辛弃疾集

by 刘乃昌 (Editor)

刘乃昌，山东大学文学院教授，山东省古典文学研究会第一届副会长，中国李清照辛弃疾学会原会长。

全书分为前言、词选、诗选、文选共四部分，其中文选含《美芹十论》、《九议》、《新居上梁文》、《祭陈同父文》。

274 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[Qing Wang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Five stars for the collection, three stars for the commentary, that's how it got a four-star rating.

This collection has mainly two parts, one is the poems, the other is the essays. While the poems revealed a lot about the poet's more personal thinking and private life, and more appealing and enduring, the essays showed the serious arguments when it comes to persuading those in power to fight vigorously and get back what had been lost to the invaders. That's the merit of the poet which I had only heard about before.

On the other hand it makes me wonder about the traditional ideal handed down from Confucius. Would it be better, both for the poet and for the people at the time, to have an alternative choice instead of putting all hopes on the ruler and remaining loyal to him no matter what?

九议。其九

独患天下有恢复之理而难为恢复之言。盖一人醒而九人醉，则醉者为醒而醒者为醉矣；十人愚而一人智，则智者为愚而愚者为智矣。不胜愚者之多而智者之寡也，故天下有恢复之理而难为恢复之言。