Flying Flower Order: Bamboo cover

Flying Flower Order: Bamboo

Rating 3.5
Word count
83K words
Chapters
186
ISBN
9787520502603

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Summary

Following the rules of feihualing, a traditional Chinese poetry game, this book selects 102 classic poems containing the character “zhu” (bamboo) by more than 70 poets. Each poem is accompanied by annotations, brief analysis, background information, and commentary from noted critics, guiding readers on a beautiful and moving journey through poetry and culture amid the fragrance of books and ink.

With well-organized content and abundant illustrations, this is a popular cultural reader that combines knowledge, aesthetic appreciation, and cultural richness.

Editor's review

Organized around the traditional poetry game feihualing, this book gathers more than one hundred works by over seventy poets, all built around the character for bamboo. By combining poetry selection through a searchable keyword with playful reading, it lowers the threshold for entering classical verse. Each poem comes with annotations, a brief analysis, background notes, and commentary from noted critics. These four layers move from words and phrases to overall meaning and then to reception history, forming a fairly complete chain of interpretation. Readers can clear obstacles of wording and allusion while also learning the context in which each poem arose and how later generations judged it. The illustrated layout keeps the reading pace light, making the book suitable for browsing in spare moments as well as for parent-child reading or poetry gatherings. Its value lies not in offering new scholarship but in threading the tradition of writing on bamboo through a single character, letting readers compare the different faces of the bamboo image as a vessel for character, a source of garden delight, and a carrier of everyday feeling. It suits being kept on the desk for casual dipping, and also serves as a thematic primer for beginners in classical poetry.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Beginning readers interested in classical poetry but with a weak foundation
  • Poetry lovers who want to build up bamboo-themed poems by topic
  • Organizers who need material for poetry gatherings or feihualing activities
  • Parents who want to read traditional culture with their children

Not a good fit for

  • Professional researchers seeking deep scholarly textual criticism and collation
  • Readers who prefer long, continuous narratives and dislike fragmented formats
  • Readers expecting a systematic history of poetry rather than a single-character thematic anthology

Reading tips

  1. First read through the table of contents, then dip in by poet or dynasty to observe how the bamboo image changes across periods.
  2. After reading the annotations for each poem, form your own impression before checking the brief analysis, then compare with critics' comments to test your understanding.
  3. Keep paper and pen to copy out favorite bamboo poems, and imitate feihualing rules by reciting them in turn with friends.
  4. Read alongside visual materials such as gardens and bamboo paintings to deepen the spatial sense of bamboo scenes in the poems.

