Three Hundred Poems of the Han, Wei, Six Dynasties Periods (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Hong Zheng, Xiong Zhiqi (translators), Wang Rongpei (English translator)
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book collects over 300 poems from the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, spanning more than 800 years. These 300 poems reflect the general outline of poetic creation and development during this period, which holds a very important page in the history of Chinese poetry and has a relatively special status. These poems inherit and develop the fine traditions of the Book of Songs and the Songs of Chu, vividly and extensively reflecting the social life of the time. They also conducted beneficial exploration and attempts in terms of genre and form, achieving the transition from four-character poems to five-character and seven-character poems, laying a foundation for the greater prosperity and development of Chinese poetry in the Tang Dynasty.