New Songs from a Jade Terrace

This book, first published in 1982, was the first translation of the Chinese classic Yü-t-'ai hsin-yung - the unique anthology of love poems, compiled in AD 545. Major poets are noted for their artistic achievement and their contribution to the genre, and notes explain historical events, legends, places and people.

Autorentext
Anne Birrell

Inhalt

1. Early Folk Songs and Ballads 2. Poets of the Wei and Chin Dynasties 3. Poets of the Chin Dynasty 4. Poets of the Southern Dynasties (early fifth century) 5. Poets of the Southern Dynasties (the decades AD 490-510) 6. Poets of the Southern Dynasties (early sixth century) 7. Royal Poets of the Liang (the Hsiao family) 8. Twenty Poets of the Liang Dynasty (sixth century) 9. Love Songs in Irregular Metres (from second century BC to sixth century AD) 10. A Treasury of Short Love Poems (from third to sixth centuries AD)