List of Chinese poetry anthologies

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This is a list of Chinese poetry anthologies or collections, referring to those poetry anthologies which contain collections of poems written in Classical Chinese or Modern Chinese, and generally containing works by various authors, known or anonymous. In some cases, the anthologies are part of a lineage or tradition, building on the work of former collections. The "classic" collection was the Shijing ("Book of Songs", or "Odes"), traditionally believed to have been chosen by Confucius out of thousands gathered by royal order. The idea that the selection was based upon moral order became a strong influence on later anthologies. Similarly, the number 300, or 305, became canonical. Chinese literary tradition has long tradition of continuity, demonstrated in poetry anthologies.

This is a list of Chinese poetry anthologies. The list is variously sortable by clicking on the radio buttons (up-and-down arrows/triangles) in the column-headers.

English version(s) title(s)	Original (or earliest known) title	Anthologist/editor(s)	Publication dynasty and dates	Collected poem era	Poem count	Alternative names	Comments
Classic of Poetry (Shijing)	詩經	Confucius (traditionally)	c. Before 6th century BCE	Pre-modern dynastic (11th to 7th centuries BCE)	305	Chinese: 诗经; pinyin: Shījīng; Wade–Giles: Shih-ching	Collected from various pre-unification states
Verses of Chu (Chu Ci)	楚辭	Wang Yi (latest of modern version)	Han dynasty 206 BCE – 220 CE	Before 159 CE	See List of Chuci contents	simplified Chinese: 楚辞; pinyin: Chǔ Cí; Wade–Giles: Ch'u Tz'u; EFEO: Tch'ou-ts'eu	17 sections. From ancient state of Chu, or imitations
Nineteen Old Poems	古詩十九首	anonymous	about 520 CE	probably Han poetry and maybe Jian'an poetry or early Six Dynasties poetry	19	Chinese: 古诗十九首; pinyin: Gǔshī Shíjiǔ Shǒu	Gushi classic
Midnight Songs (or, Tzu-yeh Songs)	子夜歌	anonymous	4th century CE	Six Dynasties poetry	?	Chinese: 子夜歌; pinyin: zǐyè gē	Also known as "Tzu-yeh Songs". Traditionally attributed to "Lady Midnight" (子夜)
New Songs from the Jade Terrace	玉臺新詠	Xu Ling (徐陵, Xú Líng, 507 to 583)	Six Dynasties poetry (c. mid-6th century)	Six Dynasties poetry	?	Chinese: 玉台新咏; pinyin: Yùtái Xīnyǒng	Term "Jade Terrace" refers to apartments of upper-class woman confinement.
Complete Tang Poems	全唐詩	Cao Yin (lead editor)	Commissioned 1705 (Qing dynasty)	Tang poetry, 618 to 907	approx. 49,000	Chinese: 全唐詩; pinyin: Quán Tángshī	Sponsored by the Kangxi Emperor
Three Hundred Tang Poems	唐詩三百首	Sun Zhu (1722–1778)	approx. 1763, Qing dynasty	Tang poetry, 618 to 907	305 (standard)	Chinese: 唐诗三百首; pinyin: Tángshī sānbái shǒuh	various editions published
Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion	蘭亭集	?	353 CE (Six Dynasties poetry)	353 CE (Six Dynasties poetry)	?		Has famous preface ("Lantingji Xu")
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature	same	Joseph S. M. Lau/Howard Goldblatt	1995	Modern Chinese literature	?	?	published by Columbia University in New York City, New York, United States

Many alternate title translations exist, many well-known. For example, Book of Songs and Book of Odes.
Alternate title translations include The Songs of the South.
Publication date in Wen Xuan, attributed to Xiao Tong
Also known as Hengtang Tuishi (衡塘退士, "Retired Master of Hengtang")

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v t e Chinese poetry
Major eras	Classical Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry
Poetry by dynasty	Han poetry Jian'an poetry Six Dynasties poetry Tang poetry Song poetry Yuan poetry Ming poetry Qing poetry
Poetry works and collections	Classic of Poetry Chu Ci New Songs from the Jade Terrace Nineteen Old Poems Poems of a Thousand Masters Complete Tang Poems Three Hundred Tang Poems Wangchuan ji Wen Xuan Zhuying ji
Major forms	Antithetical couplet ci fu shi qu yuefu
Individual poems list	Chinese poems (category list) List of poems (article)
Modern compilations	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
Regional styles	Cantonese poetry

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