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Anthology of Chinese Literature: Volume II: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day [Paperback]

Cyril Birch (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 10, 1994 | Series: Anthology of Chinese Literature

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.

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Product Details

Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Grove Press (January 10, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080215090X
ISBN-13: 978-0802150905
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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"In the centuries preceding the Mongol conquest the preferred forms for Chinese verse were the metrically regular shih and the lyric (tz'u), whose lines were of irregular but prescribed length." Read the first page

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Second Sister, Chia Lien, Dragon King, Chia Jung, Ts'ui Ning, Hsiang-lin Sao, Chia Chen, Old Buddha, Chang Hua, Zodiac Mah, Dame Yu, Fourth Sister, Fourth Aunt, Third Sister, Uncle Boils, Mah San-chu, Pervading Fragrance, Fourth Uncle, New Year, Seven Mile Inn, Madam Wang, Milky Way, Old Woman Wei, Master Ts'ui, Master Tung-kuo

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Chapters from a Floating Life by Fu Shen on page 259, page 260, and Back Matter
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Tales of the Supernatural by H. C. Chang in Front Matter, and Back Matter
The Importance Of Living by Lin Yutang on page 151, and Back Matter
Anthology of Chinese literature, (UNESCO collection of representative works:) by Cyril Birch in Front Matter, and page 450

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