Tang Four Masters' Poetry Collection

Author: Hu Fengdan
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The Collected Poems of the Four Tang Masters compiled by Hu Fengdan in the Qing Dynasty. Hu Fengdan, styled Yueqiao, was a native of Yongkang, Zhejiang. He lived approximately during the Tongzhi and Xianfeng periods of the Qing Dynasty, the mid-19th century. He entered the service as a supplementary (a type of examination candidate) and later became a substitute official in Hubei, overseeing the official book office. He had a passion for collecting books and was deeply interested in bibliography and textual criticism. He compiled The Golden Hill Series and authored The Tuibu Zhai Collection and The Tuibu Zhai Poetic Remains. This The Collected Poems of the Four Tang Masters includes Wang Wei's Wang Wangchuan Collection (4 volumes), Meng Haoran's Meng Shanyang Collection (2 volumes), Wei Yingwu's Wei Suzhou Collection (10 volumes), and Liu Zongyuan's Liu Liuzhou Collection (4 volumes), totaling 20 volumes.