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This is the very best anthology of classical Chinese literature you can find, comprehensively annotated and introduced, and containing a wide variety of translations and translators, which makes it essential reading for anyone with an interest in literary translation as well. Indispensable.
Riesig und umfassend - aber auch unübersichtlichWow, ist das ein Wälzer, ist der erste Gedanke. Und wenn man sich die Inhaltsübersicht anschaut, dann ist das auch der zweite, denn hier wird ein riesiger Bogen gespannt von den Anfängen der chinesischen Schrift bis zur Blüte der Dichtkunst der Tang-Dynastie. Zu jedem Thema gibt es eine kurze Einleitung, diverse Stimmen aus praktisch jeder Phase der Sinologie von lateinischen Übersetzungen der Jesuiten über französische bis hin zu den modernen engl...
OK, this book is over 1,200 pages of poetry and prose and biographical info and excerpts from essays and books on the scores of writers represented--and this takes Chinese literature only up through the T'ang Dynasty (7th through 10th centuries CE). This is just Vol. 1. So, it's going to take a while, if I ever "finish" it. The editors have collected translations by many hands and have provided extensive information on the evolution of Chinese characters and the challenges of translation. I've b...
•Peach blossom spring/Tao Hua Yuan Ji - was a fable written by Tao Yuanming in 421 CE•the Story of Yingying, early 9th, by Yuan Zhen (779-831), is a Tang dynasty chuanqi story. It is considered to be one of the first works of fiction in Chinese literature.•Also Three Tang Poems: "Frontier Song" by Wang Han, "A Village South of the Capital" by Cui Hu, and "Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" by Li Bai•The tale [The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl ] has been alluded to in many literary works. One of the