Tang poetry and Song Ci are the two peaks in the history of Chinese literature, which can be called the double bibi of classical Chinese literature. "Poetry reaches the Tang Dynasty and all the bodies are prepared, and all the laws are complete, so those who are called poets must regard the Tang people as the standard." Tang poetry is the essence of the development of classical poetry art to the Tang Dynasty, with a wide range of themes, diverse styles, and endless masterpieces, representing the highest achievements of Tang Dynasty literature. The word was born in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the five generations, and developed and matured in the Song Dynasty. As the crown of word literature, Song Ci has achieved a literary status independent of poetry, and because of its unique aesthetic characteristics, it has many fans no less than Tang poetry. Tang poetry and Song ci go hand in hand and lead the way, not only in the history of literature twin peaks stand together, but also represent the model of "literature of a generation", becoming the cultural business card of Tang and Song and even ancient China.
"Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci" are known as "Quan", which can be called a collection of Tang poems and Song Ci, and the two huge works are respectively a compilation of Tang Dynasty poems and Song Dynasty poems, and 50,000 Tang poems and 20,000 Song poems are collected. With this "whole book" in hand, readers can not only appreciate the complete style of Tang poetry and Song poetry, but also be able to grasp their elite and understand their origins. It can be said that since the completion of these two collections, these two collections have been an indispensable foundation for poetry lovers and researchers, and have become the classics of classical literature.
The compilation of quan tang poems and quan song ci into a book
The compilation of Tang poems and Song ci collections has gone through different histories, but they have condensed the painstaking efforts of generations of scholars.
The Quan Tang Poems is a collection of official Tang poems during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, which was presided over by Cao Yin (Cao Xueqin's grandfather), who was then a weaver in Jiangning, on the orders of the Kangxi Emperor, and compiled by ten Hanlins, including Peng Dingqiu and Yang Zhongne, who had retired to Yangzhou at that time. The book was first compiled in March of the forty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1705) and was completed in October of the following year. In the forty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1707), it was printed in the Yangzhou Poetry Bureau.
As a recognized classic, Tang poetry had a variety of collections during the Tang and Song dynasties, but they were not complete enough, and from the Ming Hu Zhenheng's "Tang Yin Tongzhi" and the early Qing Dynasty Ji Zhenyi's "Tang Poems", there was a relatively wide collection of Tang poems. The compilation of the Quan Tang Poems is based on these two books, and uses the Collection of Tang poems collected by the Inner House to participate in the school, and also collects the fragments of stele, broken pillars, barnyard history, and miscellaneous books, and picks up the missing ones. "The elite of the poets of the Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty, the Salty Harvest, is gathered in one compilation." The whole book is well prepared, the righteous examples are rigorous, and the proofreading is thorough. It inherits the results of various previous Compilations of Tang poems, and on this basis, it has collected poems that have been compiled in the collection or broken sentences for more than three hundred years in the Fifth Tang Dynasty, which is the largest, most complete and most influential one in the total collection of poems compiled by the ancients.
"All Song Ci" was compiled by Mr. Tang Guizhang (1901-1990), a famous contemporary lexicographer and "lexicographer". The compilation of song poetry collections began as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, and the compilation of the Quan Song Ci was mainly based on the single-line word collection, the collection of inscriptions and the Song ci anthology of the Song and Yuan dynasties. On the basis of synthesizing the engravings of various families, Mr. Tang searched extensively, and all the words and works attached to the Song Anthologies, selected by the Song people's words, and contained in the Song people's notes were all recorded together, and the words contained in the books such as the Book of Classes, Fang Zhi, JinShi, Inscriptions, and Huamu Genealogy were collected in one place and compiled into the "Whole Song Ci". It was published in Changsha in 1940 by the Commercial Press. Later, the book was adapted and supplemented by the author, proofread and broken sentences, and ordered and processed by Mr. Wang Zhongwen (the second son of Wang Guowei), and reprinted and published by the Zhonghua Book Company in 1965. "Quan Song Ci" is another literary masterpiece after "Quan Tang Poems", filling a major gap in the study of Song Ci for hundreds of years.
Zhonghua Bookstore Edition of Quan Tang Poetry and Quan Song Ci:
An authoritative reading of Tang poems and Song poems
Due to the hasty compilation of the Qing Dynasty official revision of the "Quan Tang Poems", there were many omissions such as erroneous collection and omission, re-publication of writers' works, small biographies and minor annotations, and improper editing; it was urgent to revise and add to them and reprint them. Zhonghua Bookstore edition of "Quan Tang Poems" (all 25 volumes), according to the Yangzhou Poetry Bureau carved this school point, collected more than 48,900 poems, more than 2,200 authors, a total of 900 volumes. The first list of poems such as imperial concubines and kings of the clan; the second is the poet of the dynasties, arranged sequentially according to the times, with a biography of the author; the hall is based on joint sentences, yi sentences, celebrities, monks, foreign, immortals, ghosts, humors and miscellaneous bodies; and addenda and words are appended to the end. At the end of the book, there are three volumes of "Quan Tang Shiyi" compiled by Shangmaohe Shining in Japan. In addition to the addition of yi poems, the obvious errors in the original book were also corrected. The whole book is divided into volumes, preceded by volumes, authors' directories, and each fascicle is preceded by a Psalm table of contents for easy reference. Since its publication in 1960, it has been well received by poetry researchers and enthusiasts and has been popular for decades.
