Full Description
This book, first published in 1965, covers a period of one thousand years and collects together some of the best examples of Chinese Lyrics (tz'u). The authors reflect in translation not only the spirit of the original, but also something of its poetical ornamentations and lyric pattern. The Chinese original of each poem faces the English and is written in a Chinese scholar's distinguished calligraphy. A 'Note on the Development of the Chinese Lyric' and several Appendices provide the reader with brief but illuminating social, cultural and historical background.
Contents
T'ang Dynasty 1. Li Po 2. Po Chü I 3. Wen T'ing Yün Five Dynasties 4. Nan T'ang Chung Chu (Li Ying) 5. Nan T'ang Hou Chu (Li Yü) Sung Dynasty 6. Fan Chung Yen 7. Yeh Ch'ing Ch'en 8. Yen Shu 9. Yen Chi Tao 10. Ou Yang Hsiu 11. Liu Yung 12. Su Shih 13. Huang T'ing Chien 14. Ch'in Kuan 15. Chou Pang Yen 16. Li Ch'ing Chao 17. Yüeh Fei 18. Lu Yu 19. Hsin Ch'I Chi 20. Chiang K'uei 21. Liu K'o Chuang 22. Wu Wen Ying 23. Chiang Chieh Yüan Dynasty 24. Sa Tu La Ming Dynasty 25. Liu Chi (Po Wen) Ch'ing Dynasty 26. Na-lan Hsing-te 27. Tso Fu
