Shi poem
By: Li Lienfung
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Beijing, China]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9787508517469
Subjects: Chinese poetry; History and criticism; Poésie chinoise; Histoire et critique; Song Dynasty (China); Tang Dynasty (China)
Notes: "Fun with classical Chinese literature"--Title page.

Text in English; poems in Chinese characters with pinyin transliteration and English translations.
Table of contents: title: Dui Lian, the art of couplet; title: The rules for composing Shi; title: Translating a Chinese poem; title: Why Yue Fei must die; title: The lost tone; title: Du Fu, the man and his times; title: The narrative poems of Du Fu; title: Du Fu, a mixed bag of poems; title: The mood poems of Du Fu; title: Du Fu as a friend of Li Bai; title: A teacher who was also an actor; title: The obscure poems of Li Shangyin; title: "The richly decorated Se"; title: The sound of temple bells; title: A half day of leisure; title: The right word.