Historical Lament

9 books

Shenzhai Ci cover
Rating 3.8
Shenzhai Ci 王千秋 · 2025 The author, Wang Qianqiu, courtesy name Xilao, style name Shenzhai, was a ci poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. The artistic characteristics of his ci…
Gazing at Huaqing Palace at Dawn cover
Rating 3.0
Gazing at Huaqing Palace at Dawn Wang Jian Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long and enduring heritage, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early intel…
Five Poems in Praise of Five Gentlemen cover
Rating 3.0
Five Poems in Praise of Five Gentlemen 李赵公 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early…
Wei Zhuang: Who Says a Broken Heart Cannot Be Painted? cover
Rating 2.7
Wei Zhuang: Who Says a Broken Heart Cannot Be Painted? 唐婷婷 Hohai University Press · 2022 Wei Zhuang was a renowned poet and ci writer of the late Tang dynasty; his works span diverse subjects and are elegant and refined in style. This book…
Selected Northern Song Ci with Explanations cover
Rating 4.4
Selected Northern Song Ci with Explanations 俞陛云 · 2026 This is an appreciation of Song ci for beginners. The author selects works by Liu Yong, Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Qin Guan and other masters, cover…
Selected Southern Song Ci with Explanations cover
Rating 4.4
Selected Southern Song Ci with Explanations 俞陛云 · 2026 This is an appreciation of Song ci for beginners. The author selects works by Lu You, Fan Chengda, Xin Qiji, Jiang Kui, Wu Wenying and other masters, …
Hearing the Morning Horn at Guazhou cover
Rating 3.8
Hearing the Morning Horn at Guazhou 张祜 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Chu songs and jacket and trousers kept in order for three years; word of new favor from the throat and tongue descends from the ninth heaven. Drums an…
Remembering Chang'an on the Night of the Lantern Festival cover
Rating 3.3
Remembering Chang'an on the Night of the Lantern Festival 顾况 Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Gu Kuang (c. 727–c. 815), courtesy name Bunweng, style name Huayang Zhenyi (also said Huayang Zhenyin), self-styled Beiwen in old age, of Han ethnicit…
Collected Works of Wu Meicun cover
Rating 4.8
Collected Works of Wu Meicun 吴伟业 Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 By the late Song, poetry had already shown signs of decline; the Yuan and Ming produced few poets worthy of note, and only at the turn of the Ming–Qin…