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Shenzhai Ci
· 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
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
· 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?
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
· 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
· 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
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
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
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…