Poetry Criticism

23 books

The Critique of Poetry (Chinese Classic Poetry Talks) cover
Rating 4.4
The Critique of Poetry (Chinese Classic Poetry Talks) 钟嵘 / 李子广 Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 China's first monograph discussing five-character poetry, also known as Shiping (Poetry Critique), in three volumes. The book evaluates 122 poets from…
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Rating 4.3
Jade Dew from the Crane Forest 罗大经 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2026 A miscellany of notes from the Southern Song dynasty. Its contents center on discussion of current affairs, appraisal of poetry and prose, textual res…
Essays from the Pomegranate Study cover
Rating 3.6
Essays from the Pomegranate Study 曹旭 The Commercial Press · 2025 Shiliu Shuwu Suibi is divided into six sections: “Han-Wei Sketches,” “The Poetic Six Dynasties,” “Letters, History, and the Literary Mind,” “Prefaces …
Records of Talks on the Tang from the Sanyu Study cover
Rating 4.2
Records of Talks on the Tang from the Sanyu Study 查屏球 Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2025 San Yu Study Talks on Tang: Notes and Essays by Zha Pingqiu of Fudan University. The name "San Yu" comes from Sanyu Xu, the old name of his hometown. …
The Exiled Star's Discourses on Poetry cover
Rating 3.0
The Exiled Star's Discourses on Poetry 钱振锽 · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture has a long intellectual history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early though…
Duke Wen's Continued Remarks on Poetry cover
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Duke Wen's Continued Remarks on Poetry Sima Guang · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distin…
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Rating 2.3
Later Compilation of Poetry Talks 魏元旷 · 2024 Du Zuohang (Weiru) of Qingjiang, after being selected for office, was in mourning at home. In the bing-shen year of the Guangxu reign, when I went nor…
Poetry Talks from the High Studio cover
Rating 3.0
Poetry Talks from the High Studio 曾慥 · 2024 Zeng Zao (dates unknown), courtesy name Duanbo, self-styled Zhiyou Jushi, was a native of Jinjiang (present-day Quanzhou, Fujian). He was a younger co…
Han Gao Poetry Talks cover
Rating 2.7
Han Gao Poetry Talks Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early thought forms have distinctive features: religiou…
Supplement to the Critique of Poetry cover
Rating 3.6
Supplement to the Critique of Poetry 顾翰 · 2024 Imitating the twenty-four entries of Sikong Tu's Shipin, I wrote these; when Bokui saw them he laughed and said, "These are four-character-line poems.…
Classified Anecdotes of the Qing Dynasty (Volume 26): Literature cover
Rating 4.1
Classified Anecdotes of the Qing Dynasty (Volume 26): Literature 徐珂 · 2026 A compilation of anecdotes and hearsay from the Qing dynasty. Drawing on hundreds of Qing-era collected works, notebooks, and periodicals, the author …
Records of Dwelling in Ease (Upper Volume) cover
Rating 3.9
Records of Dwelling in Ease (Upper Volume) Wang Shizhen Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 Most of the content examines classical texts, comments on poetry, prose, and historical events, and also records current affairs and miscellaneous not…
Continued Records from the Banana Studio (Volume One) cover
Rating 3.6
Continued Records from the Banana Studio (Volume One) 方浚师 Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 The author of Jiaoxuan Suilu (Xulu) was a late Qing figure who served as an official for many years and was well versed in current affairs and governm…
A Poem Mourning Yuan Shuangqiu cover
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A Poem Mourning Yuan Shuangqiu Anonymous Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Mr. Yuan Shuangqiu of Tonglu was unrivaled in his own generation in literary culture and administrative conduct. During the Gengzi Incident, he submit…
Houshan's Remarks on Poetry - Song - Chen Shidao cover
Rating 4.1
Houshan's Remarks on Poetry - Song - Chen Shidao 陈师道 Bashu Publishing House · 2020 When the imperial army besieged Jinling, Xu Xuan, an envoy of the Tang, came to court. Xu Xuan boasted of his abilities and hoped to talk his way out …
A Hand Mirror for Classifying Types cover
Rating 3.4
A Hand Mirror for Classifying Types 释虚中 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Streams and Categories: A Hand Mirror, by Shi Xuzhong of the Tang Dynasty.
Brief Preface to the Jiangxi School of Poetry - Song - Liu Kezhuang cover
Rating 4.0
Brief Preface to the Jiangxi School of Poetry - Song - Liu Kezhuang 刘克庄 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2020 In the early years of the dynasty, poets such as Pan Lang and Wei Ye confined themselves strictly to the late-Tang manner, not daring to deviate a sin…
Rhymed Sayings of Yangqiu cover
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Rhymed Sayings of Yangqiu 葛立方 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 In the first year of Longxing, seven years after Changzhi was dismissed from the post of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the book Yunyu Ya…
Poetry Talks from the Small Qinghua Garden cover
Rating 3.3
Poetry Talks from the Small Qinghua Garden 王寿昌 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Completed during the Daoguang reign, Wang Shouchang's work is a highly theoretical and systematic collection of shihua (remarks on poetry). Though les…
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Sequel to the Complete Remarks on Tang Poetry Sun Tao Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2020 The Continued Compendium of Tang Poetry Remarks is a work of literary theory compiled by Sun Tao of the Qing dynasty.