Complete Works of Xie Zhen with Annotations (2 Volumes)

Author: (Ming) Xie Zhen (Original Text), Li Qingli (Commentary Editor)
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In the late autumn of the year Si Si, an unexpected guest came. Upon seeing him, he was a humble and dignified gentleman. After exchanging greetings and learning each other's names, it was revealed that the visitor was Li Qingli, a renowned figure in Shandong and Liaocheng Normal University (now Liaocheng University). In the previous year Ding Mao, I had published an article titled "A Supplement to the Examination of the 'Four Seas Poetic Discourses'," and that same year, Li Qingli and others published the "Commentary on the 'Poet's Straight Talk'" with over four hundred thousand words. Due to shared interests, we formed a bond titled "Doubts and Clarifications." Mr. Li Qingli is five years older than me, making him my elder brother. If we consider the order of enlightenment, Mr. Li Qingli graduated from university in Ding Wei, fifteen years earlier than me, making him my teacher. He is both my teacher and friend, as it is said, "When one meets a nobleman, how can one not rejoice?" The ancients certainly spoke of this first. This book is based on the twenty-fourth-year edition of the "Complete Works of the Four Seas Mountain Man," published by Zhao Fu Bingyu Tang in the thirty-second year of the Wanli reign (Ding Zi), revised and completed in the thirty-sixth year. It has been supplemented with various existing versions of Xie Zhen's writings, selected collections, separate collections, general collections, local gazettes, and series from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The search for materials has been made as comprehensive as possible, hence the name "Complete Works." However, the ocean of books is boundless, and there may still be scattered pearls and jade fragments that remain uncollected.