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Poems by Huang Zhongze

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Word count
50K words
Chapters
278
ISBN
9787100203241

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Summary

Huang Zhongze, a talented poet who died young, is regarded as the foremost figure of Qianlong-era Qing poetry. In modern times, writers such as Yu Dafu, Qu Qiubai, A Ying, and Zhang Yiping all held his poetry in high esteem. The profound loneliness, lingering love, and hardships of a poor scholar's life voiced in his poems resonate deeply with later generations. Famous lines such as "Stars like these were not those of last night; for whom do I stand in the wind and dew till midnight," "Nine out of ten deserve a cold eye; a scholar is good for nothing," and "Quietly I stand on the town bridge, unrecognized; for a long while I watch a single star like the moon" are still widely recited today. This selection is based on the editor's years of research, with a distinctive choice of poems, detailed annotations, accessible analysis, and corrections of some earlier misunderstandings and misannotations; it is currently the best reader of Huang Zhongze's poetry.

Editor's review

Huang Zhongze is a poet of striking individuality in the Qianlong-era Qing poetry scene, writing of profound loneliness and lingering feeling from the position of a poor, austere scholar; lines such as "Stars like these were not those of last night" and "a scholar is good for nothing" are still recited today. The value of this selection lies not only in the poems chosen but in the editor's scholarly grounding: the selection avoids piling up familiar anthology pieces, the annotations are detailed and grounded, the analysis is accessible, and corrections are made to earlier misunderstandings and misannotations, saving both general readers and researchers considerable effort. Reading Huang Zhongze, one is easily moved by the poor scholar's circumstances and deep feeling in his poems, yet also easily shut out by allusions and unfamiliar background; this volume bridges the two. It suits slow desk reading, savoring one poem at a time without rushing; it can also be read alongside related writings by modern authors such as Yu Dafu to better appreciate the echo of his poetry in later minds. As a currently reliable reader of Huang Zhongze's poetry, it maintains scholarly measure while preserving the poetry's own power to move.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who love classical poetry and want to read a Qing poet's collection systematically
  • Those interested in the austere scholar's poetic style and the Qianlong-era Qing poetry scene
  • Students who need reliable annotations and analysis to assist their reading of classical poems
  • General readers moved by Huang Zhongze's famous lines and wanting to know more about the man

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who only want plain vernacular and avoid annotated classical Chinese
  • Readers expecting a full-length poet's biography rather than a poetry selection

Reading tips

  1. Read the analysis first, then return to the original poem; rereading after understanding the background deepens the impression.
  2. Read by theme—loneliness, love, livelihood—and notice the consistency of his style.
  3. Take notes where earlier misunderstandings are corrected and note the editor's grounds for judgment.
  4. Read alongside related writings by modern authors such as Yu Dafu to see how later generations received Huang's poetry.

