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ISBN-10: 0140443754
ISBN-13: 9780140443752
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 01/31/2012
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.80" H

The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets (Revised)

Translator: David Hawkes
Introduction by: David Hawkes
Notes by: David Hawkes

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Masterworks of early Chinese poetry

Dating from the second century AD, this anthology is the second- oldest collection of Chinese poems in existence. The poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry’s ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century BC, and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan. In his introduction to this edition, David Hawkes provides a fascinating discussion of the history of these poems and their context, styles, and themes.

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"The Songs of the South is cause for celebration. There is simply no substitute. The text is fundamental to the Chinese tradition, and Hawkes's introduction itself is a work of wonder. It should be kept in print in perpetuity." – Philip Kafalas, Associate Professor of Chinese, Georgetown University
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ISBN-10: 0140443754
ISBN-13: 9780140443752
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 01/31/2012
Dimensions: 7.80" L, 5.10" W, 0.80" H
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