Quan Tang Shi Dianyuan Ciidian (Zengdingben Shang Xia Ce)

Author: Fan Zhilin, Wu Gengshun
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book is a reference tool for readers with a medium level of education, teachers from primary, secondary, and higher education institutions, as well as literary and artistic workers, to look up allusions in Tang poetry. It includes allusions cited or adapted from historical facts, stories, operas, myths, legends, ceremonial rites, and famous lines from earlier works of poetry, prose, and lyrics. The interpretation of each allusion consists of three parts:
- Source: Cites the original text of the allusion and identifies its source. Whenever possible, earlier sources are preferred, and discrepancies in previous interpretations are addressed. If the historical fact or story is lengthy, it may be summarized in modern language but must be clearly referenced. The cited books should include the era and author; for well-known classics like the Analects or the Selected Works of Wenming, the era and author are omitted.
- Explanation: Summarizes the essence of the original text and clarifies the general meaning of the allusion. If an allusion has multiple meanings, the explanation should address each meaning without separate entries.
- Examples: Provides examples of how the allusion is used in the Complete Tang Poems, explaining its specific usage and particular connotations in each context, along with its rhetorical and structural effects. Each example is annotated with the author, the title of the work, and the page number in the Complete Tang Poems (the book title is omitted, only the page number is listed).