About the publisher

The Commercial Press China · Founded in 1897

The Commercial Press is a publisher known for classic works and academic publishing, with titles spanning Eastern philosophy, foreign literature, world history, social culture, and applied psychology. Its list includes classical commentaries such as Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Analects and Wang Bi's Commentary on the Zhouyi, as well as modern annotated translations like Zhuangzi with Modern Notes and Translation. In foreign literature it offers War and Peace and Crime and Punishment, while in world history it carries Braudel's The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. Applied psychology is represented by Irvin D. Yalom's Existential Psychotherapy, and ethical texts include a Greek-Chinese-English edition of the Nicomachean Ethics. Its authors and translators include Zhu Xi, Wang Bi, Yalom, Braudel, and translators such as Huang Zheng, Zhang Yiling, Shen Dongyu, and Tang Jialong, balancing the editing of original texts with academic translation.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 总序之一——在阅读中走近中华优秀传统文化
  3. 总序之二——植入健康的文化基因
  4. 新编导言
  5. 原书绪言
  6. 卷一 五言古
  7. 杂咏 二十章录四
  8. 明州客夜怀味辛稚存却寄
  9. 春夜杂咏 并序 十四章录四
  10. 鹦鹉洲
  11. 春日和容甫
  12. 和容甫 三章
  13. 江上寄左二杏庄 二章
  14. 书馆即事
  15. 杂诗 二章
  16. 秋兴 并序 二章录一
  17. 春暮
  18. 写怀示友人
  19. 春城
  20. 忆昔篇和赵味辛
  21. 长风沙行
  22. 车中口占
  23. 杂咏 二章
  24. 响山潭
  25. 何事不可为二章 咏史
  26. 桂贞曲为潘兰垞赋
  27. 赠陈秋士
  28. 车中杂诗 二章录一
  29. 初夏命仆刈阶草
  30. 山房夜雨
  31. 夏夜独步有怀山中友人
  32. 卷二 七言古
  33. 观潮行
  34. 后观潮行
  35. 焦节妇行
  36. 醉歌行别伍三
  37. 衡山高和赵味辛送余之湖南即以留别
  38. 病愈作歌
  39. 洞庭行赠别王大归包山
  40. 中秋夜游秦淮归城南作
  41. 屠清渠丈过饮醉后作山水幅见遗
  42. 送春三首 录二
  43. 偕容甫登绛雪亭
  44. 太白墓
  45. 夜坐怀曹以南
  46. 九月白门遇伍三病甚恐其不可复治后闻其强病相送而余已发矣因综计吾二人聚散踪迹作为是诗伍三见之当霍然也
  47. 客夜忆城东旧游寄怀左二
  48. 以所携剑赠容甫
  49. 上朱笥河先生
  50. 笥河先生偕宴太白楼醉中作歌
  51. 武林吴翠丞降乩题诗仿其意为此
  52. 啼乌行
  53. 山铿
  54. 游九华山放歌
  55. 陇头行赠王大之关中
  56. 思旧篇并序
  57. 归燕曲
  58. 春风怨
  59. 寒鸦
  60. 舟夜寄别左杏庄
  61. 悲来行
  62. 楼上对月
  63. 闻龚爱督从河南归
  64. 新安程孝子行
  65. 稚存从新安归而余方自武林来新安相失于道作此寄之
  66. 练江舟中
  67. 淮上夜发因忆壬辰之冬偕稚存随朱笥河先生按部经此倏三载矣怅然有作寄稚存
  68. 沙洲行
  69. 尹六丈为作云峰阁图歌以为赠
  70. 献县汪丞坐中观技
  71. 得稚存渊如书却寄
  72. 圈虎行
  73. 题洪稚存机声灯影图
  74. 恼花篇时寓法源寺
  75. 夜宿朝阳阁感怀龚梓树
  76. 典衣行
  77. 夜雨
  78. 醉歌寄洪华峰
  79. 短歌别华峰
  80. 捕虎行
  81. 题桃花流水图用陈其年为乔编修赋韵
  82. 短歌行
  83. 游四明山放歌
  84. 陌上行
  85. 山店独饮苦无美酒薄醉题壁而去
  86. 卷三 杂言古
  87. 莫打鸭
  88. 寒夜曲
  89. 短歌
  90. 对酒歌 二篇
  91. 楚歌行
  92. 墙上蒿
  93. 古歌
  94. 主客行
  95. 寻墓篇为程仲南作
  96. 乌岩图歌为李秋曹威作
  97. 送远曲
  98. 独鹤行简赵味辛兼示洪对岩
  99. 古歌
  100. 卷四 五言律
  101. 初春
