A Preliminary Study on the Manuscript of West Lake Poems Collection in Tianjin Library
The manuscript of West Lake Poems Collection in Tianjin Library mainly includes the poems related to West Lake by Zhejiang literati in the Qing Dynasty.These poems mostly focus on the scenery of West Lake,with vulgar and interesting lyrics,containing the charm of mountains and rivers and the essence of seclusion.There are many items that need to be clarified in this manuscript,such as"Kuan Nai"actually being"Ai Nai",and the editor is not Chen Zhilin.The manuscript is suspected to have been mistakenly edited into two different versions.This manu-script has literary value in preserving poetry,supplementing and compiling lost works,and comparing and proofreading.
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