Shi Pin (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: (Zong Rong et al. of the Southern Dynasties of Liang, edited and annotated by Zhang Liandie
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Zong Rong's "Poetry Critique" states, "The breath moves things, and things move people, thus shaking emotions and taking shape in dance and song. It illuminates the three realms and shines upon all things." He also says, "Nurturing nature's spirit, expressing hidden emotions, words are within earshot and sight, yet emotions reach beyond the eight directions." The connection between a person's "spiritual nature" and life, and the "eight directions" and "all things," along with the free oscillation of the subjective spirit, form the main thread of classical poetry aesthetics.