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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 68-77.

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A New Terrain of Textual Research: On Xia Chengtao's Study on Jiang Kui's Ci-Poetry 

Guan Qin   

  1. Peking University (Beijing 100871, China)
  • Online:2016-05-25 Published:2017-09-29
  • About author:Guan Qin is an associate senior editor of Journal of Peking University (Beijing 100871, China), with research focus on literature and literary criticism in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Abstract: Prof. Xia Chengtao started his studies on ci-poetry in the late 1920s, with a focus on Jiang Kuia. Prof. Xia's remarkable contributions to Jiang Kui Studies include his final colloation of Jiang Kui's music for ci-poems, textual studies on various editions of Jiang Kui's works, and insightful examination and interpretation of Jiang Kui's poetic intent upon explorations into his life. His grand and detailed book Annotations to Jiang Baishi’s Ci-Poems in Chronological Order is a classic and model in ancient texts collation and research, and his methods opens a new terrain of textual criticism for 20th-century study on ci-poetry.

Key words: Xia Chengtao, Jiang Kui, Songs of Baishi the Taoist, music of Ci-Poems