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Poems on the 72 Views of the Summer Resort House Written by Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong

Author :  常亮 = Chang Liang

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Country
China
Publisher
中央民族大学出版社
ISBN 9787566018304
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 237 p
Categories Literature
Product Weight 414 gms.
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Chengde Mountain Resort is famous all over the world as the accompanying capital of the Qing Dynasty. Both emperors Kangxi and Qianlong had a close relationship with the Mountain Resort. In the 50th year of Kangxi (1711), Emperor Kangxi selected 36 scenic spots from the many scenic spots in the Mountain Resort. Inscribe the forehead with four characters, and write prefaces and poems one by one, thus achieving the famous summer resort Kangxi thirty-six sceneries and Kangxi thirty-six scene setting poems. In addition to the sceneries, thirty-six sceneries of Jiasheng were also selected, and each scene was inscribed with a seven-character quatrain. Together with the poems on the thirty-six sceneries of Kangxi, they are called the poems on the seventy-two sceneries of the Summer Resort. These seventy-two sceneries are inscribed poems Some depict beautiful mountains and rivers, some praise national unity, some praise national unity, some record historical events, and some express personal feelings. They are valuable materials for understanding the formation and development of the prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong periods, and have certain appreciation value and historical value. . English Translation of Poems Inscribed on the Seventy-two Views of the Summer Resort in Kangxi and Qianlong is the translators first attempt to translate the poems inscribed on the seventy-two scenes in the Summer Resort of the Second Emperors of Kang and Qian into English. Historical knowledge such as the purpose and background of the Mountain Resort will also help foreign readers to fully experience the culture of the Mountain Resort through reading. At the same time, the English translation of the poems inscribed on the Seventy-two Views of the Summer Resort also helps to communicate the research and dialogue between domestic and foreign academic circles in the field of Qing history and Qing literature, which has certain academic value.

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