从1984年我开始编写《唐诗索引词典》。那时我还没有担任文献检索课的教学工作,自然也就没有想到编写工作同教学工作相结合的问题。当时我只是注意到,现有的各种唐诗选本,其注释往往不能满足一般文化水平的读者的需要。例如,杜甫《北征》诗“东胡反未已,臣甫愤所切”里面的“所”字是什么意思,李商隐《行次西郊作一百韵》诗“抢攘互间谍,孰辨枭与鸾”里面的“抢”字该怎么念,各种选本大多没有解释。有的选本还有一些错误。例如,《唐诗选 From 1984, I started to write the dictionary of Tang poetry index. At that time, I did not serve as the teaching of literature retrieval course, and naturally I did not think of the combination of writing and teaching. At that time, I just noticed that the existing selection of various Tang poems often failed to meet the needs of readers of the general cultural level. For example, what is the meaning of “所” in Du Fu’s “Northern Expedition” poem “The East meets the West?” Owl and 鸾 “inside the” grab “how to read the word, most of the selection did not explain. There are some mistakes some of the options. For example, ”Tang poetry election