詞為音樂文學，屬於中國文學史上風格特殊的文體，曲律曼妙、情思宛轉、意境深幽，令人咀嚼未盡。其形成與發展的歷程，亦和唐宋特殊的社會背景與時代氛圍有關。而曲承續詞，又進一步發展，分有散曲、劇曲，劇曲更是抒情傳統與敘事傳統的匯流，成為具有獨特審美價值的「劇詩」。礙於上課時間有限，本課程以唐宋詞為大部分內容，曲的部分僅於下學期期中考之後再講授散曲與劇曲。本課程將融入文學史的概念，啟發學生思考詞之起源與時代、社會背景之間的聯繫；訓練學生思考詞人的生命歷程與其詞作之間的關係；透過重要作品的講授，引導學生領略詞曲之為音樂文學與綜合藝術，如何透過宛轉悠揚的曲律，表達委曲幽渺的意境。

Ci is music literature, which belongs to a special style in the history of Chinese literature. It has graceful melody, lingering emotions, and profound artistic conception, which makes people chew on it for a long time. Its formation and development process are also related to the special social background and atmosphere of the times in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The qu and ci continued to develop further and were divided into sanqu and opera. The opera is a confluence of lyrical tradition and narrative tradition, becoming a "dramatic poem" with unique aesthetic value. Due to the limited class time, most of the content of this course is Tang and Song Dynasty poetry, and the music part will only be taught after the mid-term exam in the next semester. This course will incorporate the concept of literary history to inspire students to think about the connection between the origin of poetry and the era and social background; train students to think about the relationship between the poet's life course and his lyrics; through the teaching of important works, students will be guided to understand poetry and music as music literature and comprehensive art, and how to express the subtle and subtle artistic conception through melodious rhythms.

鄭騫編:《詞選》

Compiled by Zheng Qian: "Selected Poems"