Song Ci
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Summary
The book is divided into three volumes, selecting over 300 ci poems by 142 Song dynasty ci poets, totaling 115 tunes and 136 forms. Preceding the volumes is Brief Biographies of the Authors in This Collection, introducing the lives and achievements of the selected poets.
The book is arranged by ci tune names, ordered by the number of characters in the ci score. For the standard form of each tune name, the level and oblique tones, rhyme scheme, and phrasing are often also marked. Judging from the overall editorial format, the compiler's aim was not for readers to purely appreciate the literary and artistic beauty of the ci works or to understand a particular poet's creative style, but rather to focus on helping readers understand the metrical rules of each ci score, and through representative works to gain a deeper understanding of ci composition and glimpse its inner workings.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Learners with initial interest in classical Chinese literature, especially Song ci, who hope for a systematic introduction
- Literature lovers who wish to savor the imagery and verbal beauty of classical poetry in daily reading
- Teachers and students who need a classic Song ci anthology as a desk reference or teaching aid
- Readers seeking to understand Song dynasty social culture and literati temperament through literary works
Not a good fit for
- Professional researchers seeking in-depth academic textual research or collation of editions of Song ci
- Readers expecting the book to contain lengthy appreciation essays or critical commentary by contemporary scholars
Reading tips
- It is suggested not to read straight through in order; one may begin with poets or tune names already familiar or of interest, to build a sense of closeness
- While reading, one may consult the annotations briefly for creative background, but on first reading it is better to focus on feeling the rhythm and imagery of the lines themselves
- Try reading aloud, or even chanting, to better appreciate the beauty of Song ci as musical literature
About the publisher
The Commercial Press is a publisher known for classic works and academic publishing, with titles spanning Eastern philosophy, foreign literature, world history, social culture, and applied psychology. Its list includes classical commentaries such as Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Analects and Wang Bi's Commentary on the Zhouyi, as well as modern annotated translations like Zhuangzi with Modern Notes and Translation. In foreign literature it offers War and Peace and Crime and Punishment, while in world history it carries Braudel's The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. Applied psychology is represented by Irvin D. Yalom's Existential Psychotherapy, and ethical texts include a Greek-Chinese-English edition of the Nicomachean Ethics. Its authors and translators include Zhu Xi, Wang Bi, Yalom, Braudel, and translators such as Huang Zheng, Zhang Yiling, Shen Dongyu, and Tang Jialong, balancing the editing of original texts with academic translation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 总序之一——在阅读中走近中华优秀传统文化
- 总序之二——植入健康的文化基因
- 新编导言
- 本编作者传略
- 卷一
- 如梦令 春景
- 如梦令
- 如梦令
- 如梦令 春晚
- 如梦令
- 如梦令
- 长相思 别情
- 长相思 雨
- 长相思 山驿
- 昭君怨
- 生查子 别恨
- 生查子
- 生查子
- 点绛唇
- 点绛唇 草
- 点绛唇
- 点绛唇 感兴
- 点绛唇
- 点绛唇
- 点绛唇 访牟存叟南漪钓隐
- 浣溪沙 湖景
- 浣溪沙 春半
- 浣溪沙
- 浣溪沙
- 浣溪沙 夏景
- 浣溪沙 佳人
- 浣溪沙
- 霜天晓角
- 霜天晓角 (又一体)
