Dunhuang Lyrics General Editor - (Complete Three Volumes)

Author: Ren Bantang
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Publishing Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This manuscript contains over 1,300 Dunhuang songs, which were continuously supplemented and revised upon the foundation of a preliminary collection of over 500 Dunhuang tunes. It took more than twenty years of refinement, doubling the original quantity. Nearly nine-tenths of the serious errors in characters were corrected, and then it was concluded, with the new name "Comprehensive Collection of Dunhuang Songs" adopted. This book is a meticulously compiled collection of Dunhuang songs by the renowned scholar Professor Ren Bantang over decades. The entire work is divided into seven volumes: "Miscellaneous Tunes," "Single Tunes," "Ordinary Linked Tunes," "Repetitive Linked Tunes," "Fixed-Form Linked Tunes," "Long-Form Fixed-Form Linked Tunes," and "Grand Tunes," with an additional volume of supplements, totaling over 1,200 songs. In this far most comprehensive collection of Dunhuang songs to date, the author has meticulously annotated and examined the manuscripts, styles, texts, regional dialects, contexts, forms, eras, and critical reviews of the included songs, introducing many original insights that surpass previous scholarship. The publication of this book will provide invaluable materials and research inspiration for exploring the ancient Dunhuang artistic treasures and understanding Tang Dynasty folk literature and customs.