Human Words (hardcover)
by Wang Guowei
About This Novel
"Human Words" is a work of literary criticism written by the famous Chinese studies master Wang Guowei. It was written in 1908-1909. It is Wang Guowei's review of old Chinese literature from a new perspective after receiving the baptism of Western aesthetic ideas. Published in "Journal of Chinese Culture", it is a famous work on poetry in modern China. "Appreciation of the Complete Works of Human Words" is a landmark work in Chinese classical literary criticism. As an epoch-making work in the history of China's development, the book has novel views, incisive arguments, and a self-contained system, embodying the literary and aesthetic thoughts of the famous scholar Wang Guowei. Each article is full of witty words and unique insights. It not only comments on the poetry works, but also comments on the life circumstances, gains and losses of the poets of the past generations. It can be described as a rare classic of Chinese studies and a masterpiece of aesthetics. The author Wang Guowei is even known as "the end of Chinese academics in the past three hundred years and the founder of academics in the past eighty years."
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