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Collection of Dream Chants

Rating 2.3
Word count
31K words
Chapters
301
ISBN
9789815290325

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Summary

Dream Verses is a labor of love by the elderly Mr. Liu Wen'an, revealing his rich emotions and distinctive artistic vision. This collection of poems is not only a mirror of Mr. Liu's inner life but also a profound insight into life, nature, and human nature. Here, readers will step into a world full of poetry and feel the charm and power of the written word.

Editor's review

Dream Chants is a collection of poems by an elder, revealing a fine sensitivity to life, nature, and human nature between the lines. It moves not by dazzling technique but by genuine feeling, suited to quiet, unhurried reading. Grounded in rich life experience, the author turns everyday reflections into verse, and readers can feel the warmth and power of the words. For those who love traditional poetry and seek a moment of calm in a fast-paced life, this book offers a poetic dwelling. The emotions are sincere and the perspective distinctive; it can be read straight through for its overall spirit or opened at random to linger on a single poem. As a personal collection, it is more a record of the heart, suitable as a bedside book or a companion for leisure moments, letting readers experience another side of life in its lines.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who enjoy traditional poetry and appreciate refined language
  • Those seeking tranquility and poetic sensibility amid a busy life
  • Readers who resonate with reflections on life and natural scenery
  • Readers looking for a bedside book or slow reading in spare moments

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who prefer strong plot and fast-paced narrative
  • Readers expecting systematic poetic theory or academic research
  • Those with little interest in personal reflective writing

Reading tips

  1. Read three to five poems a day; don't rush—focus on feeling the emotion and imagery in the lines.
  2. Keep a notebook and jot down lines that move you along with your immediate responses.
  3. When a poem echoes your own experience, pause and savor it for a moment.
  4. Read with quiet background music or in the early morning or before bed to ease into the mood.

