About the author

Public information about Wu Xiuli is limited. Her writing centers on classical Chinese poetry and traditional culture, and eight of her works are included in this collection. Titles such as Han Yu: Snow Blocks the Pass Ahead, Yan Shu: A New Song and a Cup of Wine, Qu Yuan: Though I Die Nine Times I Do Not Regret, Tao Yuanming: By Nature I Love the Hills, Yan Jidao: How Many Times Can One Drunk See the Falling Flowers, and Wang Changling: A Heart of Ice in a Jade Vase show that she is skilled at using poets' life experiences as a thread, combining classic lines to create literary appreciation and biographical narrative that is both readable and informative. Her books Chinese Solar Terms and Clothing in Poetry broaden the scope to seasonal folk customs and the culture of dress in verse, reflecting attention to details of ancient culture. Overall, her writing addresses general readers in plain language and emphasizes human feeling and cultural context in the interpretation of poetry. Her works are commonly classified under classics, ancient poetry, culture, literary appreciation, and biography.

Written (8)

Chinese Solar Terms cover
Rating 3.5
Chinese Solar Terms Zhu Hui / 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2024 The Chinese Symbols series is a set of popular readers devoted to the distinctive features of traditional Chinese culture. Drawing on cultural symbols…
Han Yu: Snow Buries the Blue Pass, the Horse Will Not Advance cover
Rating 4.0
Han Yu: Snow Buries the Blue Pass, the Horse Will Not Advance 吴修丽 / 翟玉梅 Hohai University Press · 2022 This volume carefully selects Han Yu's poems and prose, draws on authoritative editions, provides detailed annotations and accurate, accessible transl…
Tao Yuanming: By Nature I Love Hills and Mountains cover
Rating 3.2
Tao Yuanming: By Nature I Love Hills and Mountains 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2022 A life of utmost brilliance, grounded in an unyielding integrity that refused to drift with the world, and inked with the pure, serene, and refined se…
Clothing in Poetry cover
Rating 3.1
Clothing in Poetry 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2022 This series takes "architecture," "plants," "animals," "food," "clothing," and "color" as its themes, selecting poems on these subjects and pairing th…
Wang Changling: A Heart of Ice in a Jade Vase cover
Rating 2.8
Wang Changling: A Heart of Ice in a Jade Vase 吴修丽 / 韩玉龙 Hohai University Press · 2022 Wang Changling, courtesy name Shaobo, was a frontier poet of the High Tang. He excelled in depicting frontier life, boudoir lament, and farewell, with…
Yan Jidao: Having Seen All the Falling Flowers, How Many Times Can One Get Drunk? cover
Rating 2.8
Yan Jidao: Having Seen All the Falling Flowers, How Many Times Can One Get Drunk? 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2022 Yan Jidao, courtesy name Shuyuan, pseudonym Xiaoshan, was born into a family of high officials and enjoyed great wealth and honor in his early years; …
Yan Shu: A New Song, a Cup of Wine cover
Rating 3.6
Yan Shu: A New Song, a Cup of Wine 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2021 Yan Shu carried on the lyrical tradition of the Southern Tang and heralded the rise of Song ci, and is known as "the first patriarch of Northern Song …
Qu Yuan: Though I Die Nine Times, I Have No Regrets cover
Rating 3.5
Qu Yuan: Though I Die Nine Times, I Have No Regrets 吴修丽 Hohai University Press · 2021 This volume collects twenty-seven works by Qu Yuan, including "Divination," "The Great Summons," "Nine Songs," "Nine Pieces," "Li Sao," "Heavenly Ques…

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Hohai University Press