Poetry and Prose Drafts - Wangyue Collection

Author: Wang Zhouming
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book collects the author's papers on the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, and Han Dynasty Fu poetry. It has three characteristics: First, it studies the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, and Han Dynasty Fu poetry from the perspective of pre-Qin and Han Dynasty cultural studies; Second, the author examines the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, and Han Dynasty Fu poetry from the complex web of various correlations; Third, the author emphasizes documentary evidence, starting from research materials, deriving arguments from history, and combining historical analysis with theoretical discussion. Here collected are my papers on the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, and Han Dynasty Fu poetry, most of which have already been published. Since the Han people also called Chu Ci "Fu," the more elegant term was chosen for the book title, "Essays on Poetry and Fu." As for the appended essays, "A Review of Professor Gao Heng's Research on the Book of Songs from an Academic History Perspective" and "A Review of Professor Lu Kanru's Research on Chu Ci," they are included for two reasons: First, both Professor Gao and Professor Lu are esteemed scholars in the study of the Book of Songs and Chu Ci, yet current academic evaluations of their research on these subjects vary; Second, the reviews I have written are precisely on their research concerning the Book of Songs and Chu Ci, so they are also included in this collection.