Before Dusk
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers seeking spiritual ease and emotional resonance in a fast-paced life
- Poetry lovers who enjoy short poems and care about beauty of language
- Teachers, recitation enthusiasts, and voice professionals needing material to read aloud
- Literary readers interested in the fusion of emotion and reflection in contemporary Chinese poetry
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strongly narrative long works and lack patience for lyrical short poems
- Researchers expecting systematic poetic theory or guidance on craft
- Readers uninterested in lyrical elegance who prefer avant-garde or experimental poetry
Reading tips
- Read two or three poems a day in any order, letting the lines settle in the pauses
- Read favorite pieces aloud to feel the interplay of rhythm and emotion
- Keep a pen at hand to note associations or everyday moments in the margins, in dialogue with the poems
- Share pieces such as "A Weekend Walk by the Water with Mother" with family as a prompt for everyday emotional exchange
About the publisher
Guangxi Normal University Press is a publisher known for literature, foreign literature and history titles. Its 1,175 books in the database show a solid accumulation in classics and prose collections, including foreign literary works such as Les Fleurs du mal: Annotated Poems of Baudelaire, Snow Country, Dubliners and The Wild Palms, as well as modern prose compilations like The Complete Prose of Zhou Zuoren. History and philosophy also hold a notable share, with titles such as Running Dogs: Clerks and Runners in Qing County Yamen and The History and Thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reflecting attention to Qing local administration and modern history. In art literature there is the 16-volume Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Manual. Its author resources include foreign writers Charles Baudelaire and Yasunari Kawabata, translators and annotators Liu Nanqi and Zou Bo, and scholars such as Zhong Shuhe, Bradly W. Reed and You Chenjun. As public information is limited, this characterization is based only on the books in the database, which together present a profile balancing Chinese and foreign literary classics with academic works in the humanities and social sciences.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一辑
- 黄昏之前
- 这一天就这样老了
- 澄明之境
- 雪域
- 岁末
- 洪水
- 月光下海浪的火焰
- 青山不老
- 清明即景
- 周末，陪母亲在水边散步
- 故居
- 老屋子
- 十四行：蝴蝶
- 秋祭
- 时日
- 旷寂
- 伫立河边
- 在河流消逝的地方
- 喀纳斯河
- 那拉提草原
- 偶感
- 那人是三十三只鸟
- 杯或手：一种存在或缺失
- 石子
- 何以为镜
- 事物的真相我们根本就不可叙述
- 两只蝴蝶——存在与虚无中的萨特和波伏娃
- 寒秋
- 走进十二月
- 饯别——送查海生同学
- 画
- 网络之中的玄想
- 时间的背面
- 第二辑
- 最后的玫瑰
- 事物的确定性
- 我宁愿错过此生
- 三十年后，相信你是懂的
- 守株待兔
- 一生不变的爱情
- 幻觉的风景
- 另一种雪景
- 某个下午
- 残酷的植物
- 今夜，我点燃十根手指
- 把水点燃
- 以火为浴
- 玉龙第三国
- 遥想远方的一场雪
- 相识于八月
- 梦已千年
- 虞兮虞兮
- 化境
- 葡萄
- 题一位朋友的儿时照片
- 给J
- 与一滴雨的邂逅
- 九月的鸽子
- 血燕啼归
- 桃花雨
- 千面狐
- 最黑的精华
- 零时对话
- 选择
- 丁香花开了
- 暗恋桃花源
- 梦呓
- 第三辑
- 体内的玻璃
- 打点狼藉
- 心劫（组诗）
- 沉重的对弈：两手间
- 沉痛的对望：两性间
- 沉默的对话：两代间
- 撕裂
- 角色的天空
- 独守一份孤独
- 习惯
- 王的盛宴（组诗）
- 江东子弟
- 比武
- 喀纳斯湖
- 茶马古道
- 黑骏马
- 秋
- 英雄
- 异乡
- 困兽
- 毒药
- 窒息
- 一月
- 三月
- 盛夏里的向日葵
- 第四辑
- 南橘北枳
- 新年献词：闭门造车
- 春色
- 心魔
- 海枯石烂
- 魅
- 躲进一个词
- 深度无眠
- 深夜祈祷
- 静夜思
- 深夜醒来独观黑暗
- 餐桌上一只鹤的起飞
- 桃花传说（组诗）
- 午后入定
- 假日午后
- 寻找生命的栖息地
- 雪景
- 赛里木湖
- 静默之时的一种想象
- 雨在远方
- 雨在冬夜
- 冬季到台北来看雨
- 今夜无雨，坐听雨
- 红酒
- 撤退
- 松赞林寺
- 总想静坐于一棵树下
- 天外之天
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About the author
Chen Zhiyun is a Chinese poet about whom little public information is available. Only one work by this author, Before Dusk, is known, and it is commonly classified under classical poetry. That classification suggests a style rooted in the language and lyrical conventions of classical verse, favoring compressed lines and carefully built atmosphere rather than extended narrative. The title Before Dusk points to the moment just before sunset, a subject that often involves close attention to the passage of time and the shifting of scenery, and carries a tone of quiet observation and reflection. Because basic details such as biography, birthplace, and period of activity cannot be confirmed, the author's place in literary history remains difficult to assess. Readers may do better to turn directly to the text and attend to its rhythm, imagery, and mood. This entry is based only on the material currently on file and will be revised as further information becomes available.
