Jin Shengtan's Complete Edition of Criticisms on Tang Poetry

Author: Chen Defang
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: In the history of Chinese literary criticism, Jin Shengtan inherited the strengths of the literary commentary school. His annotated versions of Water Margin and Romance of the West Chamber are renowned for their elegant and fluent writing, unique and incisive insights, meticulous and profound artistic analysis, as well as the integration of personal thoughts and emotions. As a result, they gained widespread popularity and were highly favored by readers. Jin Shengtan's understanding of classical Chinese literature was highly distinctive, exhibiting a certain anti-traditional tendency. It was only after the emergence of the modern Chinese literary movement that his significance was gradually recognized and affirmed.