\tThe Qianjiashi \u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7 "Poems of one thousand writers" is an anthology of poems from the Tang \u5510 (618-907), Five Dynasties\u4e94\u4ee3 (907-960) and Song \u5b8b (960-1279) periods. The complete title of the collection is Fenmen leizuan Tang-Songshi xian qianjia shixuan \u5206\u95e8\u7e82\u7c7b\u5510\u5b8b\u65f6\u8d24\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7\u9009 "Selected poems of one thousand excellent authors from the Tang and Song periods, arranged in various categories". It was compiled by the Southern Song period \u5357\u5b8b (1127-1279) scholar Liu Kezhuang \u5218\u514b\u5e84. Following his scholarly style name, Houcun \u540e\u6751, the anthology is also called Houcun Qianjiashi \u540e\u6751\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7. It is 22 juan "scrolls" long and is divided into 14 chapters.<\/p>\n
\tThe Qianjiashi has been revised and newly arranged by Wang Xiang \u738b\u76f8 as Xinjuan wuyan qianjia shi \u65b0\u954c\u4e94\u8a00\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7, only including 84 poems with five-syllable verses (wuyan shi \u4e94\u8a00\u8bd7) written by 50 authors. Another extraction has been made by Xie Fangde \u8c22\u678b\u5f97 who only selected poems with seven-syllable verses (qiyan shi \u4e03\u8a00\u8bd7). His book is called Chongding qianjiashi \u91cd\u8ba2\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7 or Qiyan qianjiashi \u4e03\u8a00\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7 and was commented by Wang Xiang. It includes 140 poems of more than 80 writers (inlcuding two poems of Ming period \u660e [1368-1644] persons). Both books are 2 juan long, the first including short poems (jueju \u7edd\u53e5), the latter regular poems (lüshi \u5f8b\u8bd7).<\/p>\n
\tAnother version of the Qianjiashi also attributed to Xie Fangde, and the most common one, is 4 juan long, each juancorresponding to one chapter. The poems in this version are arranged in the categories five-syllable short poems (wuyan jueju \u4e94\u8a00\u7edd\u53e5), five-syllable regular poems (wuyan lüshi \u4e94\u8a00\u5f8b\u8bd7), seven-syllable short poems (qiyan jueju \u4e03\u8a00\u7edd\u53e5) and seven-syllable regular poems (qiyan lüshi \u4e03\u8a00\u5f8b\u8bd7). The greatest part of the poems has been written by Song period authors. The Qianjiashi has always been used as a textbook for elementary learning. In 1706 the Xie extract was printed by Cao Yin \u66f9\u5bc5, the first part including 85 short poems, the second part 38 regular poems.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tTogether with the textbooks Sanzijing \u4e09\u5b57\u7ecf "Three-characters classic" and Baijiaxing \u767e\u5bb6\u59d3 "Hundred family names", theQianjiashi was called the San-Bai-Qian \u4e09\u767e\u5343 "Three-and-hundred-and-thousand".<\/p>\n
\tThere is a supplement to the common Qianjiashi versions called Xiaoxue Qianjiashi \u5c0f\u5b66\u5343\u5bb6\u8bd7. It was compiled by a scholar called Qiyun shanren \u5bc4\u4e91\u5c71\u4eba "Mountain-dweller dispatching the clouds" or Liangqihaizhai xueren \u6881\u6eaa\u6d77\u658b\u5b66\u4eba "Scholar from the Hermitage of the bridges, creeks and the sea". A great part of the poems have been written by the compiler himself. The poems have a very simple nature and are apparently specially designed for elementary learning.<\/p>\n
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