Classical poems are an integral part ofChinese culture. The poems have beenmemorized， savoured and handed downfrom one generation to the next. Famouslines are quoted frequently in both daily lifeconversations and official speeches.Shi and Ci， though both classical Chinesepoems， are different in many ways. Thisvolume focuses on Ci. Some of the mostwell-known Ci poems， mostly from the SongDynasty （960-1279）， are presented in thisbook.The unique bilingual format captures thecadence and the spirit of each poem. Thehanyu pinyin to all Chinese charactersmakes it possible for people who cannotread Chinese language can also appreciatethe poems. The author explains the poemsin such a way that you will find readingclassical Chinese poems can be easy andfun. Enjoy the book！
作者簡介
Li Lienfung was born and raised inShanghai， and educated in the USA?。∕ills College and Cornell University）. Her professional life was spent as a chemist inThailand， and it was only when sheretired in Singapore that shereverted to her first love - Chineseliterature. Completely fluent inEnglish and Chinese， her bilingualcolumns ran for decades in various newspapers in Singapore.
圖書目錄
1 The Rules for Composing Ci 2 Say it with the Correct Tone 3 The Poet King Li Yu(李煜)and His Father 4 Li Yu(李煜)：Poems by a Prisoner 5 Liu Yong(柳永)，the Favourite of Cou~esans 6 Su Dongpo(蘇東坡)：了he Man Himself 7 “0【Memoriam” 8 “Escaping from Here” 9 Poems to His Brother from Su Dongpo(蘇東坡) 10 The PersonalityofSu Dongpo(蘇東坡) 11 Li Qingzhao(李清照)：Her Life 12“The Wind has Stopped” 13“The Evening Breeze” 14 Lu You(陸游)：“Wrong!Wrong!Wrong!” 15 ALove Poem 16 Poems by Chairman Mao
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