chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: February 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780253213655
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Chinese; Literature: Classics; Ancient and Classical; Asian - Chinese; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Asian
First sentence: Ancient literature, recorded by the scribes of a rapidly evolving warlike and aristocratic society, has been carefully preserved since earliest times and has become the basis of Chinese lettered culture.