Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive introductory anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty (1122221 B.C.) to the Y an Dynasty (A.D. 12801367), from the ancient Songs to the dramas of the fourteenth century, every major genre of Chinese literature is represented by a crucial work. Highlights include, in addition to the great poems of the T ang, outstanding examples of Han poetry, Six Dynasties...
Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now c...
Represented here are examples of various categories of Chinese literary composition-verses, songs, stories, essays, drama, and excerpts from novels from the Y an and Ching Dynasties, as well as the Republican Period. Highlights include Songs from the Y an Dynasty, The Temptation of Saint Pigsy by Wu Ch eng-en, a selection from Peony Pavilion, early Ch ing lyrics, and Six Chapters from A Floating Life by Shen Fu."
Represented here are examples of various categories of Chinese literary composition-verses, songs, stories, essays, drama, and excerpts from novels fr...
