Introduction
Chapter One Choice Blossoms of Literature and Anthologies of Ancient Poetry and Prose
1.The Origins and Illustrations of Ancient Anthologies of Literature
2.From General Anthology of Poetry and Prose to Collection of Essays and Poems
3.Choice Blossoms of Literature and The Quintessence of the Tang Poetry and Prose
Chapter Two Choice Blossoms of Literature and General Anthologies of Poetry and Prose in the Tang Dynasty
1.The Contemporary Selections of the Tang Poetry
2.The Premodern Anthologies of the Tang Poetry
3.Brief Introduction to the General Anthologies of the Tang Prose
Chapter Three The Literary Documentary Value of Choice Blossoms of Literature
1.The Documentary Value of Choice Blossoms of Literature
2.The Collected Works of Fannan and the Evolution of the Parallel Prose
Chapter Four The Tang Poetry as a Model and the Trends of the Premodern Poems
1.The Song Poetry: Its Initial Imitation of the Tang Poetry and Its Eventual Departure
2.The Poetic Circles in the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties: The Growth and Decline of the Tang and Song Poetry
Chapter Five The Influence of the Tang-Song Prose on the Premodern Literary Circles
1.The Tang-Song Classical Prose Movements as a Continuum
2.A Debate on the Tang-Song Prose and the Qin-Han Prose, and Their Connection
Appendices
I.Bibliography
II.Glossary