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Two Chinese Poets: Vignettes of Han Life and Thought
By (Author) Ernest Richard Hughes
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
895.11109
Hardback
284
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
567g
The half-dozen generations from 100 B.C. to A.D. 100 were epoch-making in Chinese history, and there is a real need for "vignetting sketches of manner, character, and thought" based on documents identifiable as to date and authorship. Fortunately such documents are available in the fu (Chinese literary form) on the Two Capitals by Pan Ku and Chang