Tang and Five Dynasties Ci Poetry Appreciation Dictionary

Author: Pan Shen
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Publishing Date: 1991-05-01
Features: This book includes 571 works by 132 lyric poets from the Tang and Five Dynasties periods, 93 Dunhuang lyric fragments, 30 anonymous lyric poems, and 25 poems about immortals and ghosts. Among the Tang lyrics, a certain number of vocal poems are included. Generally, each lyric poem is accompanied by a separate appreciation article. For a few linked poems or grand tunes that are not easily divided, they are appreciated together. At the end of the main text, appendices include brief biographies of the lyric poets, an index of alternative names, an introduction to lyric tunes and tunescripts, an index of famous lines and phrases, and a stroke index of titles.