Spring · Famous Scholars

Author: Li Shixin
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book is based on authentic historical records and provides a relatively detailed account of the traces and life stories of who loved, protected, and composed poems about springs. They either lived in Jinan, served as officials in various places, or traveled to Jinan out of admiration for the springs. Their love for the springs, appreciation for their purity, efforts to protect them, and poetic beauty in describing them have become timeless models, admired, inherited, and celebrated by later generations. When introducing these figures, the book focuses on their emotions towards the springs and their activities in Jinan, while leaving aside discussions on other aspects of their lives and achievements. The book also includes recollections by two elderly comrades about Chairman Mao Zedong's visits to Daming Lake and Pearl Spring, memoirs by literary predecessors Zang Kejia, Tao Dun, and Feng Yi about their studies and lives in Jinan, as well as Professor Xu Beiwen's recent work "Jinan Has Always Been a Poetic City," which is highly enlightening upon reading.