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Book SynopsisIncluding works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume.
Trade ReviewInnovative, talented, lively, and splendidly readable. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society The list of translators reads like a Who's Who of Western Sinology. This is a book one can open at any page and immediately be drawn in by its great and appealing content. It is at once a reference book, with examples drawn from the huge corpus of Chinese literature, and a book which guarantees superb reading pleasure. New Asia Review A lifetime spent reading Chinese literature has produced this enormous, enthralling, canon-exploding book... Often, the funniest and liveliest entries are translated by the editor himself, who has an uncanny ability to capture puns and rhymes even in English translation... [W]onderful. Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture Map of China Abbreviations Prolegomenon Preface Acknowledgements Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin Foundations Poetry Prose Fiction Drama Commentary, Criticism, and Interpretation Popular and Peripheral Manifestations Chart of the Chinese Dynasties Romanization Conversion Chart from Wade-Giles to Pinyin Glossary Contributors Index
