Western Kun Collection of Mutual Recitations (Shuyunlou Series. Issue 3)

Author: (Song) Yang Biang ed.
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "The Collection of Mutual Verses of Xikun" was compiled by Yang Biang of the Song Dynasty, along with 17 other poets including Liu Yun and Qian Weiyan. It is a collection of collaborative poems. The book contains 250 seven-character regulated verse poems. The poems highly admire the late Tang poet Li Shangyin, are renowned for their use of allusions and elegant, ornate phrasing, had a significant influence at the time, represented the trends of the early Song poetry scene, and were known as the Xikun style in poetic circles.