Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, Vol. 1 Book

Foreward by Cyril BirchEditors' IntroductionPart 1: Before the Han Dynasty (to 206 BC)Chapter 1. Pattern and Sign: The Chinese LanguageChapter 2. Heavenly Questions: Early Myths and LegendsChapter 3. The Book of Songs: The Earliest Anthology of Chinese PoetryChapter 4. The Source: Prose of the Ancients: Early Narrative and PhilosophyChapter 5. The Songs of the South: Shamanism and PoetryPart 2: The Han Dynasty and the Period of DisunionChapter 6. Red and Purple Threads: Rhapsodies from the Han and Six DynastiesChapter 7. Mortals and Immortals: Historical and Pseudo-Historical Writings from the Han and Six DynastiesChapter 8. We Fought South of the City Wall: Ballands and Folksongs of the Han and Six DynastiesChapter 9. Tigers Setting the Wind Astir: Poets of the Han, Wei and Jin DynastiesChapter 10. Bamboo Grove, Golden Valley, Orchid Pavilion: Coteries of the Third and Fourth CenturiesChapter 11. Tao Yuanming (365-427): The Gentleman of the Five Willow TreesChapter 12. The Murmuring Stream and the Weary Road: Xie Lingyun and Bao ZhaoChapter 13. New Songs from a Jade Terrace: Court Poetry of the Southern DynastiesChapter 14. Green Bag and Yellow Covers: A Miscellany of Prose from the Han and Six DynastiesChapter 15. The Carving of Dragons: Early Literary CriticismChapter 16. Spirits and Humors: Strange Tales from the Six DynastiesPart 3: The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (589-960)Chapter 17. The Great River: Poets of the Early TangChapter 18. Wang Wei (701-761): Poet and PainterChapter 19. Li Bo (701-762): The Banished ImmortalChapter 20. Du Fu (712-770): The Sage of PoetryChapter 21. Spring, River, Flowers, Moon, Night: Poets of the High TangChapter 22. Stones Where the Haft Rotted: Poets of the Mid TangChapter 23. Bo Juyi (772-846): Madly Singing in the MountainsChapter 24. The Patterned Lute: Poets of the Late TangChapter 25. Red Leaf: Women Poets from the First Century B.C. to the Tenth Century A.D.Chapter 26. Cold Mountain: Poetry of Zen and the TaoChapter 27. Return to the Source: Essays of the Tang DynastyChapter 28. The World in a Pillow: Classical Tales of the Tang DynastyChapter 29. Turning the Scrolls: Ballads and Stories from DunhuangChapter 30. Among the Flowers: Lyrics of the Tang and Five Dynasties

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