This two-volume set introduces the "Golden Age" of Tang poetry (618-907 A.D). In the first volume, the author analyses Tang poetry from different perspectives, before going on to introduce the prominent poets and poems of Tang poetry as well as key themes.

Lin Geng was a literary historian, a scholar in ancient Chinese literature, and a modern poet. He was a professor and doctoral supervisor of Peking University. His poetic and rational qualities interact in his writing and research, forming a distinct characteristic rarely seen in the literary world.

1 Chen Zi'ang and the Jian'an Spirit. 2 The High Tang Atmosphere. 3 Symbols at the Peak of the Tang Poetry. 4 How Did Landscape Poetry Come into Being?. 5 Language of the Tang Poetry. 6 Metrical Patterns of the Tang Poetry. 7 Vitality and New Prototypes of Poetry.

1 The Four Great Tang Poets. 2 The Poet Li Bai. 3 On Exaggeration in Li Bai's Poetry. 4 Starting with the Characteristics of the Tang poetry. 5 A Note on the Tang poetry. 6 A Note on Frontier Fortress Poetry. 7 Wang Zhihuan's "Song of Liangzhou". 8 On Liangzhou . 9 "Ancient Style: When a Millet is Sown in Spring". 10 Spring is Late, the Green Wild Graceful. 11 On a Poem by Xie Tiao. 12 On Yu Xin's "Zhaojun Left on the Emperor's Order". 13 In the Passes of Han under the Moon from Qin. 14 On Meng Haoran's "Passing by My Old Friend's Farmstead". 15 On Wang Wei's "Song of Weicheng". 16 On Wang Wei's "Farewell in the Mountain".