New Collection of a Thousand Poems

Author: Yuan Xingpei
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: The "Newly Compiled Thousand Poems" presented to the readers is a popular classical poetry reader published by Zhonghua Book Company. Classical Chinese poetry in our country has a long history and rich connotations, with countless masterpieces of great beauty. The "Thousand Poems" named anthology has always been a widely circulated introductory reading material. This series inherits the popular version's advantages of being easy to understand and memorize, with a perfect combination of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. The selected poems are arranged in the order of five-character quatrains, seven-character quatrains, five-character regulated verse, seven-character regulated verse, five-character ancient verse, and seven-character ancient verse, with poems of the same genre listed in chronological order of the poets' eras, totaling 152 poems. These are profound in meaning, elegant in sentiment, expansive in imagery, and widely acclaimed masterpieces. The "Newly Compiled" version has removed certain poems from previous "Thousand Poems" anthologies that reflected the sorrows of scholars and officials or praised the feudal dynasty. The scope of selected poems still primarily focuses on Tang and Song Dynasty regulated verse, but also includes five-and-seven-character ancient verse from the Han Dynasty to modern works. From the selected poems, the language is relatively colloquial, with vivid imagery and emotions, making them easy for children to understand with a little thought. The annotations for the poems are concise, including author biographies, explanations of titles, interpretations of idioms and allusions, as well as necessary summaries and comments. They believe that "too much of this becomes cumbersome." The perfect combination of poetry, calligraphy, and painting is a major feature of the "Newly Compiled Thousand Poems." The original poems in this book are written in small regular script by Mr. Chen Mengkang, a three-time national calligraphy competition gold medalist, and each poem is accompanied by illustrations drawn by renowned painters Chen Huiguan and Dai Dunbang. The calligraphy is precise and meticulous, the brushwork is novel and distinctive, and the illustrations complement the text beautifully. Opening and reading this book will allow readers, especially young readers, to effortlessly absorb the essence of excellent traditional Chinese culture in a pleasant and artistic atmosphere, cultivating their noble moral character and aesthetic taste in the process, and enlightening their life wisdom. Additionally, published alongside this book are the "Newly Compiled Thousand Poems" (Primary School Pinyin Edition), "Newly Compiled Thousand Poems" (Primary School Edition), and "Newly Compiled Thousand Poems" (Secondary School Edition), allowing readers to choose the one that best suits their needs.