A glimpse of ancient literature in China collected 222 articles from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, with a total volume of 12, mainly collecting prose and taking parallel prose. The title "Guanzhi" implies that all the books selected in this book are excellent works and perfect articles that people can read.
The ancient prose selected in this book is mainly prose, and both verse and parallel prose are accepted. Zuo Zhuan in the pre-Qin period was selected the most, and Historical Records in the Han Dynasty and articles by Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi in the Tang and Song Dynasties were selected the most. According to the style, the book selects thirteen rhymes.
Such as Chu Ci Bu Ju, Tao Yuanming's Qu Xi Ci, and Du Mu's Afanggong Fu. These works are "extremely beautiful and poor". Although rhyme is used in description, it is different from poetry, and rhyme is often combined with prose to enhance the beauty of sound and emotion. Prose means taking notes, telling fables and so on.
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The articles included in China Ancient Literature are excellent works with a long history, narrative theory, lyrical description and persistence in things. Are well-known masterpieces of past dynasties. Since their publication, they have been used as textbooks for family education and compiled by several families. The so-called view is that there is this spring, and the rest of the selections are insufficient.
Guan Zhi of Ancient Chinese Literature is a classic anthology of ancient Chinese literature. In the spirit of enduring, we strive to make it into three works of various cultures that combine literature, art and knowledge, so as to meet the reading needs of modern readers, improve their ability to learn and understand ancient Chinese, and fully absorb the essence of China's classical culture.
Secondly, Wu's choice of prose before the Qing Dynasty was obviously biased, emphasizing the prose of the Tang and Song Dynasties in the pre-Qin Dynasty and neglecting the prose of the Ming Dynasty in the Jin and Six Dynasties. This kind of emphasis on light not only has the subjective consciousness of two things, but also accords with the general situation of prose before elimination. "Ancient prose view" absorbed the achievements of predecessors (such as Jin Shengtan), and most of the selected works were excellent.
Baidu Encyclopedia-China's View of Ancient Literature