Our Poetry and Prose
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in the history and traditions of Peking University's Department of Chinese Language and Literature
- Those who enjoy reading scholars' poems and essays and want to see another side of them
- Chinese Department students and literature enthusiasts, as a leisure anthology
- Those interested in campus literature and commemorative publications
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking systematic study of Chinese literary history or poetics
- Textbook users needing extensive selections with detailed annotations
- Readers who prefer long, complete works and dislike anthologies
Reading tips
- No need to read cover to cover; jump between authors or genres and return to favorites.
- When reading poetry, note the meter and allusion of classical-style verse; when reading prose, observe how scholars shift their expressive identity.
- Read alongside related commemorative materials from the Chinese Department to understand the selection's intent in the centenary context.
- After every few pieces, jot down brief impressions comparing academic writing with creative writing.
About the publisher
Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 那些日渐清晰的足迹（代序）
- 诗词四首
- 王力先生1982年西安之行
- 圆梦
- 永恒的真诚
- 楹联长系中华风
- 一百年的青春
- 诗十四首
- 一段难忘的时光
- 旧体小诗一束
- 一个初冬夜晚的经历
- 大学生活三部曲
- 林青小诗五首
- 浪淘沙·沿河城颂
- 令人怀念的十九斋
- 翠禽无语向黄昏
- 《民本中学52届初中、55届高中同学纪念册》序
- 融进一滴水
- 我和语文的几件事
- 我和庚父朱老
- 季羡林先生领奖记
- 听贝多芬D大调小提琴协奏曲
- 创造一个完美的燕园
- 示众
- 致谢辞
- 杨俊才著《南宋诗人姜特立研究》序
- 1975年冬天纪事：文革”溃败前夕的小故事
- 山居琐忆
- 衣带渐宽终不悔
- 走近未名湖
- 《文学理论学》后记
- 北大中文系诞生一百年摭谈
- 从八句碑文谈起
- 夜观昙花
- 读《聂绀弩旧体诗全编》
- 《清代〈孟子〉学史大纲》序
- 《重建新文学史秩序——1950—1957年现代作家选集的出版研究》序
- 未名湖博雅塔之歌
- 湛庐诗选
- 域外零拾
- 诗词四首
- 结缘梁启超
- 斯人已去春恒住
- 背景
- 即将消逝的风景
- 方尖碑下的温州青年
- “读”武侯祠
- 巴黎笑谈
- 我看日本文化精神
- 书名后面的意义
- 述书赋
- 北京杂咏·旅日诗稿
- 绿涛室诗词
- “不惑”四题
- 士林脞语（节选）
- 炎热·1980
- 革命时代的春节印象
- 为什么《再解读》？
- 失去的乌托邦
- 搏微斋词选
- 未名湖
- 北京的沙尘暴
- 回忆我的老师阴少曾（法鲁）先生
- 那传递千百年的芬芳记忆
- 川行纪
- 诗心接千载
- 春天的思念
- 《紫石斋说瓠》序
- 《五百年来谁著史：1500年以来的中国与世界》修订版跋
- 我们在田野里看到了什么？
- 五院紫藤赋
- 在历史中漂泊的“老北京”
- 十年师生缘
- 指间的岁月
- 听吴小如先生谈戏
- 在那吉祥如意的地方
- 辩护之外
- 增广闲文三则
- 历史终止的地方，小说开始了
- 新新大师行
- 旧居
- 摇摇摇，摇到外婆桥
- 送毛静归丰城序
- 灶君传说与打灶进谗
- 编后记
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About the author
Kong Qingdong, born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1964, is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, with ancestral roots in Fei County, Shandong. He has long worked on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, popular literature, and Lu Xun studies, and also teaches and writes on Jin Yong's martial arts novels and mass culture; he became known to a wider audience through his lectures on Jin Yong and Lu Xun on CCTV's Lecture Room and is nicknamed the "Peking University Drunken Knight." His publications span literary history, popular literature, and poetry appreciation, and the library holds such works as A History of Modern Chinese Literature (Third Edition), Fifteen Lectures on Popular Literature, Our Poetry and Prose, and Who Is Jin Yong: A Record of Peking University's Jin Yong Research Classroom. His writing combines an academic perspective with accessible appeal, often mixing lively personal style into rigorous discussion, and has thus drawn the attention of both students and general readers.
Wang Lan (English name, nationality, and dates of birth and death unknown) is a Chinese author with a notably diverse range of subjects; public information is limited and biographical details remain difficult to establish. Thirteen of the author's works are held in the collection, spanning popular science, history writing, world history, classic works, Eastern philosophy, and modern poetry. Representative titles include Interstellar, The Interstellar Navigation Manual, A Universe from Nothing, and Everything Makes Sense: Physics in Astronomy, indicating a sustained interest in the cosmos, astronomy, and physics; The Collected Works of Chen Zi'ang and Shuanghuai Suichao point toward the study and compilation of classical texts; and Emperor of the World: Rulers in World History and The Birth of Japanese History reflect a scope extending to world and Japanese history. Overall, Wang Lan's writing crosses science and the humanities, combining knowledge popularization with the reading of classics, and suits readers seeking multiple paths of knowledge from a single author.
Ye Wenxi is a Chinese linguist who teaches in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University, where he works mainly on semantics and linguistic theory. Publicly available information about him is limited, and beyond this academic background little has been disclosed about his life and the specific details of his research. In addition to scholarly writing, Ye Wenxi has also ventured into modern poetry; the library holds one work by him, Our Poems and Prose, which is classified as modern poetry. This work suggests that, beyond language studies, the author retains an interest in poetry and prose, and that his writing carries the dual character of scholar and poet, with a notably self-aware sense of language. Overall, the quantity and circulation of Ye Wenxi's poetry remain to be further understood, and his literary profile still offers considerable room for study; readers may appreciate it in light of his linguistic background.
