Flowing Clouds and Returning Winds -- Miscellaneous Essays on Chinese Classical Poetry

Author: Sun Mingjun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book is one of the series courses on "Research and Appreciation of Chinese Classical Poetry" in Tsinghua University's humanities education program. The book first outlines the evolution of Chinese classical poetry, aiming to provide readers with a macro understanding of the history of Chinese classical poetry. It then explores various poetic genres, including love poems, friendship poems, reflective poems, and landscape poems. Subsequently, it selects and analyzes and comments on works such as the Book of Songs, Qu Yuan and the Chuci, the poetry of the Three Caos, Ruan Ji's poetry, Tao Yuanming's poetry, Li Bai's poetry, Du Fu's poetry, and Bai Juyi's poetry. The appendix includes appreciations of five poems and songs, and proposes the author's own views on the position of contemporary pop song lyrics in the history of poetry. This book can serve as supplementary reading material for college students studying Chinese classical poetry, as well as a reference for general literary enthusiasts to read and appreciate poetry.