今年七月间,我们收到郑自修先生赠送的《荆楚诗词大观》(续集),读后甚为惊喜。全书有1242页,作者1232人,收诗词6000余篇,是一部罕见的大型诗词总汇。这是郑先生在1992年以来,继续在荆楚大地上采风的新成果。1992年,郑先生以他惊人的魄力和毅力,倾其家蓄,历时五载,足迹遍及湖北各地,行经25000余公里,从3,500余作者、47,800余篇诗 In July this year, we received a “Grand View of Jingchu Poems” (sequel) presented by Mr. Zheng Zixiu and we were very surprised after reading it. The book has 1242 pages, the author of 1232 people, collected more than 6000 poems, is a rare large poetry pool. This is the new achievement that Mr. Zheng continued to collect folk songs in the Jingchu land since 1992. In 1992, with his astonishing courage and perseverance, Mr. Cheng leveled off his family’s savings and lasted for five years. He traveled all over Hubei and traveled more than 25,000 kilometers from more than 3,500 authors and 47,800 poems