Detailed Explanation of Ancient Chinese Literature with Color Pictures: 2 Volumes in Total

The editors of "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" first paid attention to literature. They did not include prose from "Shang Shu" and pre-Qin scholars. Instead, they selected 34 excellent articles from "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period". The accounts and discussions of these articles can be regarded as classics. The prose of the Han Dynasty focused on Sima Qian's "Historical Records", which was the most discerning. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the focus was on the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and as many as 78 essays were selected. This was also out of the deep intention of "selecting the masters of ancient prose", which was extremely beneficial to later generations of scholars. The Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties are all masters of ancient prose who can inherit the excellent literary traditions of the pre-Qin scholars, the Han Dynasty, and the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Their styles are also colorful, and their article genres are also various and can be regarded as models. Although the editor pays attention to highlighting the key points, he also takes into account the famous writers and famous works of the past dynasties. The whole book has become an excellent comprehensive collection of prose from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, so that readers can completely and systematically learn the essence of Chinese prose in the past dynasties.