North of the River
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers seeking to broaden their reading of Tang poetry beyond famous works
- Enthusiasts interested in Tang popular writing and anonymous works
- Readers who enjoy short poems and can read in spare moments
- Teachers of classical poetry needing supplementary selections
Not a good fit for
- Researchers requiring detailed study of authorship and compositional background
- Readers expecting systematic literary history or in-depth annotation
- Readers who prefer long works and strong narrative
Reading tips
- Browse the whole collection first, roughly grouping poems by theme or mood
- Choose the most appealing poems for close reading, noting place names and seasonal description
- Retell the scenes in your own words to check your understanding
- Read against famous poems on similar themes to appreciate the plainness of anonymous work
About the publisher
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) was a private publishing and distribution house in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republican periods, issuing traditional works by lithographic printing. Judging from the 1,194 titles in the collection, its publishing focused on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, historical reading, traditional Chinese medical texts, and canonical works, along with books on literary appreciation. Representative titles include the poetry and prose collections of Du Fu and Ouyang Xiu; historical works such as the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian; classical texts such as the Book of Documents and Mencius; and specialized and literary classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage and Li Sao. Its author resources cover major figures across the ages, including Du Fu, Ban Gu, Sima Guang, Zhang Zhongjing, Qu Yuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Tang Shenwei, reflecting the house's characteristic reliance on traditional scholarship and medical literature while serving general readers. Public information on its early history and operational details is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 【野花（一作罗邺诗）】罗隐
- 卷664_24【病骢马】罗隐
- 卷664_25【狄浦】罗隐
- 卷664_26【南康道中】罗隐
- 卷664_27【北固亭东望寄默师】罗隐
- 卷664_28【华清宫】罗隐
- 卷664_29【韩信庙】罗隐
- 卷664_30【韦公子】罗隐
- 卷664_31【望思台】罗隐
- 卷664_32【帝幸蜀（乾符岁，一作狄归昌诗）】罗隐
- 卷664_33【王夷甫】罗隐
- 卷664_34【鹭鸶】罗隐
- 卷664_35【书淮阴侯传】罗隐
- 卷664_36【青山庙（子胥庙）】罗隐
- 卷664_37【小松】罗隐
- 卷664_38【竹】罗隐
- 卷664_39【谩天岭】罗隐
- 卷六百六十五
- 卷665_1【秋虫赋（以下补遗）】罗隐
- 卷665_2【蟋蟀诗】罗隐
- 卷665_3【西川与蔡十九同别子超】罗隐
- 卷665_4【龙泉东下却寄孙员外】罗隐
- 卷665_5【牡丹】罗隐
- 卷665_6【巫山高】罗隐
- 卷665_7【江南行】罗隐
- 卷665_8【空城雀】罗隐
- 卷665_9【芳树】罗隐
- 卷665_10【听琴】罗隐
- 卷665_11【大梁见乔诩】罗隐
- 卷665_12【寄洪正师】罗隐
- 卷665_13【圣真观刘真师院十韵】罗隐
- 卷665_14【寄聂尊师】罗隐
- 卷665_15【金山僧院】罗隐
- 卷665_16【酬高崇节】罗隐
- 卷665_17【送汝州李中丞十二韵】罗隐
- 卷665_18【淮南送节度卢端公将命之汴州端公常为汴州相公从事】罗隐
- 卷665_19【送卢端公归台卢校书之夏县】罗隐
- 卷665_20【送朗州张员外】罗隐
- 卷665_21【淮南送工部卢员外赴阙】罗隐
- 卷665_22【淮南送司勋李郎中赴阙】罗隐
- 卷665_23【送陆郎中赴阙】罗隐
- 卷665_24【途中送人东游有寄】罗隐
- 卷665_25【过废江宁县（王昌龄曾尉此县）】罗隐
- 卷665_26【边夜】罗隐
- 卷665_27【哭张博士太常】罗隐
- 卷665_28【淮口军葬】罗隐
- 卷665_29【燕昭王墓】罗隐
- 卷665_30【江南】罗隐
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About the author
Anonymous is not a real personal name but a general Chinese designation for authors whose names are unknown, lost, or unsigned. Neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified, and available public information is limited, so the works attributed to this name are the only basis for description. The collection holds 2,078 works under Anonymous, spanning medicine, classics, historical readings, ancient poetry, classical literature, and philosophy. Representative works include The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Lingshu, Mencius, The Book of Documents, Nineteen Old Poems, Complete Song Ci, and The Peacock Flies Southeast. Most of these works took shape through long transmission and editing, emerging either from collective folk creation or from authors whose names were lost over time. In ancient China, the Book of Songs, the Great Learning, and many popular storybooks and plays were signed Anonymous because their authors could not be traced. Anonymous works cross the classics, histories, philosophical writings, medical texts, and poetry; their subjects are broad, and their styles vary from archaic simplicity to clear naturalness, making them important and influential sources for understanding ancient Chinese thought, medicine, and literature.
