Sources show Qu Yuan (?340–278 BCE) was the first person in China to become famous for his poetry, so famous in fact that the Chinese celebrate his life with

Elegies of Chu (in Chinese, Chuci), one of the two surviving collections of ancient Chinese poetry, is a key source for the whole tradition of Chinese poetry. B

Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and

At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Sinc

Different from previous researches weighted toward historical description and individual writer and work, this book establishes a general analytical system and