High Song and Low Ode -- A Journey Through Song Ci (Rivers and Lakes Notes)

Author: Li Yuanluo
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: A Journey Through Song Lyrics is a highly literary collection of essays, but its subject matter is the academically rich Song Lyrics. Therefore, while the author indulges in his aesthetic talents, he never overlooks the necessary academic rigor. Instead, he blends academic depth with literary charm, much like dissolving salt in water. As a result, we finally witness the perfect union of literature and academia. Such a realm is not attainable by every cultural and historical essayist; indeed, this constitutes the most important and outstanding value of A Journey Through Song Lyrics. The book includes: Falling Petals, The Source of Living Water, Tears in Clear Autumn, The Single and Double Strings of Love, Raising a Thousand Piles of Snow, A Minor Test of the Sword, Moon Lost at the Crossroads, A Journey to Lin'an, Defying the Male, The Heroic Spirit of Ages, Double-edged Sword, and Ten Thousand Miles of Sunset (A Journey Through Song Lyrics).