- 卜算子 孤鸿
- 卜算子 苔
- 卜算子 春情
- 卜算子 送鲍浩然之湘东
- 卜算子 春愁(此词末句多一字)
- 菩萨蛮 秋闺
- 菩萨蛮 咏筝
- 菩萨蛮 咏目
- 菩萨蛮 落梅
- 菩萨蛮
- 减字木兰花 春情
- 采桑子 颍州西湖
- 采桑子 西湖
- 诉衷情 眉意
- 诉衷情 (又一体)送春
- 诉衷情 春情
- 诉衷情 建康
- 诉衷情 宝月山作
- 诉衷情 春词
- 诉衷情 寒食
- 好事近 初春
- 好事近 初夏
- 好事近 梅花
- 谒金门 春晚
- 又 春晚
- 谒金门
- 谒金门
- 谒金门
- 忆秦娥
- 忆秦娥 春思
- 忆秦娥 别情
- 忆秦娥
- 忆秦娥
- 忆秦娥
- 清平乐 晚春
- 清平乐 春晚
- 清平乐 春情
- 清平乐
- 清平乐 夏词
- 清平乐
- 清平乐 夏日游湖
- 清平乐
- 清平乐
- 清平乐 宫词
- 荆州亭
- 一落索
- 一落索 (又一体)送蜀守蒋龙图
- 忆少年 送别
- 忆少年 (又一体)春恨
- 琴调相思引
- 琴调相思引
- 西地锦
- 西地锦 (又一体)
- 甘草子
- 阮郎归
- 阮郎归 踏青
- 阮郎归 夏景
- 阮郎归 初夏
- 阮郎归 旅况
- 阮郎归 春恨
- 阮郎归 别意
- 眼儿媚
- 眼儿媚
- 眼儿媚
- 眼儿媚
- 撼庭秋
- 朝中措 送刘原父守扬州
- 朝中措
- 朝中措 梅
- 桃源忆故人
- 武陵春
- 武陵春 (又一体)
- 洞天春
- 贺圣朝 留别
- 卷二
- 柳梢青 吴中
- 柳梢青
- 柳梢青 元旦立春
- 柳梢青
- 柳梢青 落桂
- 柳梢青 (又一体)
- 西江月
- 西江月 重九
- 西江月
- 西江月
- 西江月
- 西江月 佳人
- 西江月 春夕
- 西江月 丹阳湖
- 西江月 (又一体)青梅枝上晚花
- 少年游
- 少年游
- 少年游 早行
- 少年游 (又一体)
- 少年游 (又一体)
- 少年游 (又一体)
- 少年游 (又一体)
- 醉花阴 重九
- 南歌子 闺情
- 南歌子
- 南歌子 春夜
- 南柯子 忆旧
- 南柯子
- 青门引 春思
- 杏花天 明妃
- 杏花天
- 杏花天
- 杏花天 (又一体)
- 浪淘沙
- 浪淘沙
- 浪淘沙
- 浪淘沙
- 浪淘沙
- 卖花声 (同前谱)题岳阳楼
- 卖花声
- 卖花声
- 忆江南
- 望江南 (同前调)江乡
- 梦江南 (同前调)
- 雨中花
- 雨中花 (又一体)夏景
- 夜行船 别情
- 夜行船 (又一体)
- 鹧鸪天
- 鹧鸪天 佳会
- 鹧鸪天
- 鹧鸪天
- 鹧鸪天 春行即事
- 鹧鸪天 正月十一日观灯
- 鹧鸪天 别情
- 思嘉客 (同《鹧鸪天》谱)
- 思佳客 (同前)
- 思越人
- 鹊桥仙
- 步蟾宫
- 南乡子
- 南乡子 九日
- 南乡子 拨燕巢
- 南乡子 春闺
- 南乡子
- 南乡子
- 茶瓶儿 悼亡
- 虞美人
- 虞美人 春恨
- 虞美人
- 木兰花令 春晚
- 木兰花令
- 木兰花令 柳
- 木兰花令
- 玉楼春 别恨
- 玉楼春
- 玉楼春 春景
- 玉楼春 春恨
- 玉楼春
- 玉楼春
- 玉楼春 咏刘阮事
- 玉楼春
- 玉楼春 东山探梅
- 夜游宫 秋暮晚景
- 醉落魄 美人吹笛
- 醉落魄
- 清商怨
- 小重山 春愁
- 小冲山 春晚
- 小重山
- 小重山
- 小冲山
- 踏莎行 相别
- 踏莎行 春暮
- 踏莎行 春思
- 踏莎行 春旅
- 临江仙 妓席
- 临江仙 (又一体)立春
- 临江仙
- 临江仙
- 临江仙 夜登小阁忆吴中旧游
- 临江仙
- 临江仙 (又一体)
- 一剪梅 别愁
- 一剪梅 (又一体)春思(一作舟过吴江)
- 卷三
- 蝶恋花 春晚
- 蝶恋花 中春
- 蝶恋花
- 蝶恋花 晓行
- 蝶恋花
- 蝶恋花 深秋
- 钗头凤
- 钗头凤 寒食饮绿亭
- 唐多令
- 唐多令
- 唐多令 (又一体)
- 苏幕遮 怀旧
- 苏幕遮
- 苏幕遮
- 破阵子 春景
- 渔家傲 小春
- 渔家傲
- 渔家傲 寄仲高
- 解佩令
- 解佩令 (又一体)
- 行香子 七里濑
- 青玉案
- 青玉案 雪
- 青玉案 旅情
- 感皇恩 春情
- 感皇恩 入京
- 天仙子 幽居
- 天仙子 春恨
- 天仙子 春情
- 天仙子 初赴省别妾于三十里头
- 江城子 春别
- 江城子 春别
- 江神子 春恨
- 江城子 博山道中书王氏壁
- 江城子 咏柳
- 千秋岁
- 粉蝶儿 和人赋落梅
- 祝英台近 晚春
- 祝英台近
- 御街行
- 蓦山溪 别意
- 蓦山溪 春晴(此词与前体稍异)
- 洞仙歌
- 意难忘 美人
- 满江红 梅
- 满江红 初春
- 满江红 杜鹃(此词与前体稍异)
- 满江红
- 满江红 金陵乌衣园
- 满江红 杨花
- 满江红
- 一枝春 除夕
- 满庭芳 晚景
- 满庭芳 夏景(一作夏日溧水无想山作)
- 满庭芳
- 凤凰台上忆吹箫
- 水调歌头
- 扫花游 九日怀归
- 烛影摇红 春恨
- 倦寻芳
- 醉蓬莱 归故山
- 声声慢
- 八声甘州
- 庆清朝慢 踏青
- 双双燕 咏燕
- 扬州慢
- 燕山亭 见杏花作
- 大有 九日
- 念奴娇 赤壁怀古
- 念奴娇 中秋月
- 高阳台
- 高阳台 西湖春感
- 渡江云
- 桂枝香 金陵怀古
- 疏帘淡月 (同前谱)
- 木兰花慢 寄豫章故人
- 瑞鹤仙
- 瑞鹤仙
- 水龙吟 登建康赏心亭
- 水龙吟 春恨
- 齐天乐
- 湘春夜月
- 雨霖铃 秋别
- 花心动 春词
- 二郎神 七夕
- 永遇乐 京口北固怀古
- 西河 金陵怀古
- 望湘人 春思
- 风流子 秋思
- 风流子 (又一体)初夏
- 沁园春 有感
- 沁园春 带湖新居将成
- 沁园春 梦方孚若
- 摸鱼儿 幽居
- 摸鱼儿
- 贺新郎 别茂嘉十二弟
- 贺新郎 端午
- 贺新郎 萤
- 贺新郎 多景楼落成
- 兰陵王 柳
- 六州歌头
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About the author
Wu Dunsheng is an author about whom very little biographical information is publicly available; no reliable records clearly state his nationality, dates of birth and death, or educational background. The identity information currently confirmed comes mainly from the two works attributed to him. According to the holdings of the library, Wu Dunsheng's writings focus on classical Chinese poetry and ci, with representative works being Wen Tingyun's Poems and Song Ci, and they are commonly classified under ancient poetry and ci. It can therefore be inferred that his writing and research interests lie chiefly in the Tang and Song poetic and ci traditions: on the one hand, he attends to the works of the late Tang poet Wen Tingyun; on the other, he engages with the genre of Song ci. It should be noted that, because public information is limited, there is no reliable basis for his life experience, scholarly lineage, or the background of his writings, and no speculation is offered here. Readers who wish to understand his specific approach and editorial characteristics should consult the two works themselves, discerning the author's understanding of classical poetry from the selections, annotations, and style of writing.
