Song Dynasty Tales

A Guided Reader

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang ISBN: 9789813143296
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: February 7, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang
ISBN: 9789813143296
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: February 7, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.

Contents:

  • Supplementary Biography of Empress Zhao: The Flying Swallow
  • The Record of a Drifting Red Leaf
  • The Tale of the Plum-Blossom Consort
  • The Record of Tan Yige
  • The Record of Wang Youyu
  • An Unofficial Biography of Li Shishi
  • The Tale of Wang Kui
  • The Tale of Green Pearl
  • The Tale of Lady Sun
  • The Tale of Wang Ji
  • The Tale of Wang Shi
  • The Black-Clothing State

Readership: Academics and students interested in Chinese literature and culture and readers interested in classical tales.
Key Features:

  • First collection of Song dynasty tales in English
  • Well-known Song tales from Lu Xun's Tang Song chuanqi ji
  • With annotations, introduction, and commentaries for each tale
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Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.

Contents:

Readership: Academics and students interested in Chinese literature and culture and readers interested in classical tales.
Key Features:

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