A Appreciation of Poetry, Lyrics, and Prose in the Dream of the Red Chamber - (Revised and Reprinted Edition)

Author: Cai Yijiang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is based on the author's highly acclaimed "Commentary on Poems, Lyrics, Quatrain, Odes, and Songs in Dream of the Red Chamber" published both domestically and internationally over more than two decades. It has been expanded with additional content, enhanced artistic analysis, and rewritten. The book comprehensively collects various forms of texts from different versions of Dream of the Red Chamber, including poems, lyrics, quatrains, odes, ballads, classical prose, letters, riddles, drinking games, couplets, and antitheses. It even includes poems unique to the rarely seen Zhi Ping manuscripts, making it the most complete collection available. To aid readers in deeper understanding, each piece is accompanied by "Explanations," "Annotations," "Appreciations," or "Commentaries," with some also featuring "Appendices" or "Supplementary Notes." For the more challenging text, "The Eulogy for the Plum Blossom Maiden," a translation is provided. The book's discussions are brilliant and highly inspiring. The "Supplementary Sections" contain invaluable reference materials for studying Dream of the Red Chamber and its author. Among these, the article "Introduction to Editions" incorporates the latest research findings in the field of redology, making it well worth reading. This book is based on the author's highly acclaimed "Commentary on Poems, Lyrics, Quatrain, Odes, and Songs in Dream of the Red Chamber" published both domestically and internationally over more than two decades. It has been expanded with additional content, enhanced artistic analysis, and rewritten. The book comprehensively collects various forms of texts from different versions of Dream of the Red Chamber, including poems, lyrics, quatrains, odes, ballads, classical prose, letters, riddles, drinking games, couplets, and antitheses. It even includes poems unique to the rarely seen Zhi Ping manuscripts, making it the most complete collection available. To aid readers in deeper understanding, each piece is accompanied by "Explanations," "Annotations," "Appreciations," or "Commentaries," with some also featuring "Appendices" or "Supplementary Notes." For the more challenging text, "The Eulogy for the Plum Blossom Maiden," a translation is provided. The book's discussions are brilliant and highly inspiring. The "Supplementary Sections" contain invaluable reference materials for studying Dream of the Red Chamber and its author. Among these, the article "Introduction to Editions" incorporates the latest research findings in the field of redology, making it well worth reading.