  102. 遇王大邦誉
  103. 春夜闻钟
  104. 遇伍三
  105. 月下杂感 二章录一
  106. 湘江夜泊
  107. 寄丽亭 三章
  108. 耒阳杜子美墓
  109. 把酒
  110. 池上独饮
  111. 月中泛小孤山下
  112. 一笑
  113. 杂诗
  114. 舟夜寒甚排闷为此
  115. 夜坐有怀
  116. 不寐
  117. 客斋偶成
  118. 夜行
  119. 秋浦怀李白
  120. 寄怀顾文子
  121. 复得维衍书 二章
  122. 此时
  123. 江馆
  124. 晓起楼上
  125. 对月感怀
  126. 赠别沈子孟 二章
  127. 十八夜
  128. 吴山夜眺
  129. 广陵杂诗 三章录一
  130. 春晓
  131. 春感 二章
  132. 十月一日独游卧佛寺逢吴次升陈菊人因之夕照寺万柳堂得诗六首 录四
  133. 移家来京师 六章
  134. 次韦进士书城见赠移居四首原韵奉酬
  135. 张鹤柴招集赋得寒夜四声 四章录二
  136. 望匡山
  137. 济南病中杂诗 七章录四
  138. 得吴竹桥书趣北行留别程端立 二章
  139. 渡运河
  140. 安肃道中
  141. 荆轲故里
  142. 润州道中
  143. 栖霞道中
  144. 江上感怀
  145. 卷五 七言律
  146. 感旧 四章
  147. 杂感
  148. 检邵叔宀先生遗札
  149. 客中闻雁
  150. 初春
  151. 春日楼望
  152. 途中遘病颇剧怆然作诗 二章
  153. 旧感杂诗 四章
  154. 重九夜偶成
  155. 夜坐书怀
  156. 饮洪稚存斋次韵
  157. 嘉禾留别郑七药圃
  158. 十四夜京口舟次送别张大归扬州
  159. 二道口舟次夜起
  160. 夜坐述怀呈思复
  161. 十六夜宴沈太平座即呈同座诸子
  162. 立秋后二日
  163. 金陵杂感
  164. 旅夜
  165. 金陵别邵大仲游
  166. 别顾文子之繁昌
  167. 赠万黍维即送归阳羡 二章
  168. 送容甫归里 三章
  169. 杂感 四章
  170. 即事
  171. 夜梦故人
  172. 题酒家壁
  173. 夜起
  174. 壬辰除夕
  175. 偶题斋壁
  176. 高淳先大父官广文处也景仁生于此四岁而孤至七岁始归今过斯地不觉怆然
  177. 过贾秋壑集芳园故址
  178. 凤山南宋故内
  179. 葛岭暮归
  180. 冬日克一过访和赠 三章
  181. 别稚存
  182. 重九后十日醉中次钱企卢韵赠别 四章
  183. 呈袁简斋太史 四章
  184. 将之京师杂别 六章
  185. 太白楼留别史戺庵
  186. 言怀 二章
  187. 绮怀 十六章
  188. 架头颇多故人枉书未报作此寄意
  189. 发镇阳
  190. 新仆
  191. 二十夜
  192. 失题
  193. 涡水舟夜
  194. 题济宁驿舍
  195. 哭龚梓树 二章
  196. 即席分赋得卖花声 二章
  197. 赠杨荔裳即寄酬令兄蓉裳 四章录一
  198. 丁酉正月四日白寿 二章
  199. 闻稚存丁母忧 二章
  200. 都门秋思 四章
  201. 闻郑诚斋先生主讲崇文书院寄呈二首 录一
  202. 偶游僧舍见有题恶诗于壁者姓氏与予同戏作
  203. 送陈理堂学博归江南 四章录三
  204. 与稚存话旧 二章
  205. 元夜独坐偶成
  206. 言怀和黍维
  207. 移家南旋是日报罢
  208. 直沽舟次寄怀都下诸友人 二章
  209. 舟过杨柳青感旧
  210. 德州怀汪剑潭
  211. 思家
  212. 过张氏废园有感 二章
  213. 寄洪对岩 二章录一
  214. 述怀示友人 二章录一
  215. 卷六 五七言绝
  216. 五言
  217. 别意
  218. 秋风怨
  219. 花前曲 二章
  220. 夜与方仲履饮
  221. 江上夜望
  222. 新凉曲
  223. 问渡
  224. 稚存归索家书
  225. 子夜歌 二章
  226. 陌头行 二章
  227. 冬夜
  228. 乌栖曲
  229. 睡醒
  230. 山中
  231. 空馆
  232. 新安滩
  233. 杂题郑素亭画册 三章录二
  234. 晚行
  235. 七言
  236. 少年行
  237. 醉醒
  238. 和仇丽亭 五章
  239. 闻子规啼
  240. 湖上阻风杂诗 五章录一
  241. 别老母
  242. 别内
  243. 幼女
  244. 老仆
  245. 舟中咏怀
  246. 七夕怀容甫游采石 二章
  247. 山寺偶题
  248. 安庆客舍
  249. 归心
  250. 山馆夜作 三章
  251. 戏题酒家 二章
  252. 问水亭 二章
  253. 湖上杂感 二章
  254. 冬日过西湖 二章
  255. 癸巳除夕偶成 二章
  256. 春燕 四章
  257. 饥乌
  258. 十六日
  259. 秋夜燕张荪圃座 三章录二
  260. 秋色
  261. 午窗偶成 三章
  262. 马上逢雁
  263. 赵北口
  264. 病中杂成 二章
  265. 丙申除夕 三章
  266. 偕王秋塍张鹤柴访菊法源寺 三章录二
  267. 怀映垣内城
  268. 送韦书城南归 二章
  269. 岁暮怀人 二十章录首尾三章
  270. 禹城
  271. 出都过芦沟桥
  272. 核桃园夜起
  273. 春兴
  274. 秦淮
  275. 江行
  276. 山塘杂诗 二章录一
  277. 楼夜
  278. 正月晦夜大风雨

