{"product_id":"how-to-read-chinese-poetry-in-context-9780231185370","title":"How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Chinese Poetry in Context\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, it is a \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevoted exclusively to the rich, fantastical, labyrinthine matrix of poetry-making in ancient China. . . . [\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Chinese Poetry in Context\u003c\/i\u003e] is both a gem of fresh scholarship and a compendium of luminous insights. . . . This book – in fact, the entire series – will be a game changer. -- Yunte Huang * Los Angeles Review of Books, China Channel *\u003cbr\u003eZong-qi Cai is one of the finest scholars of Chinese poetry writing today. -- Jonathan Chaves, The George Washington University\u003cbr\u003eTruly a landmark publication in the field of Chinese literary scholarship. -- Shuen-fu Lin, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003eIn this magnificent volume on Chinese poetry, nineteen scholars demonstrate the importance of cultural reading. From questions of authorship to ideology, from the poetry of wars, heroes, women, and knights-errant to that of Daoism and Buddhism, this book offers a surprising and enlightening rereading of Chinese poetry and its context. -- Kang-i Sun Chang, Yale University\u003cbr\u003eA splendid achievement! Intellectually rigorous and reader-friendly at once, this collection of essays lets both novice and specialist readers experience the beauty and poignancy of classical Chinese poetry one well-chosen topic at a time. -- Patricia Sieber, Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003eThis volume joins others in editor Zong-qi Cai’s \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e literature series as an important pedagogic and scholarly resource. Leading authorities set seminal poetic texts, across genres and periods, in their larger historical literary and intellectual contexts. A great contribution to a broader understanding of Chinese poetry. -- Ronald Egan, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003eThe translations are of high caliber, carefully done and polished. The book is user friendly. * China Review International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThematic Contents\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Volume\u003cbr\u003eChronology of Historical Events\u003cbr\u003eSymbols and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Cultural Role of Chinese Poetry, by Zong-qi Cai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Pre-Han Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Poetry and Diplomacy in \u003ci\u003eThe Zuo Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eZuozhuan\u003c\/i\u003e), by Wai-yee Li\u003cbr\u003e2. Poetry and Authorship: The\u003ci\u003e Songs of Chu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChuci\u003c\/i\u003e), by Stephen Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Han Dynasty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Empire in Text: Sima Xiangru’s “Sir Vacuous\/Imperial Park Rhapsody”(“Zixu\/Shanglin fu”), by Yu-yu Cheng and Gregory Patterson\u003cbr\u003e4. Poetry and Ideology: The Canonization of the \u003ci\u003eBook of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eShijing\u003c\/i\u003e) During the Han, by Zong-qi Cai\u003cbr\u003e5. Love Beyond the Grave: A Tragic Tale of Love and Marriage in Han China, by Olga Lomová\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Six Dynasties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Heroes from Chaotic Times: The Three Caos, by Xinda Lian\u003cbr\u003e7. The Worthies of the Bamboo Grove, by Nanxiu Qian\u003cbr\u003e8. The Poetry of Reclusion: Tao Qian, by Alan Berkowitz\u003cbr\u003e9. The Struggling Buddhist Mind: Shen Yue, by Meow Hui Goh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Tang Dynasty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Knight-Errantry: Tang Frontier Poems, by Tsung-Cheng Lin\u003cbr\u003e11. Tang Civil Service Examinations, by Manling Luo\u003cbr\u003e12. Tang Women at the Public\/Private Divide, by Maija Bell Samei\u003cbr\u003e13. Poetry and Buddhist Enlightenment: Wang Wei and Han Shan, by Chen Yinchi and Jing Chen\u003cbr\u003e14. Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon: Li Bai and the Poetics of Wine, by Paula Varsano\u003cbr\u003e15. Du Fu: The Poet as Historian, by Jack W. Chen\u003cbr\u003e16. Poetry and Literati Friendship: Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, by Ao Wang\u003cbr\u003e17. Li He: Poetry as Obsession, by Robert Ashmore\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eGlossary-Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400325308759,"sku":"9780231185370","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231185370.jpg?v=1730470393","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-read-chinese-poetry-in-context-9780231185370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}