About the publisher

World Joint Publishing House Pte. Ltd. Singapore · Founded in 2024

World Joint Publishing House Pte. Ltd. is a publishing institution registered in Singapore. Its publishing scope covers social novels, wuxia novels, time-travel and alternate-history fiction, folk literature, social sciences and medicine, and extends to books, pamphlets, sheet music and periodicals. Titles in its catalogue, such as Dù Bǎi (Ferrying), Tianbao Escort Agency, Talking Foxes and Love in Liaozhai, Dementia Care Services and Management, and The Formulary of Jin Feng, a Renowned Veteran Chinese Medicine Doctor in Central Jiangsu, reflect a list that balances literary creation with practical medicine. Its authors include Dan Yuanjun, Liu Shengnan, Hong Xia, Jin Hu, Jin Feng, Yang Jing, Li Bingyang and Ziyi Piaopiao. Public information is limited, and its publishing character is best seen in this diverse mix of popular reading and professional practical titles.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 序言
  3. 题王万宏西冷印社照
  4. 石榴花
  5. 石榴花
  6. 隔代亲
  7. 和谐(题照二十六)
  8. 珊瑚藤
  9. 黄河上游的明珠
  10. 赛场
  11. 无题(读祁尚武七律·吟诗随想赞老同学诗笺)
  12. 美人蕉
  13. 老同学诗笺群赞
  14. 桃花梦
  15. 祭灶(今日小年)
  16. 今日立春
  17. 无题
  18. 新年贺诗友
  19. 小院
  20. 谒海瑞墓
  21. 凤凰小镇(题照二十一)
  22. 观武汉黄鹤楼灯光秀
  23. 清平乐·白娟梅
  24. 长相思·蓝雪花
  25. 新春祈愿
  26. 海棠依旧
  27. 藏红花
  28. 月季
  29. 鸢尾花
  30. 市民广场
  31. 上帝的召唤(打油诗一首)
  32. 夸中卫
  33. 毛百合
  34. 报春花
  35. 读立桥(老三届忆旧)
  36. 勋章花(太阳花)
  37. 丁香
  38. 无题(为冯博士诗打油一首)
  39. 大丽花
  40. 蔷薇蔷薇处处开
  41. 今日腊八
  42. 芍药
  43. 牵牛花
  44. 人生苦短(翁媪戏)
  45. 酢浆草(花)
  46. 放风筝
  47. 题钟定龙发成华、金牛区隔离图片
  48. 和寸草(咏柳絮)诗
  49. 金佛花(学名旋覆花)
  50. 鹿回头(题照二十)
  51. 百花洲
  52. 好家(又名搭红)
  53. 武汉东湖
  54. 游甘肃定西首阳山有感
  55. 今日节气大寒
  56. 百合吟
  57. 菊桃花
  58. 七里寺避暑山庄
  59. 幽兰
  60. 百合吟(又一首)
  61. 迎春花
  62. 题《岁月》
  63. 蓬莱阁
  64. 路边拾遗(三首)
  65. 甘棠湖(外一首)
  66. 老两口
  67. 高原红
  68. 须苞石竹花
  69. 坐上筏子下靖远
  70. 水车声声(题照十八)
  71. 下乡
  72. 我是悟空(题照十九)
  73. 武夷山舒怀
  74. 武夷山舒怀(又一首)
  75. 漳县莲花山
  76. 高炮扬威
  77. 人间瑶池
  78. 游妃子笑荔枝园
  79. 岳鄂王墓
  80. 临洮岳麓山(又一首)
  81. 萧红故居
  82. 吐鲁沟(题照七)
  83. 城雕(浴女)(题照八)
  84. 庐山红叶(题照九)
  85. 爬贵清山(题照十)
  86. 聚会(题照十一)
  87. 崂山一梦
  88. 登嘉峪关城楼(题照十二)
  89. 黄包车(题照十三)
  90. 和小苗苗合影(题照十四)
  91. 尕马骑上浪三浪
  92. 兴隆秋色
  93. 风云斗士
  94. 九华山罗汉松(题照十五)
  95. 答欧阳
  96. 古玩(题照十六)
  97. 尕老汉(题照十七)
  98. 今日节气·小寒
  99. 菜花黄
  100. 新荷
  101. 胭脂湖的传说
  102. 又见临洮岳麓山
  103. 爱在貂蝉湖
  104. 西梅熟了
  105. 七里沟花海
  106. 七里沟花海
  107. 三角梅
  108. 春到刘家峡
  109. 扎龙沟
  110. 少先队员(题照一)
  111. 侨乡集美(题照二)
  112. 正气(题照三)
  113. 沙坡头(题照四)
  114. 黄山(题照五)
  115. 尕青年游五泉(题照六)
  116. 读法政(管淦三周年祭)
  117. 望春归(今日节气·大雪)
  118. 积石山地震
  119. 红豆村
  120. 欧式风情白鹿镇
  121. 兰州兰山龙廊
  122. 张掖七彩丹霞
  123. 上蓥华山(又一首)
  124. 马坡乡的冬天
  125. 浪街
  126. 郎士当
  127. 冬日观花(今日冬至)
  128. 一线天
  129. 武威文庙
  130. 游千年古镇海窝子
  131. 题王万宏发图(澳洲杉)
  132. 走进锦门镇(四首)
  133. 致法政亲王
  134. 蓥华山
  135. 钟鼎寺
  136. 无题
  137. 二龙山
  138. 彩虹桥
  139. 三峡大瀑布
  140. 嫘祖庙
  141. 青木川
  142. 西沟栈道
  143. 蔚然花海
  144. 洛带古镇
  145. 拜水都江堰
  146. 今日映秀
  147. 水磨羌镇
  148. 望青城
  149. 扶杖行
  150. 街子古镇
  151. 安仁镇
  152. 赞罗总
  153. 四川大邑斜源镇
  154. 中川小镇
  155. 梨花
  156. 秀巴东
  157. 无源洞
  158. 花儿临夏,在河之洲
  159. 灵芝仙台
  160. 诗赠信孚学友
  161. 龙凤赞
  162. 和红军战士合个影
  163. 孟达天池
  164. 草长沟向阳花
  165. 香水百合
  166. 探险
  167. 临洮岳麓山
  168. 守望
  169. 木兰沟
  170. 中秋
  171. 和寸草(槐花诗二首)
  172. 除夕感怀
  173. 智清松多情歌(外一首)
  174. 金城雪
  175. 读法政(赋阳辞)
  176. 读寸草(杞忧杂咏)
  177. 雷锋精神
  178. 女神节致女同学
  179. 题法政五地游
  180. 学子情
  181. 相见欢·清明祭
  182. 梨花吟(和寸草梨花诗)
  183. 观法政美篇(立夏游雁滩公园)
  184. 榴莲颂
  185. 咏梅
  186. 西夏陵
  187. 中秋夜
  188. 致永金兄
  189. 无题
  190. 贺兰州一中校友五十年聚
  191. 为兰州一中校友六十周年聚会纪念册题记
  192. 登黄河楼
  193. 题成都同学青城山游合照
  194. 题赠春花同学
  195. 诗赠星汉老同学
  196. 杜成义登后五泉
  197. 秋游兴隆山
  198. 无题(和如一诗)
  199. 无题(和如一诗)
  200. 和振中立冬雪霁诗
  201. 读寸草(无题二)赋感
  202. 和寸草
  203. 戏寸草
  204. 致信孚老学友
  205. 香山红叶
  206. 儿童节杂感
  207. 霍去病
  208. 梨花落
  209. 街子古镇
  210. 甘草子·年
  211. 巴以冲突
  212. 相思令·白玉兰
  213. 龙年祝福
  214. 除夕夜
  215. 柳腰轻·紫罗兰
  216. 凤栖梧·中秋月
  217. 观斗鸡
  218. 香椿赞(又一首)
  219. 进香
  220. 水仙
  221. 兰州百合
  222. 元宵节
  223. 迎财神
  224. 落日无言(读尚武、寸草落日诗有感)
  225. 送穷神
  226. 人日
  227. 敬八仙
  228. 天公生
  229. 天净沙·乡间春慵(散曲新作)
  230. 晚霞
  231. 无题
  232. 如梦令·沙尘天
  233. 灵芝仙台玻璃桥(顺口溜一首)
  234. 敬佛
  235. 水磨古镇(题照二十二)
  236. 三峡红叶(题照二十三)
  237. 折桂令·闹元宵(散曲新作)
  238. 少年游·桃花梦
  239. 喜迎瑞雪
  240. 元霄
  241. 雨花石
  242. 平常人家度假村(题照二十四)
  243. 又见瑞雪
  244. 读帖《致四零后》集锦(顺口溜一首)
  245. 偶感三首
  246. 无题(读寸草、博学倒春寒而作)
  247. 看秦腔
  248. 看川剧(一)
  249. 燕归来
  250. 看川剧(二)
  251. 天命
  252. 学诗
  253. 世间不知何为真(顺口溜一首)
  254. 无题
  255. 无题
  256. 凤仙(海娜)花赞
  257. 天变脸(春寒未尽)
  258. 夜宿巫峡口
  259. 秦淮河
  260. 崔永元(观视频崔永元自述有感)
  261. 访友
  262. 无题
  263. 无题
  264. 行者
  265. 懒猫
  266. 红娘
  267. 无题
  268. 睡莲
  269. 杏花开
  270. 看豫剧(庵堂认母)
  271. 暖男印象
  272. 酒
  273. 也赞手机(步欧阳手机诗)
  274. 三八节致女神
  275. 贺老同学诗笺选编(一)成书
  276. 龙抬头
  277. 梦
  278. 绿色生活,从我做起
  279. 会宁小食油糊旋
  280. 武威小吃三套车
  281. 酒泉小吃拨鱼子
  282. 静宁烧鸡
  283. 自律歌
  284. 兰州高三酱肉
  285. 诉衷情·白塔寺
  286. 观赏众大师绘《山鬼图》有感
  287. 康乐白桦林(题照二十五)
  288. 燕归梁·大东北(梦回故园)
  289. 登巫峡口灵芝仙台
  290. 陇上名食——陇西腊肉
  291. 春分谣
  292. 游西湖(断桥)
  293. 烟雨江南(乌镇)
  294. 千岛湖品鱼鲜
  295. 千岛湖
  296. 旅行感悟
  297. 游西湖(白堤)
  298. 游西湖(雷峰塔)
  299. 中国第一水乡周庄
  300. 廋西湖
  301. 清明

