Jiang Wen Tong Collection with Annotations

Author: Jiang Yan
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Publication Date: 1984-04-01
Features: Jiang Wen Tong served as an official in the Liu Song Dynasty and was highly favored by Emperor Gao of Qi for his literary talent. Later, he joined the Liang Dynasty and achieved a distinguished reputation in his later years. His prose and poetry were highly regarded and celebrated in the world. Zhaoming Tong, a contemporary of Jiang, often included his works in the Selected Works. When Zhong Ling ranked poems, he praised Jiang for his skill in imitation, comparing his strength to Wang Wei and his achievement to Xie Tao. Scholars often praised him, frequently comparing him to Bao Ming, admiring his extraordinary talent. This book is a commentary on the poetry and prose collection of Jiang Yan, a literary figure from the Southern Dynasties period of the Liang Dynasty. Based on the Wanli edition of Hu's commentary, this work has been collated with multiple collections and supplemented with seven additional essays and poems, including In Memoriam My Beloved Son.