Qu, Yuan.

The Songs of the south. An ancient Chinese anthology of poems. By Qu Yuan and other poets ; translated, annotated and introduced by David Hawkes.

Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1985. 20 cm. 352 pages. Original Softcover. Secondhand book in very good condition.

The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry’s ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan. (Publishers information).

• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140443754
• Inventory Number: 400093AB

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