Speaking of Tang poetry, many people may clap their chests and say: I have recited it since I was a child! "The thread in the hand of a kind mother makes clothes for her wayward child's body", "When a young man leaves home, the old man returns to his local accent, and the local accent has not changed", "Where were those past times before me? Behind me, are the future generations? " …
Tang poetry is the pinnacle of China's classical poetry. It not only marks the maturity of classical poetry, but also inherits the Han and Wei folk songs and Yuefu traditions. It also created a new situation and developed the artistic form of classical poetry to a new height.
However, do you really know 300 Tang poems?
Let me ask you something:
"Who is the editor of Three Hundred Tang Poems? What is his real name? "
"Among the numerous versions of 300 Tang poems, which version has the best annotation?"
"There are more than 48,000 Tang poems, why only 300?"
I will immediately send these three questions to the group to see how much the group members know about Tang poetry.
To be honest, I think improvisation is a master's degree. Not only do I know that the editor of 300 Tang Poems is called Judge Heng Tang, but I also know clearly the first and last two poems. I am definitely a lover of classical poetry. Do you have any wood?
As a high school teacher, although I don't teach Chinese, I have been reciting 300 Tang poems since I was a child, and I also have several versions of Tang poems in my family. Classical poetry is often used as the material when practicing calligraphy, but it is a shame to pay little attention to edition information such as editors and annotators.
The Chinese Poetry Conference, which just ended not long ago, once again attracted the public's attention to classical poetry. At this grand event, Wu Yishu's wonderful performance and final victory satisfied everyone's beautiful imagination of talented women, which was really enjoyable.
But behind this poetry feast, it is a true portrayal of "one minute on stage, ten years off stage" and "taking pride in poetry books"
There are more than 100 kinds of anthologies of Tang poems compiled in past dynasties, among which the most influential and vital one is 300 Poems of Tang Poems compiled and annotated in "The Interpretation of Constant Tang Dynasty", which is a classic of Tang poetry enlightenment.
As "The Inferior of the Constant Tang Dynasty" said in the preface: "As for the most popular works in Tang poetry, choose the most important ones, each with dozens of poems and 300 poems, and record them into a series, which is a textbook for family houses and children, and cannot be discarded from scratch." Whether young children, Whitehead, Xiaobai or old drivers are excellent reference books for learning Tang poetry.
The personal prestige of the editor of Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty is not comparable to that of Wang Anshi, editor of Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty, or Wang Shizhen, editor of Samadhi Collection of Tang Xian. Even many people don't know his name, but this doesn't affect the "300 Tang Poems" to become a well-known classic.
Three hundred Tang Poems is a masterpiece of Jin in his later years, which was authorized by Houlang and published by Beijing United Publishing Company. Compared with the previous version, it has the following characteristics:
Considering the life of Sun Zhu (1711-1778), not many people know about it, so I attach the life records recorded in Liang Lu of Guangxu, Qing Gu, and Records of Confucian Scholars' Words and Actions by Dou Zhen.
For example, Wang Wei, an idyllic landscape poet, mainly writes landscape poems, but among the 300 Tang poems, his Yuefu poems "Luoyang Galand" and "Old General" also exist.
For example, in Cen Can's poem "With Gao Shi and Xue Ju Deng Ci 'en Temple Tower", when introducing the author before the poem, in order to highlight the author's lonely and cold ideal, he quoted two sentences from another poem "The West Pavilion of Yinshan Bridge": "If a husband does not pay his debts, he can leave his pen and inkstone all day."
For readers, this can not only understand the author's life character and background of the times, but also expand the reading of his other works as needed.
For example, in the postscript of the second edition, Shen Quanqi's Miscellaneous Poems, as well as the place names annotations of Huanglong garrison and Longcheng, refer to China Place Names Dictionary, Cihai, Geography of Sui Shu and Geography of Tang Dynasty, and prove the authenticity of ancient and modern place names through various inferences and textual research. It can be seen that Jin Lao did not rush to a conclusion or spread it around, but gave many opinions for readers' reference.
In a word, among the numerous versions of 300 Tang Poems, the golden annotated version is the "best version".
It is not only detailed in content, but also expanded in depth and breadth. Combined with the author's life and background of the times, readers can understand Tang poetry in all directions.
If you like the classical culture of China as much as I do, you might as well start reading the book 300 Tang Poems.
"Read 300 Tang poems by heart, and you can recite them even if you can't." After reading them, you will find the beauty of Tang poetry.
When you meet the person you like, you will no longer just say "I love you" or "I want to give you the excellent DNA of my ancestors", but say "We want to fly in heaven, two birds become one and grow together on the earth, two branches of a tree." .
When you see snow in the sky, you don't just say "God is sprinkling salt", but use "If the catkins are not because of the wind".
Digging into the beauty of Tang poetry, you will find that life is no longer white walls and black tiles, but closer to nature, and life will be more poetic if the original color and temperature of life are found back.
Live a "poetic heart", and you will be more calm, comfortable and free and easy!