Yang Qingji: Wenzhou Literature Series

Author: Yang Qing (Republic of China), edited by Xie Zuquan and Wu Xianjun
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Publishing Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Yang Qing (1865-1935), styled Danfeng, also known as Danfeng, had numerous aliases, including Yang Yuanzhu, Ju Yongshi, and Sixiang Laoren. He was born and raised in Dajian Lane, Cheng District, Wenzhou, a renowned poet of Wenzhou. He devoted his life to collecting local literature, hand-copied dozens of collections of poems left by Wenzhou scholars after the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, compiling them into Yang Yuan Shi Lü, leaving behind a precious legacy as invaluable historical materials. Mr. Mei Ling praised it as an "immortal achievement." Some lost works in the important modern Wenzhou collections Chen Qiu Ji, Song Shu Ji, and Sun Qiangming Ji were preserved thanks to Shi Lü. Yang's works were never published. For this edition, in addition to the Yongjia Folk Songs volume, Ci Yin Shanfang Notes, Ci Mu Shanji Notes, and Yang Yuan Shi Lü being transcribed from the Wenzhou Municipal Library's collection of local publications, the rest were based on the original manuscripts from the Wenzhou Museum and other sources. The appendices were compiled from the poetry collections of his friends.