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Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century
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Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century (Volume I) Paperback - 1994

by Cyril Birch

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  • Title Anthology of Chinese Literature from Early Times to the Fourteenth Century (Volume I)
  • Author Cyril Birch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Reprint ]
  • Condition Used - Good Condition
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York
  • Date 1994-01-10
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6713415
  • ISBN 9780802150387 / 0802150381
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.41 x 1.38 in (20.96 x 13.74 x 3.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects English literature, China
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 65014202
  • Dewey Decimal Code 895.1

First line

As Japanese literature begins with the Man'yoshu, so does Chinese literature, a millennium earlier, begin with a great collection of songs, hymns and ballads: the Book of Songs (Shih ching) was compiled at some time after 600 B.C., traditionally by Confucius himself.

From the rear cover

Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty (1122-221 B.C.) to the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1280-1367), from the ancient Songs to the dramas of the fourteenth century, every major genre of Chinese literature is represented by a crucial work.

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