Pocket Dictionary of Tang and Song Ci Appreciation

Author: Tang Guizhang
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This reference book, integrating the functions of an anthology, commentary, and lookup, has become a valuable tool for students and literature enthusiasts due to its collection of the essence of Chinese literature, as well as its accessible and rich content. To meet the needs of readers with different cultural backgrounds, this series is a revised version of the original, selecting renowned works, retaining some appendices, and recompiling them. This book includes 262 poems by 95 lyricists from the Tang and Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. The order of names generally follows the《Tang and Five Dynasties Ci》and《Complete Songs of the Song Dynasty》. The principle is one poem with one commentary article, but some works are discussed together. This book uses simplified characters, with traditional characters or variant characters used when necessary to avoid ambiguity. Difficult phrases in the poems are usually explained within the commentary articles, with occasional annotations at the end. Historical dates related to ancient history are generally presented in the old calendar system with corresponding Gregorian dates. The Gregorian dates in parentheses usually omit the word "year."