List of Chinese poetry anthologies
This is a list of Chinese poetry anthologies or collections, referring to those poetry anthologies which contain collections of poems written in Classical Chinese or Modern Chinese, and generally containing works by various authors, known or anonymous. In some cases, the anthologies are part of a lineage or tradition, building on the work of former collections. The "classic" collection was the Shijing ("Book of Songs", or "Odes"), traditionally believed to have been chosen by Confucius out of thousands gathered by royal order. The idea that the selection was based upon moral order became a strong influence on later anthologies. Similarly, the number 300, or 305, became canonical. Chinese literary tradition has long tradition of continuity, demonstrated in poetry anthologies.
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English version(s) title(s) | Original (or earliest known) title | Anthologist/editor(s) | Publication dynasty and dates | Collected poem era | Poem count | Alternative names | Comments |
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Classic of Poetry (Shijing)[note 1] | Confucius (traditionally) | c. Before 6th century BCE | Pre-modern dynastic (11th to 7th centuries BCE) | 305 | Chinese: 诗经; pinyin: Shījīng; Wade–Giles: Shih1-ching1 | Collected from various pre-unification states | |
Verses of Chu (Chu Ci)[note 2] | Wang Yi (latest of modern version) | Han dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE | Before 159 CE | See List of Chuci contents | simplified Chinese: |
17 sections. From ancient state of Chu, or imitations | |
Nineteen Old Poems | anonymous | about 520 CE[note 3] | probably Han poetry and maybe Jian'an poetry or early Six Dynasties poetry | 19 | Chinese: |
Gushi classic | |
Midnight Songs (or, Tzu-yeh Songs) | anonymous | 4th century CE | Six Dynasties poetry | ? | Chinese: |
Also known as "Tzu-yeh Songs". Traditionally attributed to "Lady Midnight" ( | |
New Songs from the Jade Terrace | Xu Ling ( |
Six Dynasties poetry (c. mid-6th century) | Six Dynasties poetry | ? | Chinese: |
Term "Jade Terrace" refers to apartments of upper-class woman confinement. | |
Complete Tang Poems | Cao Yin (lead editor) | Commissioned 1705 (Qing dynasty) | Tang poetry, 618 to 907 | approx. 49,000 | Chinese: |
Sponsored by the Kangxi Emperor | |
Three Hundred Tang Poems | Sun Zhu (1722–1778) [note 4] | approx. 1763, Qing dynasty | Tang poetry, 618 to 907 | 305 (standard) | Chinese: |
various editions published | |
Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion | ? | 353 CE (Six Dynasties poetry) | 353 CE (Six Dynasties poetry) | ? | Has famous preface ("Lantingji Xu") | ||
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature | same | Joseph S. M. Lau/Howard Goldblatt | 1995 | Modern Chinese literature | ? | ? | published by Columbia University in New York City, New York, United States |
See also[edit]
General[edit]
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Chinese art
- Shi (poetry) (the Chinese term for poetry)
- Chinese literature
- Chinese classic texts
- List of national poetries
- Modern Chinese poetry
- Category:Chinese translators
Poetry works and collections[edit]
- Category:Chinese poetry collections
- Gao Bing
- List of Chuci contents
- List of Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
- Orchid Pavilion Gathering
- Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry
- Wangchuan ji
- Yan Yu (poetry theorist)