About the publisher

China Culture and History Press China · Founded in 1980

China Culture and History Press has long devoted itself to modern and contemporary literature and culture-and-history reading matter, with publishing directions centered on classic works, social novels, prose and miscellaneous writings, and Eastern philosophy, alongside culture-and-history periodicals such as Zongheng. Among the more than 1,500 titles in the collection, representative books include Zhang Henshui's Ti Xiao Yin Yuan, Lu Xun's Complete Classic Works (10 volumes) and Wild Grass, and Lao She's Four Generations Under One Roof series and the boxed set of Lao She's Classic Works (10 volumes), while its author resources are concentrated on figures such as Zhang Henshui, Lu Xun, Lao She and Sima Qian. Its publishing character lies in solid editorial work on culture-and-history source texts and in issuing famous authors' works in sets, balancing the readability of individual texts with the systematic presentation of complete collections for focused reading and collecting. Beyond these directions, public information on the press's contemporary original publishing is limited, so it is not elaborated here.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 解读飞花令
  3. 卓文君
  4. 竹竿何袅袅,鱼尾何簁簁
  5. 东方朔
  6. 不若从孤竹于首阳
  7. 陆机
  8. 但恨功名薄,竹帛无所宣
  9. 陶渊明
  10. 井灶有遗处,桑竹残杇株
  11. 花药分列,林竹翳如
  12. 释宝月
  13. 五两如竹林,何处相寻博
  14. 谢朓
  15. 窗前一丛竹,青翠独言奇
  16. 萧衍
  17. 柯亭有奇竹,含情复抑扬
  18. 吴均
  19. 山际见来烟,竹中窥落日
  20. 何逊
  21. 竹叶响南窗,月光照东壁
  22. 徐陵
  23. 嫩竹犹含粉,初荷未聚尘
  24. 提琴就竹筱,酌酒劝梧桐
  25. 庾信
  26. 三竹叶酒,一曲鹍鸡弦
  27. 江总
  28. 何言蒿里别,非复竹林期
  29. 杨素
  30. 兰庭动幽气,竹室生虚白
  31. 虞世南
  32. 春苑月裴回,竹堂侵夜开
  33. 李峤
  34. 过江千尺浪,入竹万竿斜
  35. 孟浩然
  36. 荷风送香气,竹露滴清响
  37. 王维
  38. 竹喧归浣女,莲动下渔舟
  39. 隔牖风惊竹,开门雪满山
  40. 李白
  41. 野竹分青霭,飞泉挂碧峰
  42. 野竹攒石生,含烟映江岛
  43. 杜甫
  44. 会须上番看成竹,客至从嗔不出迎
  45. 竹批双耳峻,风入四蹄轻
  46. 刘长卿
  47. 苍苍竹林寺,杳杳钟声晚
  48. 韦应物
  49. 山月皎如烛,风霜时动竹
  50. 孟郊
  51. 妾恨比斑竹,下盘烦冤根
  52. 李涉
  53. 因过竹院逢僧话,又得浮生半日闲
  54. 张籍
  55. 竹深村路远,月出钓船稀
  56. 王建
  57. 雨里鸡鸣一两家,竹溪村路板桥斜
  58. 白居易
  59. 夜深知雪重,时闻折竹声
  60. 吴酒一杯春竹叶,吴娃双舞醉芙蓉
  61. 山僧对棋坐,局上竹阴清
  62. 柳宗元
  63. 渔翁夜傍西岩宿,晓汲清湘燃楚竹
  64. 日午独觉无余声,山童隔竹敲茶臼
  65. 元稹
  66. 风吹竹叶休还动,雨点荷心暗复明
  67. 于鹄
  68. 巴女骑牛唱竹枝,藕丝菱叶傍江时
  69. 杜牧
  70. 买山惟种竹,对客更弹琴
  71. 微雨秋栽竹,孤灯夜读书
  72. 谁知竹西路,歌吹是扬州
  73. 高骈
  74. 六出飞花入户时,坐看青竹变琼枝
  75. 韦庄
  76. 一夜帘前风撼竹,梦魂相断续
  77. 司空图
  78. 坐中佳士,左右修竹
  79. 鱼玄机
  80. 竹阴初月薄,江静晚烟浓
  81. 杜荀鹤
  82. 窗竹影摇书案上,野泉声入砚池中
  83. 欧阳炯
  84. 画舸停桡,槿花篱外竹横桥
  85. 惹窗映竹满炉烟
  86. 阎选
  87. 西风稍急喧窗竹,停又续,腻脸悬双玉
  88. 和凝
  89. 竹里风生月上门
  90. 李煜
  91. 铜簧韵脆锵寒竹,新声慢奏移纤玉
  92. 凭阑半日独无言,依旧竹声新月似当年
  93. 杨徽之
  94. 水隔淡烟修竹寺,路经疏雨落花村
  95. 梅尧臣
  96. 山王今已贵,肯听竹禽啼
  97. 王安石
  98. 爆竹声中一岁除,春风送暖入屠苏
  99. 涧水无声绕竹流,西花草弄春柔
  100. 张舜民
  101. 水绕陂田竹绕篱,榆钱落尽槿花稀
  102. 苏轼
  103. 竹杖芒鞋轻胜马,谁怕?一蓑烟雨任平生
  104. 竹外桃花三两枝,春江水暖鸭先知
  105. 秦观
  106. 西窗下,风摇翠竹,疑是故人来
  107. 周邦彦
  108. 翠葆参差竹径成
  109. 朱敦儒
  110. 花竹随宜旋装缀
  111. 岳飞
  112. 旧山松竹老,阻归程
  113. 陆游
  114. 竹枝影瘦横残月,药杵声寒续暮砧
  115. 范成大
  116. 野店垂杨步,荒祠苦竹丛
  117. 杨万里
  118. 竹深树密虫鸣处,时有微凉不是风
  119. 李重元
  120. 竹方床,针线慵拈午梦长
  121. 朱淑真
  122. 竹里一枝斜,映带林逾静
  123. 辛弃疾
  124. 一松一竹真朋友,山鸟山花好弟兄
  125. 王庭筠
  126. 竹影和诗瘦,梅花入梦香
  127. 姜夔
  128. 梅花竹里无人见,一夜吹香过石桥
  129. 杜耒
  130. 寒夜客来茶当酒,竹炉汤沸火初红
  131. 元好问
  132. 瘦竹藤斜挂,丛花草乱生
  133. 刘秉忠
  134. 青山随我入门来,黄鸟背人穿竹去
  135. 连文凤
  136. 种花思旧业,对竹理残书
  137. 王冕
  138. 连江修竹静郊居,门外阴阴千亩余
  139. 吕思诚
  140. 轻摇斑竹江头恨,远送苍梧天外愁
  141. 谢应芳
  142. 淀山小湖边,草亭修竹里
  143. 倪瓒
  144. 竹梧秋雨碧,荷芰晚波明
  145. 郯韶
  146. 偶逢林下叟,为话竹间禅
  147. 汪广洋
  148. 玻璃冷浸洞庭山,雪竹攒攒桔柚斑
  149. 蓝仁
  150. 衰年无力远登临,短杖扶持叩竹扃
  151. 樊阜
  152. 秋竹烟笼色,寒花露浥香
  153. 徐贲
  154. 晚意秋阴两不分,渚芦沙竹护寒云
  155. 姚广孝
  156. 半山云遏磬,深竹雨留禽
  157. 郭登
  158. 清江闲钓竹,鸥鹭还来否
  159. 沈周
  160. 屋须矮小茅须厚,窗要清虚竹要疏
  161. 陈铎
  162. 草堂新竹两三梢
  163. 王守仁
  164. 柏府楼台衔倒影,茅茨松竹泻寒声
  165. 张时彻
  166. 竹里收遗箨,新裁处士冠
  167. 沈明臣
  168. 岸花纷委露,溪竹半侵萍
  169. 唐时升
  170. 负郭家家水竹,残春处处烟花
  171. 朱彝尊
  172. 桃花落后蚕齐浴,竹笋抽时燕便来
  173. 茅屋东溪兴可乘,竹篱随意挂鱼罾
  174. 纳兰性德
  175. 素壁斜辉,竹影横窗扫
  176. 郑燮
  177. 新竹高于旧竹枝,全凭老干为扶持
  178. 衙斋卧听萧萧竹,疑是民间疾苦声
  179. 黄景仁
  180. 遮莫临行念我频,竹枝留涴泪痕新
  181. 项鸿祚
  182. 蜡炬风摇帘不下,竹影半墙如画
  183. 文廷式
  184. 日暮九疑何处?认舜祠丛竹
  185. 王国维
  186. 弄梅骑竹嬉游日,门户初相识

