Ancient Poems in Textbooks

"This is a book we have been looking forward to, a good book worth recommending to children and introducing to parents. ——Wang Ning (senior professor at Beijing Normal University) His interpretation of classical poetry is precise, in-depth, vivid and lively. ——Kang Zhen (Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Beijing Normal University) Teacher Xie opened a window for the students with his professional and vivid interpretation, giving learning a different scenery. ——Yan Fang (Chief Director of CCTV's "Chinese Poetry Conference") Counting from ancient ballads, poetry has accompanied our lives. Poetry not only contains the beauty of words, but also contains rich cultural knowledge and beautiful moral personality. We often say that China is a country of poetry. In ancient China, it seemed that everyone memorized poetry, talked about poetry, wrote poetry, and used poetry. "If you don't learn poetry, you have nothing to say." For contemporary teenagers, poetry is also a window and a shortcut for understanding and learning national culture. Parents all want their children to become "poetry masters" who are "poetry-savvy". However, the greater the "poetry reserve", the higher the poetry accomplishment? Do children really understand common ancient poems that are memorized by heart? Do you really know the knowledge contained in the poems? Xie Yan, an associate professor at the School of Liberal Arts of Beijing Normal University and an expert in the proposition team of CCTV's "Chinese Poetry Conference", put forward new understandings based on his research on ancient poetry and observations on ancient poetry education. He believes that the more common poetry is, the easier it is to suffer from "aesthetic fatigue" and "cognitive fatigue". And these poems that make everyone feel "tired" are precisely the beautiful and basic parts of ancient Chinese poetry. Treating basic poetry lightly and rushing to learn more difficult works with more words will only result in "haste, waste". Therefore, children, parents, and teachers should attach great importance to those common poems and develop correct reading and thinking habits. Only then can they become "poetry masters" in the true sense. Based on this understanding, teacher Xie Yan selected 100 ancient poems based on the ancient poems in the "Primary School Chinese Textbooks compiled by the Ministry of Education". It is tailor-made to closely match the classroom learning of primary school students, and basically achieves "full coverage" of the ancient poetry that primary school students should master. The book is written based on the principle of "university standards, primary school interest; emphasizing knowledge and aesthetics; adapting to the shape of things and expanding flexibly; from easy to difficult, from shallow to deep". With profound professionalism and lively and humorous writing style, it presents a masterpiece of poetry interpretation for children.