Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Classical Literature

Author: Yang Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: It is easy to write a book, but it is difficult to write a book that expands the cultural and spiritual space of people. This book, named after the Illustrated Chronicle, has pioneered a literary history approach where images and text interact and interpret each other. Reading poetry and prose not only requires understanding, but reading illustrations also brings enjoyment. The subtitle indicates "Song, Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Uyghur, Tibetan, Dali Kingdom, Yuan Dynasty Volume," emphasizing the anthropological, geographical, archaeological, and cultural perspectives in examining literary history, adding a rich spatial dimension to the temporal dimension of literary history. Before each chapter, there is a "Preface" in regular script, declaring how to delve into the essence and transcend the surface through these perspectives. Using this new form of literary history to examine the overall characteristics and dynamic process of the multi-ethnic cultural community of China, including its cultural philosophy and synergy mechanism, is an innovative attempt. Its purpose, as the author suggests, is to ask: shouldn't China, as a modern great power, have a complete, solid, vast, exquisite, and dignified literary map? It is easy to write a book, but it is difficult to write a book that expands the cultural and spiritual space of people. This book, named after the Illustrated Chronicle, has pioneered a literary history approach where images and text interact and interpret each other. Reading poetry and prose not only requires understanding, but reading illustrations also brings enjoyment. The subtitle indicates "Song, Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Uyghur, Tibetan, Dali Kingdom, Yuan Dynasty Volume," emphasizing the anthropological, geographical, archaeological, and cultural perspectives in examining literary history, adding a rich spatial dimension to the temporal dimension of literary history. Before each chapter, there is a "Preface" in regular script, declaring how to delve into the essence and transcend the surface through these perspectives. Using this new form of literary history to examine the overall characteristics and dynamic process of the multi-ethnic cultural community of China, including its cultural philosophy and synergy mechanism, is an innovative attempt. Its purpose, as the author suggests, is to ask: shouldn't China, as a modern great power, have a complete, solid, vast, exquisite, and dignified literary map?