Pocket Dictionary of Appreciation of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty Ci Poetry

Author: Zhong Zhenzhen et al.
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Publication Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This comprehensive reference book, integrating anthology, commentary, and lookup functions, has become a valuable tool for students and literature enthusiasts due to its collection of the essence of Chinese literature and its clear explanations with rich information. To meet the needs of readers with different cultural backgrounds, this series is a revised version of the original dictionary, selecting outstanding works, retaining some appendices, and reorganizing the content. This book includes 290 poems by 175 lyricists from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, arranged chronologically by birth year, with one poem and one commentary per piece. The book uses simplified characters, with traditional or variant characters used when necessary to avoid ambiguity. Difficult or ambiguous phrases in the poems are generally explained in the commentary, with occasional annotations at the end. Historical dates related to ancient history are usually presented in the old calendar system, with corresponding Gregorian dates added. The Gregorian dates in parentheses generally omit the word "year."
(Note: The original text contains repetitive sections that have been consolidated for clarity in the translation.)