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A text of central importance to the Chinese literary tradition, the Wen xuan was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) and is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. This volume, the first of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translations of the first section of the Wen xu



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Foreword, pg. ix*Note on the Translation, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*Xiao Tong's Life and Compilation of the Wen xuan, pg. 4*The Literary Milieu of the Liang and Xiao Tong's View of Literature, pg. 11*Content of the Wen xuan, pg. 21*Wen xuan Scholarship and Editions, pg. 52*CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING OF LIANG, pg. 73*TWO CAPITALS RHAPSODY, pg. 93*PREFACE, pg. 93*WESTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY, pg. 181*EASTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY, pg. 243*SOUTHERN CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 311*WU CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 373*WEI CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 429*Biographical Sketches, pg. 479*Notes, pg. 485*Bibliography, pg. 531*Index, pg. 569

Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691613871, 978-0691613871
      ISBN10: 0691613877
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A text of central importance to the Chinese literary tradition, the Wen xuan was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) and is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. This volume, the first of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translations of the first section of the Wen xu



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Foreword, pg. ix*Note on the Translation, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*Xiao Tong's Life and Compilation of the Wen xuan, pg. 4*The Literary Milieu of the Liang and Xiao Tong's View of Literature, pg. 11*Content of the Wen xuan, pg. 21*Wen xuan Scholarship and Editions, pg. 52*CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING OF LIANG, pg. 73*TWO CAPITALS RHAPSODY, pg. 93*PREFACE, pg. 93*WESTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY, pg. 181*EASTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY, pg. 243*SOUTHERN CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 311*WU CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 373*WEI CAPITAL RHAPSODY, pg. 429*Biographical Sketches, pg. 479*Notes, pg. 485*Bibliography, pg. 531*Index, pg. 569

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