Excursions in Chinese Culture
Contributors: Chia-lin Pao Tao and Jing-shen Tao Edited by Marie Chan (Editor); Hu Hsiu-ying (Editor); Marie Chan (Editor)
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Published: March 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789622019157
Subjects: Asian studies; Cultural studies; Literary studies: general; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Chinese Literature; History Of Civilization And Culture (General); Literary Criticism; Chinese; Multicultural Nonfiction; China; Essays; Asian - General; Ethnic Studies - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian; Asian - Chinese
First sentence: One of the most pleasant if often taxing demands of Chinese studies is that so much of the record on which we rely to learn about any aspect of the civilization's history is in the form of poetry.