Literature Grand Classroom (China. Song Dynasty Volume)

Author: Guo Jie, Wei Qiang, Editors
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Publish Date: 2003-03-02
Features: This set of "The Grand Classroom of Literature" is a large-scale literary history reader. It introduces readers to the main writers, works, schools, literary theories, and literary genres in China from ancient to modern times, including little-known literary stories. With a light and lively tone and fluent, vivid writing, it builds a beautifully crafted bridge between professionalism and popularization, between the literary hall and the masses, creating an aesthetic realm enjoyed by both refined and popular tastes. It turns the study of literary history into a delightful and comfortable reading journey. The history of the Chinese nation is the history of literature, the history of beauty, and also the history of people. "The path is long and the task ahead is arduous, yet I will continue to seek upward and downward." The pursuit of excellence and the pursuit of a noble character. We strike the great bell and sing of the rich literary culture! We praise the greatness of Yu and Shun! We see the "Three Caos" and the "Seven Sages" tempering their military prowess amidst the shadows of swords, gathering in the bamboo groves to pursue the pursuit of scholars. We embark on a light boat in the sound of monkeys' cries, seeking the of Taibai, scooping up the moonlight from the river also scooping up the soul of a generation of poets. We stand at the thatched cottage with a distant sky and clear wind, feeling the solitude of a century. We see Fan Zhongyan looking up, we see Xin Jiakun striking the railings repeatedly, sighing over unfulfilled ambitions and expressing the concerns of the world. Who still has the leisure to linger by the moonlit night of the Twenty-Four Bridges? To enjoy the beauty of a fair maiden playing the flute on the river? We see a river of spring water flowing eastward, carrying away a full heart of nostalgia for the homeland. Do you understand? Why do the scholars become lost in the endless frost forest and the even more endless partings. Do you hear? Why do the masters sigh for a thousand years in the face of silent ruins and the final song of civilization! In the sound of sighs, a distant and melancholic Qiang flute echoes from the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the Gobi Desert. That flute's sound moves the tears of ancestors and stirs the emotions of the present. That flute transforms the rationality of the Pre-Qin era, the romance of Quzi, the elegance of Wei and Jin, the grand imagination of the Tang, the artistic conception of Song and Yuan, the sorrow of Ming and Qing, the anxieties of the modern times, and the expressions of the contemporary into a magnificent chapter. It condenses the long flow of life into a glimpse of aesthetics, nurturing the noble spirit and reciting the hearts of generations.