Complete Collection of Song Dynasty Ci Poems (Complete 10 Volumes)

Author: Wang Zheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "Ci," as a literary form, has, over more than a thousand years, created a vast number of outstanding Ci poets, from emperors to commoners, both famous and unknown, with profound ideological content and rich artistic forms. "Ci" distinguishes itself with its lively style compared to poetry, its rigor compared to qu, and its light, free, and unrestrained elegance. With its diverse themes, varied forms, and profound literary influence, it has become both a gem in traditional Chinese culture and a treasure in the world's cultural treasury. The Song Dynasty was the golden age of Ci, making it the most popular and representative literary form of the time. Regarding the origins of Ci, there have always been various debates in the study of ancient Chinese literary history. This is primarily because the formation of "Ci" as a rhyming literary form was influenced by multiple factors. The Ci collections included in this book are primarily selected from the Song Dynasty Ci anthologies in Qiangcun Congshu (Strong Village Series), Four Seal Studio's Printed Ci (Si Yin Zhai Suo Ke Ci), Mao Jin's Ming Dynasty Sixty Famous Song Poets' Ci (Song Shi Liu Da Mingjia Ci), and Wu Changshou's Jing Kan Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming Ci (Published Ci of Song, Jin, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties), as well as some widely circulated and beloved Ci works scattered among the people.