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The summation of than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China The selections include poetry drama fiction songs biographies and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature Arthur Waley Ezra Pound David Hawkes James Legge Burton Watson Stephen Classical Chinese eBook #219 Owen Cyril Birch A C Graham Witter Bynner Kenneth Rexroth and othersArranged chronologically and by genre each chapter is introduced by definitiv.
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Classical Chinese LiteratureE uotes and brief introductions chosen from classic Western sinological treatises Beginning with discussions of the origins of the Chinese writing system and selections from the earliest genre of Chinese literature the Oracle Bone inscriptions the book then proceeds with selections from early myths and legends the earliest anthology of Chinese poetry the Book of Songs early narrative and philosophy including the I Ching Tao te Ching and the Analects of Confucius rhapsodies historical writings magical biographies ballads poetry and miscellaneous prose from the Han and Six Dynasties period the court poetry of the Southern Dynastie.