Study On "Selected Poems Of Song Dynasty"

Selected Poems of Song Dynasty,edited by Wu Zhizhen, Lv Liuliang and Wu Zimu since Kang Xi two years to Kang Xi ten years, is the first large collection of poems and the most important anthology of song poetry in Qing dynasty.Selected Poems of Song Dynasty appears because of the trend of times and realization of subjective motivations.On one hand, this book, which has broken the rotten impression of Song dynasty, is seen as the response for the arguments between poetic thoughts. On the other hand, the true colors of the people and poems in Song dynasty are restored and the significance of poems in Song dynasty is rebuilt based on the theory in this book, and the poems in Song dynasty became a powerful weapon to correct problems in the field of poems. The editors proposed their own poetric opinions as the main viewpoint of the book, including new oritentation of value, the development of poetics and aesthetic trends.The book of Selected Poems of Song Dynasty has influenced the field of poetrics in the early Qing dynasty, which contribute a lot to rise of poetrics of Song dynasty during the Kang Xi years. Since the publishment of this important book, reliable materials of poems of Song dynasty has been provided timely, and the learners of poems of Song dynasty has been guided to the right direction. What’s more, the studying enthusiasm for this book has been aroused. At the same time, since the appearance of Selected Poems of Song Dynasty, more poets have participated in the team of poems of Song dynasty, which has contributed to the development of literature, theory and practice in poetrics of Song dynasty in the Kang Xi years.This thesis focuses on the research of Selected Poems of Song Dynasty, discussing the purpose of the book, the editors’ poetric opinions and the influence of this book on the rising up of poems of Song dynasty during the Kang Xi years.