Porcelain Shards
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in Jiangnan Wu-Yue culture and local scenery
- Poetry lovers who enjoy dense imagery and distilled language in contemporary collections
- Poets who want to work with regional experience in their own writing
- Readers living in Huzhou or around South Taihu who want to rediscover their surroundings through poetry
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strong plot-driven narratives or storytelling
- Readers expecting a systematic introduction to history and culture
- Readers who skim quickly and have limited patience for poetic language
Reading tips
- Read in groups by theme—mountains and rivers, ancient bridges, figures—to grasp the collection's geography and emotional thread.
- Pause after each section, note the images that move you, then reread against your own impression of Jiangnan.
- Read alongside a map or a visit to Huzhou and the South Taihu area to deepen the sense of space and history in the poems.
About the publisher
Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- “忆江南”或记忆的诗学 上
- “忆江南”或记忆的诗学 下
- 穿过水，我能看见谁
- 一、瓷片
- 青瓦
- 瓷片
- 大米
- 古镇
- 南宋碗窑
- 瓦罐
- 万寿寺
- 爱山台
- 碧浪湖
- 永安木桥
- 丘城遗址
- 良渚玉鸟
- 致红旗路邮电局门口代写信件的老人
- 二、隐居地
- 青卞隐居图
- 夕光中的松雪斋
- 渔父图
- 过严子陵钓台
- 富阳黄公望隐居地观《富春山居图》
- 三、遗址
- 周末访钱山漾遗址
- 钱山漾遗址的一棵桑树
- 对钱山漾遗址两个木质橱窗的观察
- 四、郊游
- 东梓关日志
- 忆，从建德顺道送友人回桐庐
- 观瓶窑南山石刻所想
- 雨中寻访西塞山
- 走过潮音桥
- 在西景山故园
- 荻港码头散步
- 在皕宋楼门外
- 处暑登飞英塔
- 过东天目山
- 黄昏的慈感寺
- 途经善琏湖笔厂
- 雨中过千金村
- 在姚村，我寻找石片瓦房屋
- 大雪，登金盖山
- 禾兴南路73号
- 在小店河村
- 璞岩的牌坊
- 蒲壮所城
- 莫家港古纤道
- 新塘文昌桥
- 访衢州古城墙
- 郊游
- 溪口长街
- 五、夜窗
- 小西街
- 袁浦渡口
- 术后
- 红旗路地下通道人群涌出
- 雨夜，在湖州大厦鸟瞰衣裳街
- 在46层高空
- 套娃酒店
- 夜宿南北湖
- 修葺旧城
- 夜窗
- 那树枝已不堪负压
- 离开以后
- 汽油
- 2015年7月15日晚与小雅长谈，不能入睡
- 菱湖丝厂的一场超模秀
- 辑里村采摘记
- 购物大厦观光电梯下的铁佛寺
- 眠佛寺巷的黎明
- 我在沈阳等待一场大雪
- 在莲花铺里村芝溪岸边
- 呼伦贝尔草原的马群
- 六、一条河的五个隐喻
- 逆鱼
- 银鱼
- 太湖鱼鳃
- 荷叶
- 桃花（之一）
- 桃花（之二）
- 小雪
- 苍鹭
- 她们的脚在蓝水里晃动
- 一条河的五个隐喻
- 后记：我生命中的盐
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About the author
Shi Ren is a modern poetry writer about whom limited public information is available. The only work of his currently confirmed in our database is a single collection, Porcelain Shards. Judging from this title and the common classification, his writing falls broadly within the scope of modern poetry. The word "shards" in the title carries a distinct sense of materiality and brokenness, suggesting attention to everyday objects, an appreciation of the beauty of the incomplete, and a careful working-over of time and memory. Because key details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, education, awards, and writing career cannot be verified, it is impossible to outline his life or assess his standing and influence in the poetry world. An introduction to Shi Ren can therefore only proceed from the clue offered by Porcelain Shards: he appears to be a low-profile poet known for a small body of work, whose texts deserve close reading for their imagery, texture of language, and emotional intensity, while a fuller picture of the author awaits further material and confirmation.
