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Book SynopsisLeads us through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. This volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. It highlights the thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry. It presents poems in Chinese and English.
Trade ReviewBy presenting poems in so many different forms: Chinese characters, Romanization, English translation, audio files, stress maps, and transliteration, the book enables the reader - no matter what her background in Chinese language, to grasp much of what is going on. BLT Not Just a Sandwich
Table of ContentsThematic Contents A Note on How to Use This Anthology Acknowledgments Major Chinese Dynasties List of Symbols Introduction: Major Aspects of Chinese Poetry Zong-qi Cai Part 1 Pre-Qin Times 1. Tetrasyllabic Shi Poetry: The Book of Poetry (Shijing) William H. Nienhauser 2. Sao Poetry: The Lyrics of Chu (Chuci) Fusheng Wu Part 2 The Han Dynasty 3. Fu Poetry: An Ancient-Style Rhapsody (Gufu) David R. Knechtges 4. Shi Poetry: Music Bureau Poems (Yuefu) Jui-lung Su 5. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: The "Nineteen Old Poems" Zong-qi Cai Part 3 The Six Dynasties 6. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: Landscape and Farmstead Poems Wendy Swartz 7. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: New Topics Xiaofei Tian Part 4 The Tang Dynasty 8. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Pentasyllabic Regulated Verse (Wuyan Lushi) Zong-qi Cai 9. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Heptasyllabic Regulated Verse (Qiyan Lushi) Robert Ashmore 10. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Quatrains (Jueju) Charles Egan 11. Ancient-Style Shi Poetry: A Revival Paula Varsano Part 5 The Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty 12. Ci Poetry: Short Song Lyrics (Xiaoling) Maija Bell Samei 13. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics (Manci) Xinda Lian 14. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics on Objects (Yongwu Ci) Shuen-fu Lin 15. Shi Poetry: Ancient and Recent Styles Ronald Egan Part 6 The Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties 16. Qu Poetry: Song Poems (Sanqu) of the Yuan Dynasty Xinda Lian 17. Shi Poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Grace S. Fong 18. A Synthesis: Rhythm, Syntax, and Vision of Chinese Poetry Zong-qi Cai Phonetic Transcriptions of Entering-Tone Characters Abbreviations of Primary Texts Contributors Glossary-Index
