Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 512 pages
- Published by: Grove Press January 10, 1994
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 080215090X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0802150905
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Book Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Represented here are examples of various categories of Chinese literary composition-verses, songs, stories, essays, drama, and excerpts from novels from the Y’an and Ching Dynasties, as well as the Republican Period. Highlights include Songs from the Y’an Dynasty, The Temptation of Saint Pigsy by Wu Ch’eng-en, a selection from Peony Pavilion, early Ch’ing lyrics, and “Six Chapters” from A Floating Life by Shen Fu.