On Academic Value and Weaknesses ofSelected Works of Five-Character Regulated Verse in Tang Dynasty

Selected Works of Five-Character Regulated Verse in Tang Dynasty is selected and compiled by LI Cun. The book is charaterized by extensive topics and careful selection. It has 10 volumes and 903 five-character regulated poems. As a selected work of single style of five-character regulated verse in Tang Dynasty, the book has high academic value. In addition, it plays an important driving part in aspects of construction of poetic history, critics and literature. However, due to the compiler's negligence, the book exist some obvious weaknesses, such as the author's republication in the catalog, the phenomenon of confusion, and the wrong collection of works. The attention should be paid to this.