The strangest figure that meets us in the annals of Oriental thought is that of Confucius.
This book tells the story of Chinese literature, from prehistory to the present, in terms of literary culture's key role in supporting social and political concerns.
Chinese literature, one of the world's oldest and richest, and consisting originally of poetry and later of drama and fiction, may be divided into three major historical periods that roughly...
Chinese Literature: A Draft Bibliography in Western European Languages
This accessible, illustrated introduction takes the reader through the rich Chinese literary tradition from ancient times to the twentieth century, exploring poetry, drama, opera, novels, short stories, the modern media and the authors who ...
The earliest preserved folk songs of the peasantry; the major works of the "Golden Age" of Chinese philosophy; the "prose-songs" and the later skillful poems of the T'ang dynasty ; the short stories and plays; the novels; and the poems and ...
The book includes Chinese characters for names, titles, and key terms.