：Tang and Song Ci Appreciation Dictionary

Author: Tang Guizhang
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Publishing Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This reference book, integrating anthology selection, commentary, and lookup functions, has become a valuable tool for students and literature enthusiasts due to its compilation of the essence of Chinese literature and its accessible, richly informative content. To meet the needs of readers with varying cultural backgrounds, this series is a revised version of the original, selecting renowned masterpieces, retaining some appendices, and recompiling them. This book includes 262 works by 95 lyric poets from the Tang and Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. The order of poets generally follows the "Tang and Five Dynasties Ci" and "Complete Song Ci." Usually, one poem is accompanied by one commentary article, though some works are discussed together. The book uses simplified characters, with traditional characters or variant characters used when necessary to avoid ambiguity. Difficult or ambiguous phrases in the poems are generally explained within the commentary articles, with occasional annotations at the end. Historical dates related to ancient history are generally presented in the old calendar system, with corresponding Gregorian dates included. The Gregorian dates in parentheses usually omit the word "year."
(Note: The content about the book's selection and features is repeated twice in the original text. In the translation, it is presented once for conciseness.)