- Overview
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It is a primer to Chinese poetry that explores the aesthetic principles of poetry through Chinese poetry.
- Book Intro
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It is a completely revised version of The Beauty of Chinese Poetry, which was published in 15 years after the publication of the first edition in 1996. The Beauty of Chinese Poetry, which was started from an essay on writing of Chinese poetry by ancient poets, has established itself as a primer to Chinese poetry that explains the world of Chinese poetry using plenty of cases and also, as an advanced educational book that interestingly shows the beauty of Chinese poetry's various forms and a content analysis thereof.
This book has become an open text that makes the two topics of Chinese poetry and aesthetics useful, interesting, and appreciative by deeply and broadly exploring the aesthetical principles of poetry through Chinese poetry, which were not easily accessible even by professional researchers. This book has opened up a new chapter of reading classics easily and conveniently. It brought a sense of modernity to Chinese poetry buried in the dust of records and offered the public a closer view.
The author Jung Min who was a vigorous thirty-six-year-old scholar at the time of the publication of the first edition rewrote almost all the sentences for the completely revised edition. Based on the results discovered from the studies made so far, the author rewrote some parts and added new ones. Above all, an unprecedented number of illustrations were added in the completely revised edition, allowing readers to realize the connection of artistic tradition between poems and paintings.
- About the Author
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Jung Min
Jung Min (M) was born in Yeongdong, North Chungchung Province. He studied Korean Literature at Hanyang University and has continued on at his alma mater as a professor in the same department. He specializes in the knowledge management of intellectuals of the Joseon dynasty during the 18th century and images in Koreanology related to classic literature.
He has written books that describe the thoughts in ancient texts, including essay collections, The Sound of Reading Books and A Chinese Character Dictionary of Masters, and books that explore the beauty of Chinese poems, The Beauty of Chinese Poems and 300 Korean Poems in Classical Chinese. He has also written a book describing the poetic sentiments of Korean poems in classical Chinese about the four seasons, The Laughter of Flowers, and a Chinese poem introduction for children, Story of Chinese Poems with Jung Min. - Award
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