FAQ

Can I read this Huang Zhongze selection without a classical poetry background?
Yes. The detailed annotations and accessible analysis are designed precisely to lower the reading barrier. It is best to read the analysis first to understand the background and meaning, then return to the original poem; look up allusions in the annotations as needed. Do not try to understand every word—grasp the emotional thread first.
How is this selection different from ordinary classical poetry anthologies?
According to the material, the selection is based on the editor's years of research, with a distinctive choice of poems, detailed annotations, accessible analysis, and corrections of some earlier misunderstandings and misannotations. It is regarded as a currently good reader of Huang Zhongze's poetry, balancing scholarly measure with readability.
Which kind of poem does the famous line "a scholar is good for nothing" come from?
Like "Stars like these were not those of last night" and "Quietly I stand on the town bridge, unrecognized," this line reflects the profound loneliness, lingering love, and hardships of a poor scholar's life in Huang Zhongze's poetry. When reading, note the position and context of these lines within the original poem, and avoid interpreting them out of context.

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朱建新 Author

Public information about Zhu Jianxin is quite limited. What can be confirmed is his role as a writer associated with the compilation and appreciation of classical poetry. The library holds one work by him, titled The Poems of Huang Zhongze, catalogued under ancient poetry. Huang Zhongze is the courtesy name of Huang Jingren, a Qing-dynasty poet whose verse is known for its clear, sorrowful tone and sincere, direct feeling, giving him a distinctive place in Qing poetry. Zhu Jianxin's book on this subject suggests an interest in interpreting and transmitting the work of Qing poets, and its style is likely that of an annotated introduction and poetic appreciation, staying close to the emotions and language of the original poems to help readers understand Huang Zhongze's poetic character. Since details such as birth and death dates, native place, education, and official positions cannot be verified, no speculation is offered here; the description is based only on the existing work and its category, allowing readers to learn about Zhu Jianxin's editorial judgment and manner of presentation through The Poems of Huang Zhongze.

司晓莲 Author

Public information about Si Xiaolian is limited; all that is currently known is a single work, The Poetry of Huang Zhongze, classified under classical poetry. Huang Zhongze is the courtesy name of Huang Jingren, a Qing-dynasty poet whose verse is known for its clear, bitter melancholy, sincere depth, and frequent themes of a wandering life and the hardships of a poor scholar, giving him a distinctive place in Qing poetry. Si Xiaolian's work centers on this poet and his poems, indicating an interest in the arrangement and appreciation of Qing-dynasty verse. Owing to the lack of further information about the author's life, identity, and background, it is difficult to describe the author's research path or personal experience in detail; based on the available clues, the work is addressed to readers of classical poetry and can help them approach Huang Zhongze's poetic world and sense the emotional texture and language of a poor scholar's poetry in the Qing dynasty.

王宁 Author

Wang Ning: publicly available information is limited, and the shape of his work emerges mainly from the thirty-five titles held in the collection. Judging by his representative works, his writing spans several fields. He has produced works on Chinese language and philology such as Principles of Exegesis (Expanded Edition), Twelve Lectures on the Structure of Chinese Characters, and Ancient Chinese. He has also worked on classical texts including the Zuo Commentary and the Huainanzi, on the poetry of Wen Tingyun, and on the travel record of Xu Xiake, as well as on communication research methods. This range suggests a scholar engaged with both traditional philology and classical documents, writing with scholarly rigor while keeping specialized knowledge clear and readable. The collection also classifies his works under Eastern philosophy, examination preparation, essays, and film and television, indicating that he writes for classrooms, research, and general readers alike. Because his dates, nationality, and educational background are unknown, this note offers no speculation and limits itself to an objective sketch of his subjects and orientations.

顾德希 Author

Gu Dexi is an author about whom public information is limited: neither nationality nor dates of birth and death are confirmed, and no verifiable personal career details are available. According to the records in our database, 11 works appear under this name, spanning classical poetry and prose, philosophy, and history, including Travels of Xu Xiake, Poems of Wen Tingyun, Huainanzi, The Book of Lord Shang, Literature of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, Writings of Gu Yanwu, Poems of Xie Lingyun, and Poems of Huang Zhongze. The common categories cover miscellaneous prose, classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, history readings, classic works, and folk literature. Judging from the selected titles, the editorial work focuses on presenting classic texts and famous poetry and prose, covering a broad range and embracing both intellectual classics and literary readings, offering readers diverse access to traditional works.

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