Quan Tang Poems (all 25 volumes)
The first edition of the Quan Song Ci was born during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and due to the limitations of the times and conditions, omissions and errors were inevitable. The Zhonghua Book Company's 1965 edition of Quan Song Ci (all 5 volumes) has greatly improved the materials and style of the old version: compared with the basic text, choose the good and follow the good, and replace the original base book; more than 240 poets have been added, and more than 1,400 words have been composed; the five Tang Dynasties and Jin Yuanming lyricists and works have been deleted; the characters of the people who have been re-examined and rewritten the small biography; the original arrangement of the first "emperor" and "clan room" and the hall has been adjusted, all of which are based on the author's outline and in the order of the times; and a number of appendices have been added Bibliography is cited at the front of the book, followed by an index of authors for easy inspection. The book contains more than 1330 song poets, more than 19900 lyrics, and more than 530 fragments. The new additions to this edition during the scheduling process are included in the appendix in the form of supplementary supplements. Later, the editors continued to revise and correct it as "Continuation of the Supplement", which was attached to the end of the 1979 reprint. The book is fully included, carefully examined, corrected the shortcomings of many predecessors, and is a collection of Song ci that tends to be perfect.
The Whole Song Ci (all five volumes)
Simplified horizontal updated version: more complete and easy to read
In order to make the basic literary classics more convenient for the majority of readers to read, the "Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci" were all changed to the simplified horizontal mode that modern readers are more accustomed to when they are updated and reprinted. At the same time, the new edition of printing is clearer, the typesetting is more generous and beautiful, whether it is used for research, reading or collection, the new edition of "Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci" are excellent choices.
After the release of the schoolbooks "Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci", the compilation and revision of "Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci" by scholars is still continuing, and the latest achievements are concentrated in the updated version.
In 1982, the Zhonghua Book Company compiled Mr. Wang Chongmin's "Supplementary Tang Poems" and "Supplementary Tang Poetry Collection", Mr. Sun Wang's "Quan Tang Poetry Supplement", and Mr. Tong Yangnian's "Quan Tang Poetry Continued Supplement" into "Quan Tang Poetry External Edition" and published it. Later, Mr. Chen Shangjun made a comprehensive revision and renewal of this, adding more than 800 authors and more than 4600 yi poems. In 1992, the Zhonghua Book Company published the compilation and revision of works by Wang, Sun, Tong, Chen and others under the name of "Supplement to the Poetry of the Whole Tang Dynasty". The revised edition of Quan Tang Poems (all 15 volumes) is based on the previous edition of Quan Tang Poems, which lists all the Supplements to Quan Tang Poems after the book, and attaches the "Index of Authors of Quan Tang Poems" at the end of the book, showing a more perfect and complete new look.
Quan Tang Poems (Revised Simplified Version) (all fifteen volumes)
The revision work of the revised edition of quan song ci (all 5 volumes) is mainly as follows: first, the errors in typography, punctuation, and base text in the appendix to the original book, the errors in typographical, punctuation, and the last book, as well as the addition of minor biographies and new words, are included in the corresponding positions of the main compilation; second, the errors in the original book are corrected; third, the book "The Supplement to the Whole Song Ci" (Zhonghua Bookstore 1981 edition) compiled by Mr. Kong Fanli from the Ming codex "Shiyuan" and other books is re-edited and included in the main compilation of this book. A total of more than 430 supplements were added. Compared with the previous book, the revised edition of "All Song Ci" is more complete, the examination is more accurate, and there has been great progress in all aspects.
The Whole Song Dynasty (Revised Simplified Version) (all five volumes)
The revised and reprinted "Quan Tang Poems" and "Quan Song Ci" revised and reprinted editions have been significantly improved in terms of both the collection of materials and the overall quality, and the layout has also been updated, making the book more beautiful. The revised editions of Quan Tang Poems and Quan Song Ci are the most "complete" collections of Tang poems and Song ci so far, and are convenient to read and retrieve to the greatest extent, which will provide greater convenience for the majority of readers to appreciate and study classical poetry. For lovers of Tang poetry and Song poetry, it is undoubtedly a fine masterpiece worth hiding at home and reading from time to time.
(Co-ordinator: Lu Quan; Editor: Si Qi)