Wen xuan, or, Selections of refined literature
By: Xiao Tong ; translated, with annotations and introduction by David R. Knechtges.
Contributors: Xiao, Tong, 501-531.; Knechtges, David R.
Series: Princeton library of Asian translations
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Chinese literature -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Wen xuan.
Description: 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. These volumes, the first three of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translation of the first section of the Wen xuan, the rhapsodies on the metropolises and capitals.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Translation of: Wen xuan.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Rhapsodies on metropolises and capitals; title: v. 2. Rhapsodies on sacrifices, hunting, travel, sightseeing, palaces and halls, rivers and seas; title: v. 3. Thapsodies on natural phenomena, birds and animals, asppirations and feelings, sorrowful laments, literature, music, and passions.