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Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive introductory anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty... read more
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As Japanese literature begins with the Man'yoshu, so does Chinese literature, a millennium earlier, begin with a great collection of songs, hymns and ballads: the Book of Songs (Shih ching) was compiled at some time after 600 B.C., traditionally by Confucius himself.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cyril Birch (Editor)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 895.108
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Chinese
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › Chinese
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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