Anthologies of Poems from the Western Regions Through the Ages

Author: Wu Aichen
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is selected and compiled by Mr. Wu Aichen of the Central Research Institute of Chinese History and Culture. The entire collection includes over a thousand poems composed by literary figures from the Han, Wei, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties in the inland regions of our great motherland, describing the customs and landscapes of the western frontier areas. The material is quite rich. It provides reference materials for comrades studying the history of Xinjiang, hoping that readers will critically absorb the essence and discard the dross. Especially in the expressions regarding the relationships between ethnic minorities in the border regions and the mutual relations among all ethnic groups in our country, some poems clearly reflect the limitations of the author's time and class status. Readers are encouraged to approach these with the perspective of historical materialism and Marxist ethnic theory to understand them correctly.