FAQ

Is this book suitable for readers with no background in poetry?
Yes. The works are mainly expressions of genuine feeling in accessible language that general readers can read smoothly. Even without familiarity with poetic forms, readers can sense the author's emotions and life reflections—the emphasis is on appreciation, not textual research.
Does this book need to be read from cover to cover?
No. As a poetry collection, each piece stands on its own; you can open to any page or choose by theme or mood. Reading straight through reveals the overall tone, while dipping in suits spare moments.
What can readers gain from this book?
Readers can share an elder's observations and reflections on life, nature, and human nature, finding emotional resonance and moments of tranquility in the lines—and perhaps a renewed attention to overlooked poetic moments around them.

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About the author

刘文安 Author

Liu Wen'an is an author about whom little public information is available: his life, native place, and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded and remain to be verified. Within the available collection, only one work appears under his name, the classical poetry collection Meng Yin Ji (Dream Chants), which is commonly classified under ancient-style poetry. It may therefore be inferred that Liu Wen'an's writing centers on traditional verse forms, with works mainly in classical poetry, drawing on everyday observations and personal feelings, paying attention to rhythm and imagery, and tending toward a restrained, inward style. Although the number of extant works is small and biographical clues are vague, Meng Yin Ji, as his representative work, still offers readers valuable textual evidence for understanding his creative profile. For an author with such scarce biographical material, scholarly and readerly attention focuses mainly on the literary value and artistic features of the works themselves rather than on detailed verification of his life.

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