of middle school students and cultivate their aesthetic abilities. It not only provides students with a brand-new reading collection of Tang and Song Dynasty poetry and prose but also offers a concise and practical textbook for optional Chinese courses in middle school. As an optional reading for the new Chinese curriculum standards, this book selects over 50 renowned poets from the Tang and Song dynasties, organizing them into 43 thematic units following the historical development of literature. Each unit briefly outlines the general profile and style of the selected poets. The "Close Reading" section selects the most influential works of each poet for detailed annotations and interpretations. The "Close Reading" pieces are designed to guide students' self-learning abilities and broaden their understanding of Tang and Song poetry and prose, hence they are presented in plain text without annotations. The "Knowledge Links" section distills relevant knowledge points from the perspective of poetic art, complementing the vertical narrative of literary history with a horizontal view of poetic knowledge. Additionally, each unit includes "Study and Reflection" questions to promote self-assessment and critical thinking. The content design of this book is innovative, with a well-balanced depth and breadth of selected poetry and prose, making it highly suitable for middle school students' extracurricular reading.