Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Classical Literature (Song, Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Uyghur, Tibetan, Dali Kingdom, Yuan Dynasty Volume)

Author: Yang Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: It is easy to write a book, but it is difficult to write a book that expands people's cultural and spiritual space. This book, named after its illustrations, opens up a literary history method where images and text interact and interpret each other. Reading the poetry and prose not only requires understanding, but reading the illustrations also brings enjoyment. The subtitle indicates "Song, Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Uyghur, Tibetan, Dali Kingdom, Yuan Dynasty Volume," emphasizing the anthropological, geographical, archaeological, and cultural perspectives in examining literary history. It adds a rich spatial dimension to the temporal dimension of literary history. Before each chapter, there is a calligraphic "Preface" that reveals how to enter and exit the subject matter from these perspectives. Using the new form of literary history to consider the overall characteristics and dynamic process of the multi-ethnic community in China, including its cultural philosophy and cooperative mechanisms, is an innovative attempt. Its purpose may be as the author puts it: Shouldn't China, as a modern great nation, have a complete, solid, vast, exquisite, and dignified literary map?