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"Selected Works", also known as "Selected Works of Zhaoming", is the earliest extant collection of poems and essays in my country compiled by Xiao Tong, Prince Zhaoming of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. Since the Han and Wei dynasties, there have been an increasing number of special collections by literati, making it difficult for scholars to read them all, so a collection of selected and best literary collections has emerged. "Selected Works" is a comprehensive collection of selected poems and essays, including 764 works by 130 writers from the Zhou Dynasty to the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, as well as several anonymous authors. According to genre, it is divided into Fu, Shi, Sao, Qi, Zhao, Volume, Ling, Jiao, Wen (Ce Wen), Table, Letter, Thirty-eight categories include Kai, Tangshi, Jian, memorial, calligraphy, transfer, appeal, interrogation, essay, word, preface, ode, praise, Fu Ming, historical theory, historical narrative praise, theory, Lianzhu, proverb, inscription, elegance, lament, inscription, epitaph, line, condolence, memorial inscription, etc. Thirty-eight categories, among which Fu and poetry are divided into several sub-categories according to their themes. The works in each category are roughly listed in chronological order by the author. <Br>The selection of articles in "Selected Works" pays great attention to literary talent, and takes "things come from contemplation, and righteousness returns to Hanzao" (Xiao Tong's "Preface to Selected Works") as the main artistic standard. It records many parallel works, which concentrates the main essence of literature in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. It is praised by the "Sikuquanshu General Catalog" as "the balance of articles and the source of works". "Selected Works" is rich in content and carefully selected. Many famous articles rely on "Selected Works" to survive to this day, so it has important documentary value. The poems and articles recorded in "Selected Works" have become models for later generations to learn writing and have a profound influence on later literary creations. The literary and cultural thoughts reflected in "Selected Works" have many values ​​in literary criticism, stylistic theory, rhetoric, etc. "Selected Works" is the first of the collections, and its compilation style has exemplary significance for future generations of literary collections. "Selected Works" retains a large number of language materials from the pre-Tang Dynasty and has important linguistic and philological value. "Selected Works" was once a must-read textbook for imperial examination scholars, and has research value in the history of education and imperial examinations. <Br>"Selected Works" was originally thirty volumes, and the original version was annotated by Li Shan of the Tang Dynasty and was analyzed into sixty volumes. The original text of the "Chinese Classics Complete Annotations and Translation Series·Selected Works" published this time is based on the "Selected Works" annotated by Li Shan of Song Dynasty, which was photocopied by Hu Kejia of the Qing Dynasty in 1977 by Zhonghua Book Company. It is also collated with other editions. Each work has a title and an introduction by the author, and is annotated and translated in paragraphs to facilitate the reading and understanding of ordinary readers. There are six volumes in total, and each volume is one volume. There is a general catalog at the front of the book, and each volume has a catalog of sub-volume titles. At the end of the book, there is an index of the authors of "Selected Works" and an index of "Selected Works" titles arranged in phonetic order for easy retrieval. <Br><div><br></div>