Pocket/Pre-Qin Poetry Appreciation Dictionary

Author: Zhao Kuifu
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This comprehensive reference book, integrating anthology, commentary, and lookup functions, has become a valuable tool for students and literary enthusiasts due to its collection of the essence of Chinese literature, as well as its accessible and richly informative content. To meet the needs of readers with varying cultural backgrounds, this series is a revised version of the original dictionary, selecting renowned masterpieces, retaining some appendices, and reorganized into a compact format. This book includes 162 pre-Qin era works, divided into three parts: The "Book of Songs" section includes 127 poems from the Mao Commentary on the Book of Songs, the Chu Ci section includes 24 works from before the Han Dynasty as recorded in the "Commentary on the Chu Ci," and the pre-Qin ancient songs section includes 11 miscellaneous songs and divination texts from the pre-Qin era, the Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and the I Ching. Generally, they are arranged in chronological order.