This book, first published in 1965, covers a period of one thousand years and collects together some of the best examples of Chinese Lyrics (tz’u). The authors reflect in translation not only the spirit of the original, but also something of its poetical ornamentations and lyric pattern. The Chinese original of each poem faces the English and is written in a Chinese scholar’s distinguished calligraphy. A ‘Note on the Development of the Chinese Lyric’ and several Appendices provide the reader with brief but illuminating social, cultural and historical background.
Author(s): Alan Ayling, Duncan Mackintosh
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 271
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
T'ang Dynasty
Li Po
Po Chü I
Wen T'ing Yün
Five Dynasties
Nan T'ang Chung Chu (Li Ying)
Nan T'ang Hou Chu (Li Yü)
Sung Dynasty
Fan Chung Yen
Yeh Ch'ing Ch'en
Yen Shu
Yen Chi Tao
Ou Yang Hsiu
Liu Yung
Su Shih
Huang T'ing Chien
Ch'in Kuan
Chou Pang Yen
Li Ch'ing Chao
Southern Sung Dynasty
Yüeh Fei
Lu Yu
Hsin Ch'i Chi
Chiang K'uei
Liu K'o Chuang
Wu Wen Ying
Chiang Chieh
Yüan Dynasty
Sa Tu La
Ming Dynasty
Liu Chi (Po Wen)
Ch'ing Dynasty
Na-Lan Hsing-Te
Tso Fu
Note on the Tz'u—Its Development and Ornamentation
Appendix I—A Brief Historical Background to the Tz'u
Appendix II—Notes on Poems
Appendix III—Tune-Patterns
Appendix IV—Pronunciation of Chinese Names Occurring in the English Poems
Index
