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Title:: Compilation of Remarks on Ci Poetry in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Motives, Types and Characteristics

Keywords:: remarks on ci poetry in the Ming and Qing dynasties; compilation motives; compilation types

Abstract:: In spite of great achievements made in the study of ci poetry in the Ming and Qing dynasties, no research has been done on the history of remarks on ci poetry in this period. Also, there are few studies on the compilation of these remarks. Motives for compiling remarks on ci poetry fall into 9 categories. Some compilers were motivated by collecting materials for conversations; some by providing documents for future generations; some by promoting a certain theory; some by teaching later generations how to compose ci poems; some by attracting public attention to their friends’ works; some by fame and wealth; some by doing academic researches on ci poetry; some by disseminating a certain literary idea; and some by publicizing the local culture of a certain prefecture or city. Different compiling motives give rise to different compiling types. Some compilers record what they have seen and heard or give their own understandings of ci poetry; some collect different kinds of literature on ci poetry; and some make adjustments to existing works on remarks on ci poetry.