Zheng Zhenduo – författare

In One Who Is Filled With Knowledge Always Behaves With Elegance: A Brief History of Poems In Tang and Song Dynasties, author starts with the Yuefu poem of the Han and Tang dynasties and studies the development of poem. Based on the context of the middle and late Tang poem, the Five Dynasties poem, the words and variants found in Dunhuang Script, the Northern Song poem, and the Southern Song poem, author combs the process of the emergence, development, prosperity, and even the formation of a fixed style as a literary form. In each era, the author quotes a large number of works, uses graphic and precise language to clarify the differences in ethical styles in each period, what new developments the poem has achieved at the time, and what opportunities have developed, and presents readers a brief history of classical Chinese poetry.

This book summarizes major foreign archaeological discoveries from the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century in refined and popular language in the form of both pictures and texts. For example, the discovery and excavation process of important relics such as ancient Egypt, Babylon, and ancient Greece. This is one of the important works of Zheng Zhenduo in archaeology. The materials are detailed, clearly organized, and vivid, with strong academic significance and readability. In addition, the appendix of this book has added A Textual Research on the Mausoleums of the Six Dynasties of Jiankang Lanling, which enriches the content of this book. About 160 pictures are inserted into the book, many of which are very precious old photos.