The Study On Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology Compiled By Gu SiLi

Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology compiled by Gu SiLi is the best-known and classic collection for poems of the Yuan Dynasty in the history of Chinese poetics. This book, regarded as the complete and comprehensive collection for classic poems of the Yuan Dynasty, was compiled with comprehensive material, proper selection, strict proof reading, brief and pertinent comments. The book consists of three sections. Section One is named Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology in which Chapters One to Three were compiled and edited by Gu Sili. The Further Collection for the Poems of the Yuan Dynasty written by Xi Shoupu and Xi Shichen and The Supplement to Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology with the preface title of Qian XiYan are also the most important sections of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology.Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology was edited according to the principle of grouping the poems in the order of poets; the poets of the Yuan Dynasty were arranged chronologically. And there is a biography for each of the poets following the poets'works. All the works were chosen according to the standards of grace and correctness, which not only represents the basic situation of poetry creation in the Yuan Dynasty but also offers the foundation and references for the study and popularity of poems in the Yuan Dynasty. The paper begins from the editorial background of the book and analyzes or discusses the autobiography, notes on the use of a book and comments of the poets. We study the unique characteristics of the book as Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology and carry out the meticulous and comprehensive analysis through three aspects like editorial and selecting background of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology, compiling process and characteristics, the value and influence of the poems selections so as to get the thorough and objective grasp and understanding of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology compiled by Gu SiliThe paper includes the introduction and the body part which is divided into three chapters.Introduction intends to indicate the research value on Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology as a selection, the characteristics of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology compiled by Gu Sili and its academic position in the documents selections on poems of the Yuan Dynasty, its current academic research condition, the goal that the paper wants to achieve, and the research value' on Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology.Chapter One analyses the background of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology complied by Gu Sili from two aspects:the subjective and the objective. First of all, the tradition of a cultural family stimulating Gu Sili's creative aspirations and his daily activities influencing the formation of his poetic thoughts are the subjective factors that affect the publishing of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology; secondly, in the early Qing Dynasty, the rulers'cultural policies and the developing needs of culture provide a market for the publishing of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology, objectively pushing forward and influencing its compiling speed and standards.Chapter Two introduces the process of publishing Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology and discusses compiling characteristics of this book. Firstly, a brief introduction is made about the publishing and edition characteristics of the three parts of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology; furthermore, from the perspective of anthology, the writer makes an analysis of its compiling style and selecting criteria by which Gu Sili's ideas of study on Yuan poetry are reflected and presents influences of cultural policies on selecting criteria.Chapter Three discusses and analyses influences and significances of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology from the value of anthology. Above all, as an anthology, Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology serves as a link between the past and the future. On the one hand. Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology surpasses Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology before the Qing Dynasty; on the other hand, it is the fine works of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology after the Qing Dynasty, and is the starting point of Yuan poetry's classification; moreover, from the perspective of literature and history, as important books and records in Yuan poetry documents and the forerunner of the study on Yuan poetry, Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology plays an important guiding role in Yuan poetry study later and represents the biggest achievement of Yuan poetry study in the Qing Dynasty; finally, the writer gives a brief description of disadvantages of Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology.Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology is of great value and of profound significance for its rich contents in which introduction of the writer, textual research and comments on works are made. Opinions on this book prove to be different, for no anthology has gained recognition from everyone. In the writer's opinion, despite inconsistency in selecting criteria and some mistakes in compiling, Yuan Dynasty Poetry Anthology is undoubtedly a classic Yuan poetry anthology with its significant value and far-reaching effects.