Students Read Classics—Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing Ci

Author: Zhang Mengji, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Immersed in its subtle and melancholic sentiments and the winding, lingering rhythms, these works left behind by countless talented literati from the Three Dynasties and Five Dynasties onwards, in the pavilions and banquets, and among the blossoms on the Bashi River, gradually blend with our lives. This blending, apart from emotional connection, also involves rational understanding—in the long journey of the dual development of poetry and prose in China, poetry often speaks with its precise language, delicate emotions, and sharp, incisive reflections, narrating the nation's joys and sorrows and moving our sincere, unrefined hearts, bringing us great impact. Poetry naturally has many forms, just as literature has various "systems" like argument, inscription, maxim, eulogy, memorial, decree, Ode, praise, epitaph, ode, memorial, and others. Among them, the ci form, which excels in depicting sorrowful scenes and subtle emotions, is particularly captivating!