A Tentative Discussion on Poetic Anthology of Individual Poets in Ming and Qing Dynasties

Culture highly prospered in Ming and Qing Dynasties,and poetic anthologies by individual poets were published in great amount,Relevant studies show that more than tens of thousands of poetic anthologies by individual poets got published.The prosperity of individual publication is directly resulted from the importance attached by the two dynasties to the imperial examination and education.Today,the valuable anthologies of individual poets that have survived all the natural and social disasters of the past several hundreds years have become the most important first-hand documents in the studies of Ming and Qing societies and scholars.A selection of the prominent ones from the huge pile,along with some of the major research accomplishments of the present time,will present to readers a fairly thorough and clear picture of the anthologies of individual poets,and be of convenience for further studies.