Songs of Yesterday
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Literary scholars and enthusiasts interested in the development of modern Chinese poetry, especially 1920s lyric poetry.
- Readers who prefer reserved, introspective lyric poetry rich in imagery and reflection.
- Young readers in or looking back on the stage of youthful growth, with deep experience of life, time, love, and solitude.
- Readers seeking emotional resonance and spiritual solace in classic poetry.
Not a good fit for
- Readers looking for strong dramatic conflict, twisting plots, or currently popular topics.
- Readers who feel alienated from or impatient with the more classical, reserved poetic language and imagery.
Reading tips
- Read slowly in a quiet setting, savoring each poem's imagery, rhythm, and emotional intensity; there is no need to finish quickly.
- Read alongside Feng Zhi's life, especially his youthful experiences, to understand the themes and moods that recur in the poems.
- Reading Yesterday's Songs against Feng Zhi's later, more philosophical Sonnets will make the poet's stylistic evolution and deepening clearer.
About the publisher
Tianjin People's Publishing House publishes across such fields as classic works, foreign literature, architecture, social culture and social sciences, with 749 relevant titles in the collection. In the areas of classics and scholarship, works such as Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua and Fei Xiaotong's From the Soil and Fertility and Reproduction reflect a sustained attention to social culture and classic texts of thought. Architectural books are represented by Liang Sicheng's Annotated Yingzao Fashi and A History of Chinese Architecture, showing an emphasis on architectural heritage and building traditions. In foreign literature, translations of Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don and Tolstoy's War and Peace and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, through the work of translators such as Li Gang and Yu Dawei, form a substantial series of translated works. Overall, the press combines classic texts, scholarly works and fine translations, with a publishing character oriented toward humanistic depth and the dissemination of knowledge.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 出版说明
- 上卷
- 绿衣人
- 问
- 满天星光
- 一颗明珠
- 不能容忍了
- 夜深了
- 暮雨
- 楼上
- 新的故乡
- 歌女
- 小船
- 狂风中
- 残余的酒
- 怀——
- 追忆
- 初夏杂句
- 别友
- 窗外
- 瞽者的暗示
- 宴席上
- 残年
- 你——
- 秋千架上
- 春的歌
- 琴声
- 在海水浴场
- 沙中
- 海滨
- 墓旁
- 雨夜
- 孤云
- 我是一条小河
- 夜步
- 如果你……
- 怀友人Y.H.
- 遥遥
- 在郊原
- “晚报”
- 在阴影中
- 工作
- 永久
- 你倚着楼窗……
- 默
- 我愿意听……
- 蛇
- 秋战
- 风夜
- “最后之歌”
- 下卷
- 吹箫人的故事
- 帷幔——一个民间的故事
- 蚕马
- 寺门之前
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About the author
Feng Zhi (1905–1993), originally named Feng Chengzhi and a native of Zhuozhou, Hebei, was a modern Chinese writer, poet, translator and scholar. After studying in Germany, he received a doctorate in philosophy from Heidelberg University. Returning to China, he devoted himself to teaching and research, serving as a professor at National Southwestern Associated University and Peking University, and as director of the Institute of Foreign Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His work spans poetry, fiction and scholarly writing, with representative works including the poetry collection Sonnets, the novel Wu Zixu and the study Biography of Du Fu. His verse is restrained and profound, often carrying philosophical reflection within everyday experience, while his scholarship is marked by solid materials and discerning judgment. As a translator, he introduced German literature to Chinese readers; his versions of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet and Schiller's Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man have been widely read and have had a lasting influence on modern Chinese literature and foreign literary studies.
