The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets by David Hawkes, Qu Yuan

The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets

David Hawkes, Qu Yuan

352 pages first pub 100 (editions)

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This anthology was first compiled in the second century AD. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under 17 titles. The earliest poems were composed in the 4th century BC and almost half of them are tradi...

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