Translations of Ancient Chinese Lyrics into Modern English

Author: Guo Yanquan
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The outstanding classical Chinese poetry of our country is a beautiful and captivating flower in the garden of our national literature. For thousands of years, these renowned and beloved masterpieces, with profound thoughts, vivid imagery, elegant language, and resonant rhythms, have often inspired admiration and resonated deeply. To inherit our nation's long-standing and profound literary heritage and further flourish the cause of socialist arts, we must seriously study classical poetry, and first and foremost, we must do well in popularizing it, bringing it from the lofty halls of literature to the homes of ordinary people. As a popular reading material on classical literature, this book has the following characteristics: First, systematicity. The book selects over a thousand widely celebrated masterpieces from the Tang Dynasty to the modern era, aiming to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of ancient poetry. Second, accessibility. The book provides concise explanations for each poem to help readers grasp its essence, and it includes brief phonetic annotations for difficult characters and words. Third, experimentation. This systematic attempt to translate ancient poetry into modern verse itself is a challenging exploration and a learning process for the author.