The Collation And Research Of Wu Jiangxue's Poetry

Wu Jiangxue was an eminent female poet of Qing Dynasty in Yongkang Zhejiang. Since childhood, she was proficient in melody, writing and drawing. She is a pretty woman, but when she was 24, her husband was dead. And also she has suffered from the war. In order to save the people in her hometown, she was forced to marry an influential official. When she walked to Sanshili cliff, in order to preserve her chastity, she jumped to die. She left Liuyi LouGao, Lvhua Cao, the two volumes poems and a picture of the Huiwen Zhizi Jingbo Tu. Wu Jiangxue's poetry has been engraved and has been passed down by later generations. And in order to praise her deeds, the celebrity have writen preface and postscript for her. There is no a system of researching and finishing on her deeds and poetry, though sever scholars have been made some comments on her poetry.In view of this, this article consists of four parts:1. Wu Jiangxue's deeds. This section details the life experiences of Wu Jiangxue, her social intercourse, remain a widow and martyrdom stories, as well as its literary creation of the situation.2. The edition and publication of Wu Jiangxue's poetry. This part is sort out the origins of clear relationship between each version. Particularly in the light of various procedures, postscript, and the original manuscripts of the early edition of the real situation, this is the major and difficulty of the topic.3. Wu Jiangxue's poetry collation. This part provides a reliable version of Wu Jiangxue's poetry for other scholars by punctuating, comparing, collating for Wu Jiangxue's poetry.4.The ancient literature (preface, postscript, praise, assessment) compile. This part is the compilation of the relevant literature, which is wrote by the masters, we hope it will be useful to the other people who is interested in this topic.