Ling Lijun is an author for whom little public information is currently available; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background have not been clearly recorded. Based on the holdings in our catalog, she is associated with the field of classical poetry, with one work listed, Song Ci. The title indicates that her writing draws on Song dynasty ci poetry and belongs to the direction of compiling or interpreting classical Chinese verse. Song ci, known for both the graceful and the bold styles, features lines of uneven length and places emphasis on tonal patterns and mood, and has long been an important category for reading and popularizing classical literature. A work titled Song Ci may involve selecting, annotating, or appreciating ci poems, though the specific format and selection cannot be determined from the limited materials. Overall, Ling Lijun's confirmed output centers on the subject of Song ci and may serve readers interested in classical poetry, especially Song dynasty ci; a fuller picture of her writing awaits more public information.
Wang Ning: publicly available information is limited, and the shape of his work emerges mainly from the thirty-five titles held in the collection. Judging by his representative works, his writing spans several fields. He has produced works on Chinese language and philology such as Principles of Exegesis (Expanded Edition), Twelve Lectures on the Structure of Chinese Characters, and Ancient Chinese. He has also worked on classical texts including the Zuo Commentary and the Huainanzi, on the poetry of Wen Tingyun, and on the travel record of Xu Xiake, as well as on communication research methods. This range suggests a scholar engaged with both traditional philology and classical documents, writing with scholarly rigor while keeping specialized knowledge clear and readable. The collection also classifies his works under Eastern philosophy, examination preparation, essays, and film and television, indicating that he writes for classrooms, research, and general readers alike. Because his dates, nationality, and educational background are unknown, this note offers no speculation and limits itself to an objective sketch of his subjects and orientations.
Gu Dexi is an author about whom public information is limited: neither nationality nor dates of birth and death are confirmed, and no verifiable personal career details are available. According to the records in our database, 11 works appear under this name, spanning classical poetry and prose, philosophy, and history, including Travels of Xu Xiake, Poems of Wen Tingyun, Huainanzi, The Book of Lord Shang, Literature of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, Writings of Gu Yanwu, Poems of Xie Lingyun, and Poems of Huang Zhongze. The common categories cover miscellaneous prose, classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, history readings, classic works, and folk literature. Judging from the selected titles, the editorial work focuses on presenting classic texts and famous poetry and prose, covering a broad range and embracing both intellectual classics and literary readings, offering readers diverse access to traditional works.