Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet

ISBN-13: 9780415612852 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 4 str.

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Opis

Arthur Waley presents an engrossing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his time. Gaiety is the keynote of his works and the poet was a friend of the Manchu official with whom Commodore Anson had dramatic dealings at Canton in 1743.

Recenzje

'The quotations, many of them poems of the most exquisite quality; the anecdotes, always with a flavour quintessentially Chinese, illumine the whole period with so brilliant a glow that Yuan Mei ambles among us, laughing and chatting and pausing to sip tea. The whole picture is profoundly human and quite unforgettable.' - The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

ONE: At Hangchow, 1716 to 1736 TWO: At Peking, 1736 to 1743 THREE: Prefect, 1743 to 1749 F0UR: At the SUi:yuan, and journey to the north-west, 1749-1752 FIVE: The SUi-pi and the Ghost Stories, 1752 - 1782 SIX: journeys, 1782-1786 SEVEN: The Poetry Talks and the Cookery Book,1787-1797, APPENDICES: I: Anson's dealings with the Chinese at Canton, II: After Yuan Mei's Death, III: The Macartney Mission and Yuan Mei's Works, IV: Rules observed

O autorze

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