Annotation of Human Words - An Introduction to Guoxue Series

Author: Wang Guowei, edited by Xu Tiufu
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Features: Wang Guowei was one of the renowned scholars of modern China. The Words of the World (Rénjiān Cíhuà) is a book in which Mr. Wang, after being influenced by Western aesthetic thought, reviewed traditional Chinese literature with a fresh perspective, holding epoch-making significance and always being highly valued by academia. This work blends Chinese classical literary theory with Western philosophy and aesthetics, primarily emphasizing the former, to establish a unique literary theory system. It is a representative work of Wang's literary criticism and occupies an important position in the history of modern Chinese literary criticism. Xu Tiufu's annotations cite the original poems and verses mentioned in Wang's text. His Annotations to The Words of the World was once considered the most comprehensive version of The Words of the World and remains a valuable introductory read to this day.