Selected Prose Works of Zeng Gong

Author: Xu Baorong, Zheng Faqing (editors)
Publisher:
Publish Date: 1997-08-01
Features: Zeng Gong, who has long been revered as one of the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties." His prose is rich in content, with meticulous planning and structure, winding and subtle, yet graceful and composed. His narratives and commentaries on the times are profound and reflective; his biographies of people or things are vivid and expressive, full of emotion. He integrates argumentation, narration, scenery, and emotion into his writing. This book selects the finest pieces of Zeng Gong's prose, with "preliminaries" providing context to understand the writing background, and concise annotations to assist readers in comprehension.