Chinese Classics : Thousand Poems, Flowering Chamber Collection, Excellent Words

Author: Tan Guoqing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: In the splendid 5,000-year cultural river, poetry is diverse and colorful. It has given birth to many poets with unique artistic styles and distinct personalities, as well as numerous famous works known to all. Whether nobles or mountain hermits, whether refined scholars or ordinary folk, all recited, sighed over, and marveled at it, eager to try their own hand. As the saying goes, "Familiar with the Tang poems for three hundred stanzas, even if you cannot write poetry, you will know how to recite it," which fully demonstrates the charm of poetry. A Thousand Poems selects well-loved poems from the Tang and Song dynasties, guided by the principle of enlightenment, and arranges the poems according to the changes of the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter. "Following the four seasons to lament the passage of time, gazing at all things to reflect on their diversity," it is easy to read and understand. Most of the poems are concise and powerful, with refined language, harmonious tones, and rich poetic flavor. They are pleasant to read, thought-provoking, and inspiring.