Abstract:  Zhu Shan Tang Notes on Classical Poetry, composed by Chen Ting in the Ming Dynasty, is a threevolume book which is generally believed to have been lost. However, on the basis of what is recorded in the Shuinan Manuscript and the Transcriptions of Notes on Poetry by Yang Chunxian, one can roughly restore the original look of this book. In the time around Emperor Zhengde’s rule (1506—1521), there was a shift from the “Song style” to the “revived ancient style” in both Chen Ting’s poetics and poetic creation, which makes this book an important material for reception studies of the literary trends in the Ming Dynasty.

Key words: Chen Ting, Zhu Shan Tang Notes on Poetry, Transcriptions of Notes on Poetry, poetics