Selected Writings on Chinese Literary Theory Throughout the Dynasties. Volume 4

Author: Guo Shaoyu
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: "A Selection of Chinese Literary Criticism Through the Ages (Volume 4)" Introduction: Poetry must have its origin. The solemn scholarship of the I Ching, Book of Documents, Book of Songs, and Spring and Autumn Annals, as well as the meticulous and towering, yet chaotic and resounding, works of several scholars between the Zhou and Qin dynasties—restraining as if afraid of its walls, expanding as if afraid of its narrowness, nurturing as if afraid of its abundance and richness—then the vast Changbai Mountains and the grand Dian'an Mountains also possess such qualities. If this is the case, then poets must bow their hands in reverence, stand solemnly, tremble at the thought of daring to discuss, and long at the thought of daring to criticize. How could they speak?