A Selection of Chinese Poetry Through the Ages (Volume 1 for Higher Education Liberal Arts Textbooks)

Author: Lin Geng
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Publishing Date: 1997-11-01
Features: Selected Poems of Chinese History is a textbook compiled for the Selected Poems of Chinese Poetry course in Chinese departments of higher education. Considering the practical needs of classroom lectures and students' self-study time, the entire book selects one thousand poems (including ci and qu, etc.), aiming to basically reflect the outstanding achievements of classical Chinese poetry. Each poem is accompanied by a brief biography of the author and annotations. The book is divided into two volumes. The first volume consists of two parts, covering the period from the Zhou Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, selecting five hundred fifty poems, edited by Lin Geng. The second volume also consists of two parts, covering the period from the Song and Yuan Dynasties to the May Fourth Movement, selecting four hundred fifty poems, edited by Feng Yuanjun.