Commentary on Tang Dynasty Poetry · 1

Author: Fang Zhifan / Fang Xiaoyi
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book selects 144 poems from 38 poets of the early Tang Dynasty, with a focus on short poems but also including some well-known long ones. Due to the numerous variations in Tang poetry, the selection is primarily based on the version of Complete Tang Poems, with minor adjustments made to a few poems according to common editions. The introductions to each poet are kept concise and brief, while the review comments aim to enhance the appreciation of the poems. The overall review provides a general understanding of the works as a whole. This is a Tang poetry anthology compiled for young friends in their prime. If you are a vibrant young person or have passed your youth but still carry a youthful heart, you will surely be moved by the poems in this book. They will help you experience or recall the unique passion and impulses of youth. For most of the selected works are from the early and mid-Tang period, composed by great poets like Li Bai, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, and Gao Shi, who poured their hearts into their verses.