Tang Caozi Chuan Xue Jian (Volume 1)

Author: Fu Xuan
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Tang Talent Anthology Annotations is based on the ten-volume edition published by Ri Mao Yuan, with collation from the Ri Zang Wu Shan edition, Zheng Bao edition, Yi Cun Cong Shu edition, as well as the Siku Quanshu edition, Sanjian Cao Tang edition, and Zhi Hai edition, among other domestic and international versions. The annotations are meticulously reviewed and can be considered the definitive edition. The focus of the annotations lies in exploring historical sources, correcting factual errors, and supplementing important events omitted in the original text. With the lives and creations of nearly four hundred important Tang Dynasty poets included in the anthology as the basic framework, the annotations meticulously examine the origins and authenticity of their biographical details, literary works, and the circulation of their creations, serving as a comprehensive database of poetical records from the Tang Dynasty. This book is the result of years of collaborative research by over twenty Tang Dynasty literature and history scholars in China, representing the highest achievement in the study of the collective poetic community of the Tang Dynasty.