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Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume I : Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals / Tong Xiao, David R. Knechtges.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 89Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1983Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (644 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691613871
  • 9781400857241
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PL2490 .T66 1982
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Note on the Translation -- Introduction -- Xiao Tong's Life and Compilation of the Wen xuan -- The Literary Milieu of the Liang and Xiao Tong's View of Literature -- Content of the Wen xuan -- Wen xuan Scholarship and Editions -- Preface to the Wen xuan -- CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING OF LIANG -- 1. Rhapsody A, Metropolises and Capitals, Part I -- TWO CAPITALS RHAPSODY -- PREFACE -- 2. Metropolises and Capitals, Part I -- WESTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY -- 3. Rhapsody B, Metropolises and Capitals, Part II -- EASTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY -- 4. Metropolises and Capitals, Part II -- SOUTHERN CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- 5. Rhapsody C, Metropolises and Capitals, Part III -- WU CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- 6. Metropolises and Capitals, Part III -- WEI CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- Biographical Sketches -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: 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 xuan, the rhapsodies on the metropolises and capitals."Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Note on the Translation -- Introduction -- Xiao Tong's Life and Compilation of the Wen xuan -- The Literary Milieu of the Liang and Xiao Tong's View of Literature -- Content of the Wen xuan -- Wen xuan Scholarship and Editions -- Preface to the Wen xuan -- CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING OF LIANG -- 1. Rhapsody A, Metropolises and Capitals, Part I -- TWO CAPITALS RHAPSODY -- PREFACE -- 2. Metropolises and Capitals, Part I -- WESTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY -- 3. Rhapsody B, Metropolises and Capitals, Part II -- EASTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY -- 4. Metropolises and Capitals, Part II -- SOUTHERN CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- 5. Rhapsody C, Metropolises and Capitals, Part III -- WU CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- 6. Metropolises and Capitals, Part III -- WEI CAPITAL RHAPSODY -- Biographical Sketches -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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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 xuan, the rhapsodies on the metropolises and capitals."Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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