About the author

Zhang Renxian is an author about whom public information is limited; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the three works held in the collection, his writing centers on the reading and prosody of classical Chinese poetry. Like the Ancients, Read Ancient Poems: Yeteng Studio Teaches the Thousand Family Poems and How the Ancients Read Poetry (2 volumes) focus on restoring the ways ancients recited and understood poems, while A Register of Tonal Patterns in Poetry and Song addresses the technical rules of level and oblique tones, offering readers a practical reference for meter. These works span language, writing, and cultural popularization, and some are categorized under parenting, suggesting the content suits parents reading traditional poetry with children. Overall, Zhang Renxian's writing tends toward the instructional and practical, seeking to convey classical poetics to general readers in an accessible manner.

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Publishers

Qingdao Publishing House