Mao Zedong's annotations on the Complete Collection of Classical Chinese Poetry, Prose, and Lyrics (2 volumes)

Author: Bi Guifa, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 1997-07-01
Features: Comrade Mao Zedong held a strong interest in classical Chinese poetry, ci poems, qu songs, and fu. From ancient folk songs and proverbs to the Classic of Poetry (Shijing), the Songs of Chu (Chuci), the Han Dynasty Yuefu, and renowned masterpieces as well as less-known works from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and even the modern era, he was thoroughly familiar with them. Beyond appreciation, he made numerous annotations and wrote highly incisive comments on some of them, making these materials extremely valuable. The authors of this book have devoted great effort and extensively sought out works, compiling a total of 1865 poems, ci poems, qu songs, and fu by 445 authors. These works have been collected into this volume and annotated concisely by experts and scholars with extensive research, making them more accessible for readers to understand. Comrade Mao Zedong had an extremely broad reading scope, encompassing all renowned masterpieces by authors, as well as discovering many lesser-known gems. From the content of the works involved, as a political leader, he undoubtedly prioritized ideological content. Our socialist cause is advancing victoriously, and the construction of both material and spiritual civilizations is flourishing. The publication of this book is of great importance for researching Comrade Mao Zedong's thought, especially his literary thought, for studying ancient Chinese literature, for promoting patriotism, for enhancing our literary appreciation, for expanding our enjoyment of less-known masterpieces from throughout history, and for upholding national culture and building a socialist spiritual civilization.