Qing shi hua 清詩話 [Qing Talks on Poetry].
Ten vols. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. title slips, orig. stitching. Shanghai: Yi xue shu ju 醫學書局, 1927.
A nice set of this work of poetry criticism, or shihua, from China’s last imperial dynasty. “Shih-hua 詩話 (talks on poetry) is a form of literary criticism that consists of a critic’s comments on various aspects of Chinese poetry. A comment may contain the original thoughts of the writer himself, or quotations from other critics, which are then criticized by the writer. It may be as short as one or two lines or as long as a page or more... More