Remarks on Golden Millet Lyrics
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in Qing-dynasty ci studies and cihua literature
- Researchers and graduate students studying early Qing views of the ci world
- Enthusiasts with some foundation in ci studies who want to read the ancients' discussions of ci
- Liberal arts students who need primary cihua materials for papers
Not a good fit for
- Beginners with no foundation in ci studies looking for a quick course in composing ci
- Readers who only read contemporary vernacular appreciation and are unused to classical Chinese evaluative writing
Reading tips
- First understand Peng Sunyu's era and the ci-studies background, then enter the main text to grasp his criteria of evaluation.
- When encountering comments on specific ci poets or works, consult the original ci poems alongside to avoid isolated interpretation.
- Take reading notes, grouping them by topics such as evaluation, method, and style, for easier review later.
- Read in comparison with other Qing cihua to observe disagreements and consensus among different critics.
About the publisher
Bashu Publishing House is a publisher centered on collating and publishing classical Chinese cultural texts, with its main publishing areas covering classical literature, Eastern philosophy, ancient poetry, and educational classics. Its library currently holds 1,075 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber, the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, Renjian Cihua, and Out to the Frontier, involving authors such as Cao Xueqin, Wang Xizhi, Wang Guowei, Wang Changling, Liu Xie, and Yan Yu. These reflect the publisher's focus on literary classics, poetry criticism, and philosophical readings. Its publishing character lies in working around ancient texts and canonical works, with attention to textual collation and presentation. Public information on its more detailed publishing background and series plans is limited; this introduction is based only on the library's book information.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序
- ○词以自然为宗
- ○论吴周词
- ○李易安词意并工
- ○语助入艳词绝少
- ○柳辛词与秦词
- ○山谷拆字鄙俚
- ○南宋词人以史邦卿为第一
- ○黄不及秦
- ○欧不如范
- ○词体以艳丽为本色
- ○林处士惜别词
- ○学柳之过
- ○论辛词
- ○作词必先选料
- ○词宜多读书
- ○云间词人不能作情语
- ○清初长调作者
- ○咏物词不易工
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About the author
Peng Sun is an author in the history of Chinese ci criticism whose biographical details are extremely limited: his real name, courtesy name, native place, dates of birth and death, and official career are not reliably recorded in publicly available sources, and his writings are the main basis for understanding his profile. Two of his works are held in this collection, the representative one being Jinsu Cihua (Remarks on Ci from the Golden Grain Studio). This book belongs to the cihua genre, commenting on ci poets and their works in a loose, note-like manner, discussing prosody, diction, imagery, and style, and comparing and evaluating ci writers of successive dynasties; it is an important source for the study of traditional ci criticism. According to common classifications, Peng Sun's works touch on both Eastern philosophy and literary appreciation, suggesting that his writing combines aesthetic judgment of the art of ci with a degree of speculative reflection. Owing to the scarcity of historical sources, his concrete life experience can no longer be established, and scholars generally treat him as a ci scholar known through Jinsu Cihua, with research focusing on the book's content and critical views rather than on the author's biography.
