Chinese Poems Through the Ages: A Classification and Appreciation. Volume on Poems about Events: Volume on Poems about Events

Author: Zhang Zangguo
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: China is a land of poetry. In the five thousand years of splendid and brilliant history and civilization of China, poetry has emerged as a unique branch in the garden of arts, producing millions of outstanding works that are highly admired. The "Selected Poems and Lyrics of China Through the Ages" series categorizes the selected content into over 30 categories such as landscapes, pastoral scenes, scenic descriptions, love poems, etc. On this basis, it is further divided into five volumes: "Ode to Scenery," "Ode to Emotion," "Ode to Ambition," "Ode to Reflection," and "Ode to Events." Additionally, to facilitate readers' appreciation, the annotations for each poem include the compilers' interpretations of the entire poem, and a brief introduction to the relevant authors is appended at the end. This volume, "Ode to Events," compiles hundreds of time-honored, widely acclaimed, and appreciably valuable poems and lyrics that depict events. They are either elegant, heroic, sorrowful, tender, or profound.