项楚

Public information about Xiang Chu is limited; details such as his birthplace and dates of birth and death are not recorded in the available sources. Judging from the eleven works held in the collection, his writing and research center on Dunhuang documents and the poetry of Tang-dynasty monk-poets, with additional work in the collation and appreciation of classical poetry. Representative titles include Annotated Poems of Hanshan (with the Poems of Shide), An Annotated Selection of Dunhuang Bianwen (Revised and Expanded Edition), Supplemental Corrections to the Complete Dunhuang Song Lyrics, and Studies in Dunhuang Poetry and Prose, alongside volumes such as Xiang Chu on Dunhuang Studies: Dunhuang Studies as a Prominent Discipline, Textual Studies in Dunhuang Literature, An Introduction to Dunhuang Poetry, and Drafts from the Pillar-Horse House. These works are marked by solid textual scholarship and meticulous annotation, concentrating on the colloquial literature, bianwen, and song lyrics of Dunhuang and on the collation and annotation of the poems of Hanshan and Shide. They offer readers reliable editions for understanding Dunhuang manuscripts and Tang vernacular poetry, and reflect a scholarly style that joins textual criticism with literary appreciation.