A Study On The Ming Shi Ji Shi By Chen Tian

Among the most influential collections of Ming poems,Ming Shi Ji Shi(明诗纪事)compiled and published by Chen Tian in the late Qing Dynasty is the last one.The two most influential poems in the history of the Ming Dynasty’s poetry circulation in the past hundreds of years are Lie Chao Shi Ji(列朝诗集)written by Qian Qianyi and Ming Shi Zong(明诗综)written by Zhu Yizun.Compared with the works of Qian and Zhu,Chen Tian’s compilation work not only supplements errors,but also seeks breakthroughs.He has made great achievements in compilation style,literature collection and poetic criticism.As a work titled“Shi Ji Shi(诗纪事)”,Ming Shi Ji Shi(明诗纪事)not only follows the style of formed by previous generations,takes time as the order,and takes people as the object,but also arranges biographies,chronicles,reviews and poems in order..It also sets up a unique volume structure,in the use of celestial stem,which divided the collections into ten parts,showing the stages of Ming Poetry and outlines the main poets and poetry in each period.And each part has several notes interspersed in the content,such as textual research,supplements and comments,which show the compilation purport,literature skills and poetic vision of the selectors.Literature collection of Ming Shi Ji Shi(明诗纪事)benefits from Chen Tian’s excellent collection of books of Tingshi Study.Chen Tian’s collection not only involves four parts like the Si Ku Quan Shu(四库全书),but also emphasizes Ming poetry,which provides a good literature basis for compiling Ming poetry collections.Most of the parts of Ming Shi Ji Shi(明诗纪事)show the characteristics of extensive literature collection:providing biographies,chronicles and comments with rich historical materials,from books such as historical books,notes,local chronicles and poems collected over the years,and from rare and good books of diligent collection of Ming Poetry.Ming Shi Ji Shi(明诗纪事)strives to emerge from its own eyes in poetic criticism,objectively and impartially presenting a complete picture of the Ming Dynasty’s poetry,which is not influenced by the current theory and has its own independent judgment.Whether in the early Ming or late Ming Dynasty,the mainstream poets or poets with personality,the leaders of the poetry circle or the nameless ones,all of them give a comprehensive consideration.They neither speak in vain nor slander extremely,and their opinions are fairly reasonable.