FAQ

Can I understand this book without any foundation in poetry?
Yes. Each poem is followed by annotations, a brief analysis, and background notes that explain difficult words and the context of composition. Beginners can follow the annotations to grasp the general meaning first, then read the analysis and commentary to build understanding step by step.
Do I need to know the rules of feihualing in advance?
No. In this book feihualing mainly serves as a thread for selecting and arranging poems, and readers can simply read the pieces in order. If you want to use it for play, first scan the table of contents for where the character for bamboo appears, then agree on your own rules for the game.
Is this book suitable as a gift for a middle school student?
It suits middle school students who are interested in classical poetry and building their reading in classical texts. The number of selected poems is moderate, the annotations and analyses are clear, and the illustrated layout is relatively light. If the student is busy with coursework, suggest reading by theme rather than straight through.

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About the author

素心落雪 Author · Chinese

Su Xin Luoxue is a young writer and Doctor of Literature who graduated from the School of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University. A lover of classical poetry since childhood, she has long devoted herself to literature and history, and her writing is known for blending classical culture with modern sensibilities. The library currently holds twenty-eight of her works, represented by the Feihualing series of classical poetry appreciation books, with themes such as snow, the moon, flowers, plum blossom, autumn, chrysanthemum, summer, and spring; her works are commonly classified under literary appreciation and ancient poetry. Publicly available information about her birth and death dates, English name, and detailed biography is limited, so the present introduction rests mainly on her educational background and the character of her works. Her writing addresses general readers, using themed selections and commentary to guide them toward the imagery and emotions of classical poetry, building a bridge between tradition and the present and giving her a recognizable place among popular readings on classical poetry.

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