Featured Texts 4: Other collections of Chinese poetry

The fourth category we look at is poetry collections by individual Chinese poets, such as Bai Juyi (772-846), Han Yu (768-824) and Zongyuan (773-819). Watch Prof.Horikawa introduce 2 examples.

Keio University books introduced in the video:

1. Hakushi bunshū (Ch. Baishi wenji) (The collected works of Bai Juyi), Gen’na 4 (1618) old-movable-type
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2. Zhu Wengong jiao Changli xiansheng wenji (J. Shubunkōkō shōreisensei bunshū, The Collected Writings of Han Yu, Annotated by Zhu Xi), Yuan-period edition (some volumes from the Ming-period), 14th-15th c.
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3. Tang Song shi xian qian jia shi xuan (J. Tōsōjiken senkashisen, Selected Poems by One Thousand Excellent Poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties), Late Song-early Ming edition, second half of the 13th c.
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Keywords introduced in the video

• Heian period
• Zen
• Du Fu
• Liu Zongyuan
• Huang Tingjian
• Su Shi
• Jin
• encyclopedia
• Gozan-ban
• Xin xuanji

Share your findings

So far, we’ve reviewed four types of Chinese books based on Chinese works. What kind of role do you think these books played in the education of monks? Please share any interesting comments/findings in the comments area.