Wen xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume III: Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions
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Wen xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume III: Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions
By (Author) Xiao Tong
Translated by David R. Knechtges
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary theory
895.108002
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Hardback
462
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
794g
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The Wen xuan, compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. It contains a total of 761 pieces of prose and verse by 130 writers from the late Zhou dynasty to the Liang dynasty (ca. 4th century B.C. to 6th century A.D.) The selection includes most of the best examples of fu (rhapsodies) an
Reviews
"Knechtges's translation of the Wen Xuan figures among the most impressive scholarly achievements of twentieth-century Sinology. His translations are lucid and accurate, his scholarship impeccable, and the information he so liberally provides of the utmost importance."--The Journal of Asian Studies
